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537 Ovington Ave, Brooklyn

BBL 3-05874-0072

Built
1927
Floors
4
Residential units
62
Building type
Walk-up building
Zoning district
R5B
Lot area
17,700 sq ft
Floor area
46,200 sq ft
Last transfer
No price recorded

En español: 10 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 30 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 12 años abierta, desde el 30 de marzo de 2014.

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  1. 10

    Class C, immediately hazardous. Most often Fire Safety.

    13 open counting every year, the oldest since

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  2. 20

    Class B, hazardous. Most often Fire Safety.

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Certifications are being filed faster than new violations come in. 7 certifications filed against 3 new Class C in the last 180 days.

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 36 Class C violations, all 36 by the original certify-by date. HPD now marks 1 of them False Certification. How certification works

The original certify-by dates on 28 of the 30 open HPD violations have all passed. The latest was June 8, 2026. The report prints the date beside each one.

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10 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed March 30, 2014.

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Open Class C, week by week
8 on September 24, 2026 and 8 on October 8.
OATH/ECB summonses
5 DOB summonses here since January 1, 2019, with $5,655 in penalties imposed.
  • November 20, 2025, DOB: Failure to maintain building in code-compliant manner. Admitted, $1,250 penalty imposed.
  • March 22, 2025, DOB: Failure to maintain building in code-compliant manner. Admitted, $2,530 penalty imposed.
  • October 19, 2022, DOB: Fail maintain building in compliant manner: Service equipment - boiler. In violation.

The newest 3 of 5 summonses OATH lists here. The report lists all 5, with each outcome, the penalty imposed and any docketing date. What the report adds

DOF tax lien sale
Listed for DOF's 2025 tax lien sale, for water and sewer charges only. The last list it appeared on was the 30-day notice of April 2025.
Housing court
1 open housing court case, opened January 23, 2024. 3 housing court cases here since 2005.
DOB complaints
8 DOB complaints in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. The newest was filed August 19, 2026.
Energy benchmarking
ENERGY STAR score 5 for 2024, against a median of 67 for Multifamily Housing that year.
Local Law 97
Covered under Article 321, the path for certain affordable housing and houses of worship (DOB's list, March 1, 2026).
Boiler inspection
Inspected January 9, 2025. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year. Need this filed?
Bedbug report
Filed December 4, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).

Open violations by class. A party is named only where the building's HPD registration covers the date a violation was filed.

FiledCategoryStatusNumberRegistered party when filed
Class C10 open most often Fire Safety
Heat / Hot WaterOpen19285468DEAN STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC
Vermin / InfestationOpen19285466DEAN STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC
Notice sent18787487
Notice sent18479014
Notice sent18311976
Notice sent18300560
Fire SafetyNotice sent18248741
Notice sent18081693
Notice sent16891801
Fire SafetyFalse certification16549186
Class B20 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent18787488
Fire SafetyNotice sent18733509
Fire SafetyNotice sent18733508
Notice sent18479015
Notice sent18311977
Notice sent18248740
Notice sent18081696
Notice sent17818515
Notice sent17818514
Notice sent17780580
The report lists all 20, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds

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Questions about this building

Does 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn had 30 open violations on October 10, 2026: 30 from HPD. 10 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 12 years, since March 30, 2014.

Is 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

Certifications are being filed faster than new violations come in. 7 certifications filed against 3 new Class C in the last 180 days. That window ends October 10, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

When were certifications filed on Class C violations at 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn?

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 36 Class C violations, all 36 by the original certify-by date. HPD now marks 1 of them False Certification. A certification is the filing, dated when it was made, not HPD's acceptance of it. It is compared with the original certify-by date on the notice. A granted postponement moves that date and the city's data keeps only the first, so a certification counted after it may still have met a postponed date.

Is 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn in housing court?

Yes. 1 open housing court case, opened January 23, 2024. 3 housing court cases here since 2005. HPD takes buildings to housing court to get violations fixed and heat and hot water restored, and it joins tenants' own repair cases, called tenant actions. A case stays open until the court closes it.

Has DOB received complaints about 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn?

Yes. 8 DOB complaints in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. The newest was filed August 19, 2026. Anyone can complain to DOB about a building or the work going on in it, and DOB then inspects and decides whether there is a violation. A conversion complaint says an apartment may have been added or changed without approval. It is a complaint, not a finding.

What is the ENERGY STAR score for 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn?

ENERGY STAR score 5 for 2024, against a median of 67 for Multifamily Housing that year. Buildings over 25,000 square feet report their energy use to the city every year under Local Law 84. The ENERGY STAR score runs from 1 to 100 and compares a building with similar ones nationwide; 50 is the national median. The score is the one the city publishes, and this page never estimates a Local Law 97 emissions penalty. A lot that reported several properties in one year is not scored here.

When was the boiler at 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn last inspected?

On January 9, 2025. DOB requires a boiler in a building with 6 or more apartments to be inspected once every calendar year, with the report filed within 14 days of the inspection. Low-pressure boilers in residential buildings with 5 or fewer apartments are exempt.

When did 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn last file its bedbug report?

On December 4, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2025. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.

Is 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn covered by Local Law 97?

Yes. It is on DOB's Local Law 97 covered buildings list. Covered under Article 321, the path for certain affordable housing and houses of worship (DOB's list, March 1, 2026). Local Law 97 sets greenhouse gas limits for most New York City buildings over 25,000 square feet, and DOB's covered buildings list says which path each building is on. The list reflects DOB's records, which owners can ask DOB to correct. This page never estimates a penalty or says whether a building complies.

Is 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn rent stabilized?

The building has rent-stabilized apartments on its 2024 registration. That comes from the Rent Guidelines Board's list of buildings with at least one stabilized apartment registered that year. Buildings that registered late are left off, and a 421-a or J-51 building can leave stabilization when its tax benefit ends. A particular apartment's status is for NYS HCR to say.

When was 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1927 as the year 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up building with 4 floors.

How many apartments does 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 62 residential units at 537 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn. The count is for the whole tax lot.

Where do these numbers come from?

From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOF's tax lien sale lists, HPD's housing court cases, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, Local Law 84 energy reports, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports, DOB's Local Law 97 covered buildings list, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. This page is current through October 10, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.

Sources. HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, plus OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOF's tax lien sale lists, HPD's housing court cases, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, Local Law 84 energy reports, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports, DOB's Local Law 97 covered buildings list, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. Counts cover HPD Class B and C violations from the last 3 years that HPD still shows open, and OATH/ECB summonses from the same 3 years that the city still shows active. The city's own pages can show more, never fewer.

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ViolationScout, 537 Ovington Ave, Brooklyn: 62 units, 10 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/537-ovington-avenue-brooklyn

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