535 Ocean Parkway

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05400-0083BIN 3127250

Concern level3 of 4

High

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 45 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
0312 active DOB violation(s)
044 DOB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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 89 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 89 apartments.

2018 — 89 units registered2023 — 89

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

1963

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

182

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 2026-09-22

§ 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 ON FIRE DOOR AT FIRE STAIRS, 1st STORY, SECTION AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5PIssued 2021-10-215+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5P, 5th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION AT SOUTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2026-09-29

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... MORE THAN 10 SQ FT BUT LESS THAN 30 SQ FT OBSERVED AT NORTH WALL AND CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2026-09-29

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water49

Unsanitary Condition8

Water Leak5

Paint/Plaster5

Plumbing2

Electric2

Appliance1

Safety1

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

319

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential227

Street/Sidewalk42

Unspecified26

Vehicle12

Commercial7

House of Worship5

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

193

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony54

Misdemeanor100

Violation39

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

2024–20253 infested · 3 eradicated

2023–20242 infested · 2 eradicated

2023–20243 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 · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-11-03

PARTAIL VACATE ORDER-ENTIRE PARKING GARAGE @ CELLAR LEVEL.THE PARKING GARAGE EXHIBITS SUBSTANILLY DETERIORATED MATERIAL INCLUDING MULT LARGE SECTION OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALLS W/SIGNIFICANT SECTION O CACKED CONC RUSTED REINFORCEMENT CRACKED&SPALLING CONC VACATE ENTIRE PARKING GARAGE AT THE CELLAR LEVEL

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2025-11-03

EWO PARKING STRUCT CONSIST OF CELLAR LVL OBSERVED CRACKED/SPALLED CON- CRETE @ BEAMS, SLABS & FOUNDATION WALLS, EXPOSED RUSTING REINFORCEMENT CAUSING AN HAZARD TO VEHICULAR & PEDTRIAN TRAFFIC.REMDY:INSTALLSAFETY MEAS TO PROTECT UNSAFE AREAS.RETAIN NYS RDP TO SUPERV INSTALLTN OF SA- FETY MEAS.PROVIDE METHOD OF STABLZATIN/REPAIRS COMPLETE BY 11/17/2025

ACTIVE · AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE2023-10-04

FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2022-06-02Apt 5-Bresidential

2019-07-01Apt 4Cresidential

2017-08-07Apt 6Kresidential

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 2014-05-06

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

EXCELSIOR OCEAN REALTY

Head officer

GERALD BERTUNA

Managing agent

GERALD BERTUNA

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$23,125

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 22026-09-24$1,250 due

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 22026-05-04$3,125 due

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 12026-05-04$6,250 due

UnknownClass 12025-10-28$2,500 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2000-11-29 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2022-01-06 · $774,863.89

Mortgage2022-01-06$774,863.89

borrower EXCELSIOR OCEAN REALTY LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2017-07-20$7,250,000

borrower EXCELSIOR OCEAN REALTY LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2007-09-14$873,860.54

borrower EXCELSIOR OCEAN REALTY LLC · lender THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH

Mortgage2002-10-29$778,780.12

borrower EXCELSIOR OCEAN REALTY LLC · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2001-01-19$1,601,036.52

borrower EXCELSIOR OCEAN REALTY LLC · lender INDEPENDENCE 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