1439 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn

17 open code violations and a steady stream of heating and maintenance complaints define the paper trail for this 1922 Midwood building.

A 72-unit Midwood rental built in 1922 and managed under Leah Berkovits. Building records show persistent maintenance friction around essential services, physical upkeep, and indoor air quality. Three things to know:

17 open housing violations detail hazardous conditions across multiple units. The building carries 17 open housing violations, including 8 class C hazardous citations for active mice, roaches, and lead paint hazards. Recent citations also cover ceiling leaks, defective wood and ceramic flooring, and missing smoke detectors.

Recurring heat outages, unsanitary condition reports, and indoor air quality signals. Heating and moisture drive tenant complaints, led by 113 heat and hot water calls and 83 unsanitary condition reports covering mold and pests. Additionally, 3 indoor air quality reports point to potential riser or exhaust bleed between floors that is hard to catch without a walk-through.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 80 illegal parking calls within three blocks over the past year, mostly hydrant blocks and posted sign violations
• 75 residential noise reports in the surrounding three blocks, dominated by interior banging and pounding
• 24 rodent calls logged across the surrounding three blocks over the last 12 months

1439 Ocean Avenue is a 72-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3075840019). This building is associated with 1439 Realty LLC. Brix tracks 19 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1922, this elevator apartment building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Tenants have filed 1000 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.

What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:

• Heat/hot Water: 467 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 213 complaints
• Flooring/stairs: 99 complaints
• Paint/plaster: 73 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed October 4, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC FLOOR TILES IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT BASEME, 1st APARTMENT FROM WE
• HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT BASEME, 1st APARTMENT FROM
• § 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPART

The building last changed hands on April 30, 2013 for $1,810,281, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 5/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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