163 Ocean Avenue
A 6-story building with 85 apartments, built in 1930, in Brooklyn, NY 11225.
HPD records as of November 5, 2026
163 Ocean Avenue has 38 open HPD violations, 3 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the past year. It is registered to 163 OCEAN TENANTS CORP. 10 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.
Does 163 Ocean Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 38 open violations as of November 5, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 3 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 16 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 19 |
It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the 12 months to November 5, 2026, none 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.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 163 Ocean Avenue?
163 Ocean Avenue is registered with HPD to 163 OCEAN TENANTS CORP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.
The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building
Housing court and evictions
The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in November 2024. HPD’s record has 6 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.
City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 7% of residential buildings in 11225 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 163 Ocean Avenue rent stabilized?
10 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, down from 12 in 2018. That’s 10 of the building’s 85 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.
How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 5, 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 3-05026-0011.