1903 Ocean Avenue

A 6-story building with 54 apartments, built in 1926, in Brooklyn, NY 11230.

HPD records as of October 25, 2026

15open HPD violations10 immediately hazardous

7complaints to HPD, past year2 about heat or hot water

42rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

June 2024latest housing court case2 cases on record, all years

1903 Ocean Avenue has 15 open HPD violations, 10 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the past year, 2 about heat or hot water. It is registered to FIRST OCEAN REALTY CO LLC. 42 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 1903 Ocean Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 15 open violations as of October 25, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	10
B, hazardous	30 days	3
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	2

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, 2 have been closed.

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 7 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 25, 2026, 2 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 1903 Ocean Avenue?

1903 Ocean Avenue is registered with HPD to FIRST OCEAN REALTY CO LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

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 June 2024. HPD’s record has 2 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 1903 Ocean Avenue rent stabilized?

42 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 41 in 2018. That’s 42 of the building’s 54 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

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 25, 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 3-07674-0030.