Brooklyn · Block 6783 · Lot 43 · 11229

2157 Ocean Avenue

6 floors · 60 apartments · 66,875 sq ft · built 1927 · class D1 · owner of record: 2157 Realty Associates

2open violations
$625ECB/OATH penalties owed
0HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
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Compliance deadlines

RequirementDueStatus
Annual property registration Applies
HPD registration · September 1 each year
What this is

Residential buildings with three or more units, and one- and two-family homes the owner doesn't occupy, register with HPD every year ($13 fee). An unregistered building can't start a nonpayment case in Housing Court and faces civil penalties. Agency page

OverdueRegistration expired 2026-09-01
Annual parapet observation Check
Local Law 126 · By December 31 each year
What this is

If the building has a parapet facing a street, sidewalk or other public way, a competent person (such as a mason, engineer or architect) must observe it every year and the owner keeps the report for DOB on request. Detached one- and two-family homes are exempt. Agency page

Dec 31, 2026
in 67 days
Keep the report on file (not filed with DOB)
Bedbug annual filing Applies
Local Law 69 · December 1 to 31 each year
What this is

Owners of multiple dwellings file their bedbug infestation history for the prior year with HPD and post or distribute it to tenants. Agency page

Dec 31, 2026
in 67 days
Annual
Annual boiler inspection (1 boiler) Applies
Boiler inspection · By December 31 each year
What this is

Boilers are inspected each calendar year and the report is filed in DOB NOW: Safety within 14 days of the inspection (low-pressure boilers in residential buildings of 5 or fewer families are exempt). Latest report on record: 2025-08-07 (Accepted). Agency page

Dec 31, 2026
in 67 days
1 of 1 without an accepted 2026 report yet
Annual notice: window guards and lead paint Applies
HPD / Health Code · January 1 to 16 each year
What this is

Deliver the annual notice to every unit asking whether a child lives there (window guards for children 10 and under; lead paint for children under 6 in pre-1960 buildings), then follow up on units that don't return it by mid-February. Agency page

Jan 16, 2027
in 83 days
Annual
Energy and water benchmarking Likely applies
Local Law 84 · May 1 each year
What this is

Buildings over 25,000 sq ft (this lot shows 66,875 sq ft) report energy and water use for the prior calendar year through ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. The city's Covered Buildings List is the final word on which buildings must file. Agency page

May 1, 2027
in 188 days
Annual filing
Building emissions report Likely applies
Local Law 97 · May 1 each year (extensions available)
What this is

Covered buildings file an annual greenhouse gas emissions report certified by a registered design professional. Buildings over their emissions limit owe penalties, so it pays to check early. Agency page

May 1, 2027
in 188 days
Annual filing
Gas piping inspection (2027 cycle) Likely applies
Local Law 152 · During 2027
What this is

Buildings with gas piping (except one- and two-family homes) need a periodic gas piping inspection by a licensed master plumber every four years. Community district 15 is on the 2027 cycle; certification is filed with DOB after the inspection. Buildings with no gas piping file a certification instead. Agency page

Dec 31, 2027
in 432 days
Next cycle year 2027
Energy audit and retro-commissioning (2033) Likely applies
Local Law 87 · Calendar year 2033
What this is

Buildings over 50,000 sq ft file an Energy Efficiency Report every ten years, in the year whose last digit matches the last digit of the tax block (block 6783). Agency page

Dec 31, 2033
in 2624 days
Next due 2033

Open violations

ECB / OATH (1) · $625 owed
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Feb 9, 2024Construction CLASS - 2
TEMPORARY CONSTRUCION EQUIPMENT ON SITE-EXPIRED PERMIT. NOTED: DURING INSPECTION, OBSERVED AT EXPOSURE(1) OF PREMISES A SIDEWALK SHED UNDER APPLICATION #B00908182-I1-SH EXPIRED 12/09/2023. REMEDY: RENEW PERMIT.
#35671324L
Aug 23, 2024
IN VIOLATION
$625
DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
Nov 14, 2023Boiler FTC-BE-EXT-LP
Violation Issued-Failure To File 2019 External Inspection Affirmation of Correction for LP Device
Active
HPD (1) · C 0 · B 1 · A 0
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Jul 23, 1996B§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING GLASS WINDOWS CELLAR THRU OUTSep 9, 1996

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City records as of Oct 25, 2026, 10:59 AM ET. BBL 3067830043.

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