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1220 Ocean Avenue

A 6-story building with 53 apartments, built in 1938, in Brooklyn, NY 11230.

Addresses on the lot: 1218 to 1220 Ocean Avenue.

HPD records as of October 24, 2026

21open HPD violations11 hazardous
12complaints to HPD, past year12 about heat or hot water
52rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
Nonehousing court cases in 5 years4 older

1220 Ocean Avenue has 21 open HPD violations. Tenants made 12 complaints to HPD in the past year, 12 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 1220 OCEAN AVE LLC. 52 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 1220 Ocean Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 21 open violations as of October 24, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most0
B, hazardous30 days11
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days10

No class C violation is open. 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments have one. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 4 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 12 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026, 12 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 1220 Ocean Avenue?

1220 Ocean Avenue is registered with HPD to 1220 OCEAN AVE LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 4 older cases, the latest from 2018.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 2% of residential buildings in 11230 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 1220 Ocean Avenue rent stabilized?

52 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 53 in 2018. That’s 52 of the building’s 53 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

Scores out of ten, from today’s records

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 24, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 3-06694-0050.