Is 536 To 540 Ocean Ave rent stabilized?
536 To 540 Ocean Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Flatbush, Brooklyn (11226). It has about 40 apartments, built in 1914.
Also written as 536 To 540 Ocean Avenue — or 536 To 540 Ocean Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226.
How this building compares
With about 40 apartments it sits near the middle of the 564 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Flatbush, where the median building has 35. It went up in 1914, 17 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 337 open violations here, about 8.4 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 1,177 violations on record at the address, 385 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 136 of them are still open. HPD issued 333 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Flatbush |
| ZIP | 11226 |
| Year built | 1914 |
| Apartments | 40 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3050990116 |
Owner & management
| Owner | Hartland Ocean LLC 1151 e 34 st · brooklyn, NY 11210 |
| Managing agent | Alejandro espinosa |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 337 open / 1177 total · 333 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 2 open / 706 total |
| HPD registration last filed | June 3, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 536 To 540 Ocean Ave rent stabilized?
536 To 540 Ocean Ave in Flatbush, Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization code is MULTIPLE DWELLING A. 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 536 To 540 Ocean Ave?
536 To 540 Ocean Ave (BBL 3050990116) has about 40 residential apartments and was built in 1914, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.