1602 Ocean Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-06730-0063BIN 3320894Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0130 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
036 open rent-impairing 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 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 97 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 101 apartments.

2018 — 97 units registered2023 — 97

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1929

Built

Floors

101

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building34 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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. This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

No open HPD violations.

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

149

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water44

Paint/Plaster22

Unsanitary Condition17

Plumbing16

Electric10

Door/Window10

Flooring/Stairs9

Safety8

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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

660

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential579

Street/Sidewalk26

Unspecified22

Park18

Vehicle11

Commercial3

House of Worship1

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

Felony27

Misdemeanor30

Violation14

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 6 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

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.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-02-07Apt 5Mcommercial

2018-08-08Apt 2Cresidential

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 2023-03-10

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2021-02-24

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2019-12-24

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2017-05-30

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

TOWN MANAGEMENT CO.

Head officer

CHAIM BABAD

Managing agent

CHAIM BABAD

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

110-55 72 ROADQUEENS 117-12 OCEAN PROMENADEQUEENS 1177 EAST 98 STREETBROOKLYN 1314 50 STREETBROOKLYN 1439 55 STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-03-29 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2017-03-28 · $466,826.39

Mortgage2017-03-28$466,826.39

borrower TOWN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2012-03-29no recorded price

TOWN MANAGEMENT CO. → TOWN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES LLC

Mortgage2012-03-29$14,500,000

borrower TOWN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage1999-04-05$327,747.84

borrower TOWN MANAGEMENT COMPANY · lender CONGREGATION KAHAL MINCHAS CHINUCH INC

Mortgage1999-04-05$1,050,000

borrower TOWN MANAGEMENT COMPANY · lender CONGREGATION KAHAL MINCHAS CHINUCH INC

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