# 2540 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3073240042/2540-ocean-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3073240042 · BIN 3198274 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 18 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 11 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 3 evictions executed in the last 3 years

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 37 stabilized units for 2023, of about 38 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 37, 2019: 37, 2020: 37, 2021: 37, 2022: 37, 2023: 37.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1926, 4 floors, 38 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

57 open (class C immediately hazardous: 18, class B hazardous: 27, class A non-hazardous: 12); 578 on record.
11 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 6 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 27 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

6 in the last 12 months; 123 on record.
Most common: WATER LEAK (33), HEAT/HOT WATER (23), UNSANITARY CONDITION (23), FLOORING/STAIRS (13), PLUMBING (11).

## Bedbugs

7 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

3 executed in the last 3 years; 5 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

12 cases on record, 0 open, 7 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: ATTELMAR REALTY LLC
- Agent: SMRC MGMT
- HeadOfficer: SANTA MARLETTA
- Shareholder: SANTA MARLETTA
- SiteManager: ERNESTO GODOY

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3073240042/2540-ocean-avenue-brooklyn