Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
56
out of 100
Heavier than 90% of buildings in Midwood
123 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, 17 apartments here are rent stabilized.
1494 OCEAN AVENUE · 44 apartments · built 1922 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- 17 apartments here are rent stabilized
- Q train about 5 minutes away
Against it
- 123 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 1% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
123 violations the city still lists as unresolved
120 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 11 years.
- Fire & life safety32
- Paint / plaster28
- Disrepair19
- Heat / hot water8
- Lead paint8
- Plumbing7
- Other6
- Structural5
- Water leak4
- Mold4
- Pests2
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 97% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 1996-08-20 and remains open on HPD’s records.