Is 179 Ocean Pkwy rent stabilized?
179 Ocean Pkwy is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Kensington, Brooklyn (11218). It has about 39 apartments, built in 1923.
Also written as 179 Ocean Parkway — or 179 Ocean Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11218.
How this building compares
With about 39 apartments it sits near the middle of the 195 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Kensington, where the median building has 31. Its 1923 construction date sits close to the 1930 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 27 open violations here, about 0.7 per apartment — close to the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 142 violations on record at the address, 13 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 168 HPD complaints at the address, 4 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Kensington |
| ZIP | 11218 |
| Year built | 1923 |
| Apartments | 39 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, COOP/CONDO PLAN FILE |
| BBL | 3053290062 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 179 OCEAN OWNERS CORP 254 WEST 31ST STREET · New York, NY 10001 |
| Managing agent | CHOICE NY MANAGEMENT |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 27 open / 142 total · 8 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 168 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 7, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 179 Ocean Pkwy rent stabilized?
179 Ocean Pkwy in Kensington, Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files. Registration is recorded for the building, not for each apartment in it, so an individual unit here can still have been deregulated — ask the landlord or DHCR for that apartment's rent history before relying on it.
How many apartments are at 179 Ocean Pkwy?
179 Ocean Pkwy (BBL 3053290062) has about 39 residential apartments and was built in 1923, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized, and the DHCR files this site is built on register the building rather than its individual apartments.