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515 Ocean Avenue

484Records
18City systems
12Open violations
19.8Penalty rate
Brooklyn · ZIP 11226 · Neighborhood: Flatbush
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484 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 129 311 service requests, 84 DOB permits, 57 DOB job filings.

BoroughBrooklyn 11226
Built1926
Floors4
Res. units24
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)515 OCEAN, L.P.
BBL3050810043
BIN3116557

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 54% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 19.8. In ZIP 11226, 60% of residential buildings hold an A and 10% grade D or F. How grades work

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A
B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations12 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 7 class A. Oldest open since 2019-11-08.

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

44 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (9) · WATER LEAK (6) · Noise (6) · Consumer Complaint (4) · PAINT/PLASTER (3) · ELECTRIC (3).

Filed construction activity

$2,698,386 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (22 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1926)
YesSix or more residential units (24)
No421-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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$6,945,000 $3,125,250
2026$7,931,000 $3,568,950
2027$8,035,000 $3,615,750

The city's market estimate has risen 16% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 71/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
SubwaySandwichesA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

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.

1 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.

Getting around

SubwayChurch Av — B Q · 700 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Church Av / Ocean Av — B35 · 100 ft
Citi BikeE 21 St & Church Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School
Middle: M.S. 246 Walt Whitman. 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.

Report a problem to 311

515 Ocean Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

44 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $8,000,000 on 2017-11-21 (lender: Signature Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2017-11-21Mortgage $8,000,000 — from 515 OCEAN, L.P. to SIGNATURE BANK $8,000,000
2017-11-21AL&R $8,000,000 — from 515 OCEAN, L.P. to SIGNATURE BANK $8,000,000
2005-01-26RPTT $21,672,700 — from GREENPOINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION & SUBSI to NORTH FORK BANCORPORATION $21,672,700
2004-12-28Deed $4,750,000 — from THE GREEN POINT SAVINGS BANK; GREENPOINT BANK F/K/A to 16 WARREN ASSOCIATES, L.P. $4,750,000

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
57
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017127261542
2018121170131
201979200844
202011180323
20213250313
202207110220
202323360344
2024200304357
20253090315
202647240439
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The full timeline

Construction 148Enforcement 95Housing & tenants 182Ownership & money 14Health & systems 45

Every one of the 484 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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