Is 781 Ocean Ave rent stabilized?
781 Ocean Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Flatbush, Brooklyn (11226). It has about 24 apartments, built in 1913.
Also written as 781 Ocean Avenue — or 781 Ocean Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226.
How this building compares
With about 24 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 1913, 18 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 86 open violations here, about 3.6 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 631 violations on record at the address, 212 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 51 of them are still open. HPD issued 19 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Flatbush |
| ZIP | 11226 |
| Year built | 1913 |
| Apartments | 24 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING B, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 3051510028 |
Owner & management
| Owner | E 53 STREET 781 LLC 1377 E 49TH STREET · BROOKLYN, NY 11234 |
| Managing agent | KENNETH HENRY |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 86 open / 631 total · 19 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 719 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 23, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 781 Ocean Ave rent stabilized?
781 Ocean Ave in Flatbush, Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization codes are MULTIPLE DWELLING B and GARDEN COMPLEX. 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 781 Ocean Ave?
781 Ocean Ave (BBL 3051510028) has about 24 residential apartments and was built in 1913, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.