700 Ocean Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05123-0025BIN 3117613Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0111 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
0210 of those issued in the last 3 years
034 active DOB violation(s)
043 evictions 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 OATH/ECB 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 64 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 66 apartments.

2018 — 63 units registered2023 — 64

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

How to request your rent history →

The building

1924

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

This building and the landlord's others

This building6 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

977

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6GIssued 2024-03-2610 violations

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL, NORTH WALL, SOUTH WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

8 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS XRF TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 AND IS PRESUMED LEAD PAINT AS SET FORTH IN (28 RCNY §11-07(b)) AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE-USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(b)(2) WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st CLOSET FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL DOOR, 1st CLOSET FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL DOOR FRAME, SOUTH WALL, WEST WALL IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) EAST WALL, WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS XRF TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 AND IS PRESUMED LEAD PAINT AS SET FORTH IN (28 RCNY §11-07(b)) AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE-USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(b)(2) NORTH WALL, SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL, 1st DOOR FRAME FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL, NORTH WALL, EAST WALL, WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st CLOSET FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL DOOR, 1st CLOSET FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL DOOR FRAME, EAST WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st CLOSET FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL DOOR FRAME, 1st DOOR FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL, 1st DOOR FRAME FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL, SOUTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Defect letter issued

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3DIssued 2019-12-135+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3DIssued 2020-03-205+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... EAST WALL (APPRXO 10 SQFT) EAST WALL IN THE 2nd BATHROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3D, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Defect letter issued

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water48

Plumbing11

Unsanitary Condition10

Appliance6

Paint/Plaster5

Flooring/Stairs2

Door/Window2

General2

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

1285

Noise reports · last 12 mo

107

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential983

Street/Sidewalk211

Unspecified46

Vehicle34

Commercial6

Helicopter5

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

537

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony169

Misdemeanor256

Violation112

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

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2006-03-16

ACTIVE · E-ELEVATOR ELEVATORREQUIRED2002-04-11

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-08-12Apt 6Lresidential

2025-02-07Apt 3Kresidential

2023-12-18Apt 6Jresidential

2022-12-06Apt 2Kresidential

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: repair & harassment cases

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2022-02-23

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2020-08-04

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2018-11-19

Lead False Certification

CLOSEDOpened 2018-05-31

False Certification Non-Lead

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

700 BKLYN REALTY LLC

Head officer

KRISTEN RAY

Managing agent

Brooklyn Equities 11 LLC

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

350 STERLING STREETBROOKLYN 486 BROOKLYN AVENUEBROOKLYN 645 OCEAN AVENUEBROOKLYN 699 OCEAN AVENUEBROOKLYN 855 OCEAN AVENUEBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2015-03-03 · $18,000,000

Most recent mortgage2015-03-03 · $4,296,708.83

Sale2015-03-03$18,000,000

700 OCEAN, LLC → 700 BKLYN 12 REALTY LLC, MINNETONKA III BKLYN REALTY LLC, MINNETONKA V BKLYN REALTY LLC, 700 BKLYN REALTY LLC, OCEANWALK BEACH BKLYN REALTY LLC, 780 BKLYN REALTY LLC, OCEANWALK CONDO BKLYN REALTY LLC

Mortgage2015-03-03$4,296,708.83

borrower 700 BKLYN REALTY LLC, 780 BKLYN REALTY LLC, OCEANWALK CONDO BKLYN REALTY LLC, OCEANWALK BEACH BKLYN REALTY LLC, 700 BKLYN 12 REALTY LLC, MINNETONKA III BKLYN REALTY LLC, MINNETONKA V BKLYN REALTY LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2015-03-03$925,000

borrower 700 BKLYN REALTY LLC, 780 BKLYN REALTY LLC, OCEANWALK CONDO BKLYN REALTY LLC, MINNETONKA III BKLYN REALTY LLC, 700 BKLYN 12 REALTY LLC, OCEANWALK BEACH BKLYN REALTY LLC, MINNETONKA V BKLYN REALTY LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2012-09-13$9,075,000

OMEGA GINOBLI PARTNERS, LLC → 700 OCEAN, LLC

Mortgage2012-09-13$1,873,518.69

borrower 700 OCEAN, LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6GIssued 2024-03-2610 violations

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL, NORTH WALL, SOUTH WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

8 more from the same inspection

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS XRF TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 AND IS PRESUMED LEAD PAINT AS SET FORTH IN (28 RCNY §11-07(b)) AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE-USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(b)(2) WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st CLOSET FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL DOOR, 1st CLOSET FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL DOOR FRAME, SOUTH WALL, WEST WALL IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) EAST WALL, WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS XRF TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 AND IS PRESUMED LEAD PAINT AS SET FORTH IN (28 RCNY §11-07(b)) AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE-USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(b)(2) NORTH WALL, SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL, 1st DOOR FRAME FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL, NORTH WALL, EAST WALL, WEST WALL, 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM SOUTH AT WEST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st CLOSET FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL DOOR, 1st CLOSET FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL DOOR FRAME, EAST WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st CLOSET FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL DOOR FRAME, 1st DOOR FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL, 1st DOOR FRAME FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL, SOUTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 6G, 6th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Defect letter issued