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681 Ocean Avenue

A 6-story building with 60 apartments, built in 1923, in Brooklyn, NY 11226.

Addresses on the lot: 673 to 689 Ocean Avenue.

HPD records as of November 6, 2026

48open HPD violations15 immediately hazardous
120complaints to HPD, past year6 about heat or hot water
59rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023
November 2024latest housing court case16 cases on record, all years

681 Ocean Avenue has 48 open HPD violations, 15 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 120 complaints to HPD in the past year, 6 about heat or hot water. It is registered to FLGSP 681 Ocean Ave LLC. 59 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 681 Ocean Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 48 open violations as of November 6, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most15
B, hazardous30 days28
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days5

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, 48 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 120 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 6, 2026, 6 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 681 Ocean Avenue?

681 Ocean Avenue is registered with HPD to FLGSP 681 Ocean Ave LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in November 2024. HPD’s record has 16 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

The building is in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, which takes on the city’s worst-maintained buildings.

City marshals carried out 2 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 12% of residential buildings in 11226 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 681 Ocean Avenue rent stabilized?

59 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, the same as in 2018. That’s 59 of the building’s 60 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 6, 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 3-05124-0026.