1,331 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 504 HPD complaints, 340 311 service requests, 135 HPD housing violations.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 64% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 10.6. In ZIP 11225, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 38 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 16 class B, 19 class A. Oldest open since 1999-07-01. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
51 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (12) · Illegal Parking (7) · Real Time Enforcement (4) · Lead (3) · Water System (3) · Building/Use (2).
$482,250 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (7 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1930) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (85) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 163 OCEAN TENANTS CORP |
| Head officer | JOSEPH BORRERO |
| Managing agent | ARGO REAL ESTATE LLC. |
| Last registered | 2025-09-24 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,030,000 | $4,063,500 |
| 2026 | $9,375,000 | $4,218,750 |
| 2027 | $9,829,000 | $4,423,050 |
The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Tax exemptions on the roll: SENIOR CITIZEN HOMEOWNER
For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $2,183,268 a year ($18.38 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,060,750 ($8.93 per sq ft), net operating income $1,122,518. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 61/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 10) |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
10 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2021 (0 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | Prospect Park — B Q S · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Ocean Av / Opp 231 Ocean Av — B16 · 500 ft |
| Citi Bike | Flatbush Ave & Fenimore St · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School Middle: Ebbets Field Middle School. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
163 Ocean Avenue
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Anything else | Anything else |
51 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 of them about heat or hot water.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.
Managed by ARGO REAL ESTATE, LLC — 140 buildings, 9,601 units. Grades across the portfolio: A126 · B14. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 140 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,300,000 on 2022-04-26 (lender: Astoria Bank and Sterling National Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | Sold for $835,000 | $835,000 | $9,824 |
| 2025-11-03 | RPTT&RET $1,645,000 — from BORRERO, JOSEPH; BORRERO, JILL to TAYLOR, TIMOTHY; TANE, NORA | $1,645,000 | |
| 2025-10-16 | Sold for $1,645,000 | $1,645,000 | $19,353 |
| 2025-09-04 | RPTT&RET $1,375,000 — from TREPINSKI, JENNIFER KEYL; FAIZ, ARIF to TROUBA, RACHEL M; MALSTROM, ALEC B | $1,375,000 | |
| 2025-08-19 | Sold for $1,375,000 | $1,375,000 | $16,176 |
| 2025-03-06 | RPTT&RET $875,000 — from KANTOR, DINA; LAMBERT, SETH to VU, SHANNON; VU, KATHLEEN | $875,000 | |
| 2025-02-25 | Sold for $875,000 | $875,000 | $10,294 |
| 2024-04-12 | RPTT&RET $292,836 — from AMELIO, LAURA C to SHERMAN, RACHEL | $292,836 | |
| 2024-03-28 | Sold for $292,836 | $292,836 | $3,445 |
| 2024-01-02 | RPTT&RET $1,535,000 — from KIRKSEY, MEGHAN to O'NEILL, EILEEN; MARTIN, TREVOR | $1,535,000 | |
| 2023-12-27 | RPTT&RET $1,150,000 — from O'NEILL, EILEEN; MARTIN, TREVOR to KARMAZIN, EUGENE | $1,150,000 | |
| 2023-12-12 | Sold for $1,150,000 | $1,150,000 | $13,529 |
| 2023-12-12 | Sold for $1,535,000 | $1,535,000 | $18,059 |
| 2023-11-27 | RPTT&RET $697,500 — from COHEN, ANDREA; ZHANG, YING to PATTERSON, MOLLY; BEVET, SAM | $697,500 | |
| 2023-11-06 | Sold for $697,500 | $697,500 | $8,206 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 8 | 99 | 10 | 3 | 122 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 67 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 28 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 65 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 50 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 49 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 65 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 47 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
Every one of the 1,331 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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