1434 Ocean Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-06712-0073BIN 3179805

Concern level3 of 4

High

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)

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

Not on the rent-stabilized list

Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.

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 building8 others linked to the same owner

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 2026-06-16RENT-IMPAIRING

567 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF RATS AND ALL UNDERLYING CAUSES CREATING THE PEST INFESTATIONS, BY USING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM), ELIMINATE ALL BURROW ENTRY AND PASSAGEWAYS, PEST NESTS, HOLES, GAPS OR CRACKS IN WALLS, CEILINGS, FLOORS, FIXING LEAKS AND MANAGING GARBAGE IN PUBLIC AREAS. EVIDENCE FOUND AT THE FRONT, AT FIRE PASSAGE WAY AT NORTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-16

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING COVERS AT TRASH BINS, AT FIRE PASSAGE WAY AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-16

§ 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE REAR YARD

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-16

§ 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE NORTH COURT

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition16

Paint/Plaster7

Water Leak1

Unsanitary ConditionGarbage/Recycling Storage2026-04-12 · open

Unsanitary ConditionPests2023-07-07 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionMold2023-07-07 · 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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

205

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential171

Street/Sidewalk20

Unspecified8

Vehicle5

Commercial1

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

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony24

Misdemeanor47

Violation27

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 2 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

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2022-09-06

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2022-08-17

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

OCEAN14 LLC

Head officer

ELI ESSES

Managing agent

LRG PROPERTIES LLC

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

1385 WILLOUGHBY AVENUEBROOKLYN 1393 WILLOUGHBY AVENUEBROOKLYN 1401 WILLOUGHBY AVENUEBROOKLYN 1409 WILLOUGHBY AVENUEBROOKLYN 1430 OCEAN AVENUEBROOKLYN

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 sale2013-06-20 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2018-06-28 · $1,433,860.57

Mortgage2018-06-28$1,433,860.57

borrower OCEAN 14 LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK

Mortgage2013-06-20$881,248.66

borrower OCEAN 14 LLC · lender THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LONG ISLAND

Sale2013-06-20no recorded price

RAM ASSOCIATES REALTY, LLC → OCEAN 14 LLC

Mortgage2003-08-19$154,348.35

borrower RAM ASSOCIATES REALTY, LLC · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNTIY BANK

Mortgage2001-07-13$682,995.27

borrower RAM ASSOCIATES 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