1825 Ocean Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-07656-0058BIN 3421350

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 90 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
044 active DOB violation(s)
053 evictions 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 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 90 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 90 apartments.

2019 — 90 units registered2023 — 90

421-a tax benefit · expires ~2035

A 421-a building's rent stabilization is tied to this tax benefit and generally ends when it expires — here, around 2035 (approximate, from DOF exemption records). Confirm your unit's status with NYS HCR.

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.

How to request your rent history →

Rent regulation

The building

2017

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building9 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.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-08-05RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING ELECTROMAGNETIC LOCKING MECHANISM AT VESTIBULE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Nov Certified On Time

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-09-08

566 (B) 27-2021.4 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF PESTS. EVIDENCE OF FLIES , 1st STORY

Status: Nov Certified On Time

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-08-05

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE HEAVY DUTY LOCKSET AT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition12

Water Leak6

Paint/Plaster2

Heat/Hot Water1

Appliance1

Plumbing1

General1

Flooring/Stairs1

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

515

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential448

Street/Sidewalk27

Unspecified21

Vehicle10

Commercial8

Helicopter1

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

146

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony40

Misdemeanor76

Violation30

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

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2024-12-01

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-06-25Apt 3Fresidential

2025-06-10Apt 6Cresidential

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 2025-07-15

Harassment case

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

OCEAN UNITS LLC

Head officer

JOSEPH LICHTMAN

Managing agent

JOSEPH LICHTMAN

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

1193 NOSTRAND AVENUEBROOKLYN 1213 ROGERS AVENUEBROOKLYN 1326 OCEAN AVENUEBROOKLYN 1823 WOODBINE STREETQUEENS 1930 PALMETTO STREETQUEENS

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2016-02-05 · $6,300,000

Most recent mortgage2019-07-03 · $12,800,000

Mortgage2019-07-03$12,800,000

borrower OCEAN UNITS LLC · lender VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

Mortgage2017-11-27$1,947,662

borrower OCEAN UNITS LLC · lender BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA

Mortgage2017-11-27$16,252,338

borrower OCEAN UNITS LLC · lender BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA

Sale2016-02-05$6,300,000

ROZZI, JOSEPH M, ROZZI, MATTHEW J → OCEAN UNITS, LLC

Mortgage2016-02-05$4,000,000

borrower OCEAN UNITS, LLC · lender CW FUNDING LLC, IS-ILA CAPITAL LLC, BZCS LLC, TAMARA BERKOWITZ NON- GRANTOR TRUST, 3361781 CANADA INC., AJY GROUP LLC, SHULAMIT HOLZER NON-GRANTOR TRUST, JANRACS NEWARK 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