540 Ocean Parkway

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05399-0021BIN 3127187

Concern level3 of 4

High

015 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 23 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
035 active DOB violation(s)
041 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 11 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 114 apartments.

2018 — 14 units registered2023 — 11

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.

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Rent regulation

The building

1962

Built

Floors

114

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

123

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 2026-01-09

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING KICKSTAND DEVISE AT DOOR LEADING TO TEH BUILDING NORTH SECTION AT BASEMENT

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-01-05

§ 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 WEST AT BASEMENT, SECTION AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-01-05

§ 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 TO LAUNDRY ROOM AT SOUTH AT BASEMENT, SECTION AT WEST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt LRIssued 2025-05-29

§ 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 HINGE IN THE 1st ENTRANCE FROM EAST LOCATED AT BSMT-APT LR, 2nd BSMT-APT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION AT SOUTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water24

Plumbing5

Unsanitary Condition5

Appliance4

Door/Window4

General2

Electric2

Paint/Plaster1

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

289

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential207

Street/Sidewalk38

Unspecified26

Commercial8

House of Worship5

Vehicle5

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

180

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony48

Misdemeanor99

Violation33

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

Re-infestation reported

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.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-04-25

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · FISPNRF-NO REPORT AND / OR LATE FILING (FACADE) FACADE REQUIRED2018-05-31

FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 8A TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2017

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-02-27Apt LGresidential

2018-11-05Apt 6Oresidential

2017-09-12Apt 6Oresidential

2017-03-09Apt 6Oresidential

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 2018-06-07

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2009-12-10

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

IMPERIAL OCEAN CORP

Head officer

KEVIN GERSHENSON

Managing agent

SUPERIOR REALTY GROUP

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$2,500

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.

ConstructionClass 12026-08-11$2,500 due

ConstructionClass 12025-09-16$5,000 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1988-11-22 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2019-09-05 · $375,387.2

Mortgage2019-09-05$375,387.2

borrower IMPERIAL OCEAN CORP. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2009-12-18$250,000

borrower IMPERIAL OCEAN CORP. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2009-12-18$671,809.85

borrower IMPERIAL OCEAN CORP. · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2004-08-25$225,000

borrower IMPERIAL OCEAN CORP · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2003-01-13$692,510.14

borrower IMPERIAL OCEAN CORP C/O SUPERIOR REALTY GROUP LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

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