601 Ocean Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05101-0067BIN 3117152

Concern level3 of 4

High

017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 active DOB violation(s)
051 eviction executed in the last 3 years

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 21 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 24 apartments.

2018 — 23 units registered2023 — 21

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building5 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-05-05RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF ELECTROMAGNATIC LOCK DEVICE INSTALLED AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR , 1st STORY

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt C5Issued 2021-01-045+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.8 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY SUBMITTING REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND AFFIDAVITS FOR APARTMENT , IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT C5, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt B4Issued 2020-11-135+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.8 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY SUBMITTING REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND AFFIDAVITS FOR APARTMENT .. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT B4, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt C6Issued 2020-11-135+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2056.8 ADM CODE -CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING PERIOD OF UNIT VACANCY BY SUBMITTING REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND AFFIDAVITS FOR APARTMENT .. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT C6, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water3

General1

Plumbing1

Safety1

PlumbingSteam Pipe/Riser2026-05-04 · closed

SafetyWindow Guard Broken/Missing2025-11-24 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2025-02-17 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1455

Noise reports · last 12 mo

121

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential957

Street/Sidewalk362

Vehicle75

Unspecified46

Commercial14

Helicopter1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

633

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony205

Misdemeanor334

Violation94

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 9 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2016-04-23

DUE TO VEHICLE IMPACTING BUILDING

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2011-12-01

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-01-06Apt D2residential

2017-11-21Apt 1Bresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

601 OCEAN AVENUE REALTY LLC

Head officer

GEORGE POULAKAS

Managing agent

George Poulakas

5 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1045 SHERMAN AVENUEBRONX 1497 ST NICHOLAS AVENUEMANHATTAN 18-26 21 DRIVEQUEENS 30-11 30 AVENUEQUEENS 38-01 20 ROADQUEENS

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2015-06-12 · $800,000

Most recent mortgage1976-03-10 · no recorded price

Sale2015-06-12$800,000

POULAKAS, NICK, POULAKAS, GEORGE → 601 OCEAN AVENUE REALTY LLC

Sale1988-04-18no recorded price

POULAKAS, VASILIOS → POULAKAS, NICK, POULAKAS, GEORGE

Sale1976-03-10no recorded price

GALLINA GIUSEPPE, GALLINA RITA → POULAKAS VASILIOS

Mortgage1976-03-10no recorded price

borrower POULAKAS VASILIOS · lender GALLINA GIUSEPPE, GALLINA RITA

Sale1973-01-30no recorded price

JSK REALTY CORP → GALLINA GIUSEPPE, GALLINA RITA

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale