1517 Ocean Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-07602-0035BIN 3207480Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

0115 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
025 of those issued in the last 3 years
037 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB 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 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 44 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 45 apartments.

2018 — 44 units registered2023 — 44

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1925

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building7 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

350

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6AIssued 2026-05-292 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6AIssued 2026-03-262 violationsRENT-IMPAIRING

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH · HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN AT DRAIN PIPE AT WASHBASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 6A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH · Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt A6Issued 2024-07-18RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT A6, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt A6Issued 2023-09-25RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES ..AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT A6, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

110

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water23

Paint/Plaster14

Water Leak12

Unsanitary Condition11

Appliance10

Plumbing10

Flooring/Stairs10

Electric9

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

442

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential407

Street/Sidewalk14

Unspecified11

Vehicle8

Commercial2

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

Much lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony19

Misdemeanor29

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

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

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.

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2024-02-08

AT TIME OF INSPECTION IN APT A6, BATHROOM CEILING STRUCTURE IN STATE OF DISREPAIR, SAGGING WOOD ROTTED.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$2,500

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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 12026-10-06$2,500 due

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2019-05-15Apt 1Cresidential

2018-10-04Apt 9Dresidential

2018-05-23Apt 1Cresidential

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 2024-03-06

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2020-09-18

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2019-08-26

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2019-02-19

Tenant action

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

PICASSO MOON 72 LLC

Head officer

LEROY FORDE

Managing agent

THOMAS FORDE

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

1022 EAST 36 STREETBROOKLYN 1602 UNION STREETBROOKLYN 1655 UNION STREETBROOKLYN 322 ROCKAWAY PARKWAYBROOKLYN 352 EASTERN PARKWAYBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2015-05-01 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2015-05-01 · $2,274,983.52

Sale2015-05-01no recorded price

CITADEL ESTATES LLC → PICASSO MOON 72 LLC

Mortgage2015-05-01$2,274,983.52

borrower PICASSO MOON 72 LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2015-05-01$2,365,016.48

borrower PICASSO MOON 72 LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Mortgage2011-11-28$6,049,961.15

borrower CITADEL ESTATES LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Sale2008-07-15$58,403,000

322 REALTY LLC, 1110 REALTY LLC, 426 REALTY LLC, 2401 REALTY LLC, 1006-22 REALTY LLC, 348-352 REALTY LLC, 1602 REALTY LLC, 1608 REALTY LLC, 1505 REALTY LLC, 1655 REALTY LLC, 636 REALTY LLC, 463-467 REALTY LLC, 371-377 REALTY LLC, 2415 REALTY LLC, 57 REALTY LLC → CITADEL ESTATES LLC

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