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Ocean Hill

Ocean Hill is in Brooklyn Community District 16, east of Bedford-Stuyvesant. It runs roughly from Broadway south toward East New York Avenue, between Ralph Avenue and the Broadway Junction area. The housing is mostly older rowhouses, brownstones and walk-up buildings. PLUTO data puts about 48% of its roughly 16,300 homes in walk-ups and about 56% in pre-1940 buildings. There are also some NYCHA-owned buildings and several newer mid-rise apartment buildings. Transit is strong. The C train stops at Ralph Avenue and Rockaway Avenue, the J and Z stop at Chauncey Street, and the A, C, J, Z and L all meet at Broadway Junction on the eastern edge. Callahan-Kelly Playground is the largest park.

Ocean Hill has 37,916 open HPD housing violations, 7,688 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 9,631 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 9th most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
37,916
7,688 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
9,631
2,771 Class C · 9th in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C7,688 · 20%Class B19,082 · 50%Class A11,146 · 29%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous2,771
  • Class B · hazardous3,960
  • Class A · non-hazardous2,112

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Good to know

  • C train at Ralph Av and Rockaway Av; J and Z at Chauncey St
  • A, C, J, Z and L trains meet at Broadway Junction on the edge
  • About 56% of homes are in pre-1940 buildings (PLUTO)
  • Callahan-Kelly Playground (about 3.5 acres) is the largest park

Before you rent or buy here

Check the buildingLook up any address for violations, complaints and owner.Read the violation classesWhat A, B and C mean and how fast owners must fix them.Work out your budgetThe 40× income rule most NYC landlords use.

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Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Re-checked 2026-10-12: subway stations re-tested against the 2020 NTA polygon; PLUTO home counts and shares recomputed from residential units inside the polygon and matched; park acreages from the NYC Parks Properties dataset. Boundaries are approximate. Confirmed: NTA falls in CDTA BK16 (Ocean Hill-Brownsville); C at Ralph Av and Rockaway Av, J/Z at Chauncey St, A/C at Broadway Junction inside, J/Z/L platforms on the polygon edge; Callahan-Kelly Playground 3.46 acres is the largest Parks property. No changes needed.

Sources

  1. Ocean Hill, Brooklyn (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. MTA Subway Stations · Metropolitan Transportation Authority via data.ny.gov (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) · NYC Department of City Planning via NYC Open Data (accessed October 12, 2026)

General information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Rules change; confirm with the agency or a professional before you act.

“Open” counts every HPD violation not yet recorded as corrected, including old ones owners never certified, so totals can exceed the number of apartments. Statistics: NYC Open Data (HPD violations, 311 service requests, DCP PLUTO) and rent-stabilized counts from DOF tax bills (via JustFix), updated Oct 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.