438 Ocean Parkway

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05389-0019BIN 3126781

Concern level3 of 4

High

017 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 9 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
046 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 56 stabilized units with New York State for 2020 — of about 60 apartments.

2018 — 56 units registered2020 — 56

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 →

Rent regulation

The building

1940

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building3 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

203

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 HAZARDOUSApt 3JIssued 2026-06-15

§ 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 4, WG TO REPLACE = 0, WG TO REPAIR = 0 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3J, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6EIssued 2025-02-12

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES AT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 6E, 6th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1EIssued 2025-01-23RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1E, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION ''WEST''

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 2EIssued 2025-01-09

§ 27-2056.4 ADM CODE- CORRECT FAILURE TO NOTIFY OCCUPANTS AND/OR TO INVESTIGATE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS.

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

197

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water158

Unsanitary Condition11

Paint/Plaster6

Plumbing5

Door/Window5

Electric3

Safety3

Appliance2

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

281

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential193

Street/Sidewalk42

Unspecified32

Vehicle10

Commercial2

House of Worship1

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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

145

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony39

Misdemeanor77

Violation29

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 8 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 · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2017-01-03

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2015 CAT 1 INSP/TST

ACTIVE · ACC1-(OTHER BLDGS TYPES) - ELEVATOR AFFIRMATION OF CORRECTION ELEVATORREQUIRED2014-05-30

VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2012 CAT 1 INSP/TST

ACTIVE · BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE2012-05-03

FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-11-19Apt 6-Jresidential

2023-10-16Apt 2-Gresidential

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

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 2008-11-10

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2007-03-14

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

JAY REALTY LLC

Head officer

BRENDA GELLER

Managing agent

BRENDA GELLER

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

2321 ANDREWS AVENUE NORTHBRONX 564 EAST 4 STREETBROOKLYN 741 EAST 3 STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "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.

Local LawNon-Hazardous2000-06-27$400 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1998-03-17 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2016-12-08 · $2,303,283.23

Mortgage2016-12-08$2,303,283.23

borrower JAY REALTY LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2008-05-01$2,516,810.52

borrower JAY REALTY LLC · lender SOVEREIGN BANK

Mortgage1998-05-14$32,398.52

borrower JAY REALTY CO · lender INDEPENDENCE SAVINGSBANK

Sale1998-03-17no recorded price

JAY REALTY CO → JAY REALTY LLC

Mortgage1988-04-25$273,351.54

borrower JAY REALTY CO · lender FIRST NATIONWIDE BK/FSB

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