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540 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn

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540 Ocean Avenue at a glance

540 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn has 280 open city records on file, 113 of them Class C (immediately hazardous), and no balance recorded as due on OATH/ECB summonses. The most recent record is dated Jul 24, 2026.

Open Class C
113
Immediately hazardous — click to see them
Open Class B
85
Hazardous — click to see them
Open Class A
82
Non-hazardous — click to see them
Fines due
$0.00
Balance on OATH/ECB summonses
Permits on file
4
Construction permits filed with DOB
Last activity
Jul 24, 2026
HPD record

Health score for 540 Ocean Avenue

A composite of the public indicators below. How it is scored.

D
Health score · Aug 5, 2026
Scored from the 300 most recent of 1,248 public records for this building
Open Class C violations
Immediately hazardous, uncertified
This building 113
Open Class B violations
Hazardous
This building 85
Heat & hot water records
Violations and complaints, last 24 months
This building 1
Unpaid penalties
OATH/ECB summonses with balance due
This building $0
Bedbug filings with infestations
Annual LL69 filings on record
This building 0
Tenant litigation
Open HP actions in Housing Court
This building 0
Active vacate order
HPD or FDNY order to vacate, still in effect
This building No

Record timeline for 540 Ocean Avenue

Showing the 300 most recent of 1,248 records; the CSV has the full history. Class A, B and C are HPD’s hazard tiers: C is immediately hazardous, A and B explained here.

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OATH / ECB summonses & fines at 540 Ocean Avenue

No balance is recorded as due across the 4 summonses below, out of $6,930.00 in penalties imposed. Balances are as the city publishes them; a settlement or write-off that never reached the dataset will not show here. New to these? How an OATH summons becomes a penalty, explained.

OATH and ECB summonses for 540 Ocean Avenue
1588075Aug 12, 2021FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER. AT TIME OF INSPJan 12, 2022Found in violation
1373893Aug 27, 2019WORK W/O A PERMIT. NOTED:AT COURTYARD THEY ARE REMOVING AND INSTALLINGNov 12, 2020Found in violation
597451Apr 18, 2005BQ9/24B/45A/50. BQ9-CARLIN OIL BURNER MODEL 1150 HAS NO FB WORK TYPE. Jun 6, 2005Found in violation
120513Jan 7, 1999FAILURE TO MAINTAIN EXTERIOR BUILDING WALL DEFECT IS MISSING MORTOR JOFeb 22, 1999Defaulted (did not respond)