1640 Ocean Avenue
A 6-story building with 98 apartments, built in 1929, in Brooklyn, NY 11230.
Addresses on the lot: 1628 to 1632 Ocean Avenue, 1640 to 1648 Ocean Avenue.
HPD records as of October 24, 2026
1640 Ocean Avenue has 251 open HPD violations, 57 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 41 complaints to HPD in the past year, 16 about heat or hot water. It is registered to TOWN MANAGEMENT CO. 95 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.
Does 1640 Ocean Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 251 open violations as of October 24, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 57 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 153 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 41 |
It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size
Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 40 have been closed.
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 41 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 24, 2026, 16 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.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 1640 Ocean Avenue?
1640 Ocean Avenue is registered with HPD to TOWN MANAGEMENT CO. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.
1 other building is registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.
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 September 2022. HPD’s record has 8 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, 2% of residential buildings in 11230 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 1640 Ocean Avenue rent stabilized?
95 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 94 in 2018. That’s 95 of the building’s 98 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
- 1650 Ocean Avenue59 apartments, built 1927
- 1620 Ocean Avenue101 apartments, built 1929
- 1641 Ocean Avenue113 apartments, built 1926
- 1609 Ocean Avenue39 apartments, built 1926
- 1680 Ocean Avenue65 apartments, built 1935
- 1916 Avenue K60 apartments, built 1954
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 3-06730-0072.