Lead paint violations at 455 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn
HPD lists 41 open lead paint violations at this Flatbush building in Brooklyn. Each order is set out in plain English, newest first.
- open lead paint violations
- 41
- of them class C, immediately hazardous
- 30
- apartments named in open orders, plus 2 building-wide
- 18
- newest lead order issued
- Aug 10, 2026
- lead orders on record since 2004
- 109
An order is open while HPD still hasn't accepted a repair, or proof from the owner, for it. Once HPD accepts it, the order is closed. What to do next
Lead orders still open, newest first
All 41 open orders appear below. When one day's order covers several apartments, those apartments share a row, and each one is named.
| Apartment | What HPD ordered | Class | Where | Issued |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 apartments6F, 5G, 5D, 3G, 3A, 2F, 2D, 1F, 1E | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 623)Inspector could not get in to re-check | B, hazardous | The whole apartment | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Building | Young children: tenants not asked, or no lead check (order 619) | C, immediately hazardous | Yearly tenant notice | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Building | Lead records not handed to HPD (order 620)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | Building paperwork | Jul 30, 2026 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | Baseboard at north wall, baseboard at west wall in the foyer | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | Baseboard at south wall in the kitchen | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 2A | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 621)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | The whole apartment | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 3D | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 623)Inspector could not get in to re-check | B, hazardous | The whole apartment | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 6G | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 623)Inspector could not get in to re-check | B, hazardous | The whole apartment | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 2F | Young children: tenants not asked, or no lead check (order 619)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | Yearly tenant notice | Mar 9, 2023 |
| 2F | Lead records not handed to HPD (order 618)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | Building paperwork | Mar 9, 2023 |
| 5D | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 622)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | The whole apartment | Feb 21, 2023 |
| 2G | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven (order 622)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | The whole apartment | May 2, 2022 |
| 2G | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 624)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Place not named in the order | May 2, 2022 |
| 2G | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from east at south wall door, 1st closet from east at south wall door frame in the 1st room from north | May 2, 2022 |
| 2D | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling in the bathroom | Mar 16, 2020 |
| 3G | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | North wall in the 3rd room from north at east | Nov 12, 2014 |
| 2C | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st window frame from south at west wall in the 2nd room from north at west | Apr 9, 2012 |
| 2C | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st window frame from south at west wall, 2nd window frame from south at west wall in the 3rd room from north at west | Feb 27, 2012 |
| 1C | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st closet from south at west wall wall in the 4th room from north at east | Sep 15, 2008 |
| 1C | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from south at west wall in the 3rd bathroom from north | Sep 15, 2008 |
| 5A | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | North wall in the private hallway | Aug 27, 2008 |
| 2A | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | South wall in the 1st room from north at west | Jul 17, 2008 |
| 5F | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 616)Owner's proof of repair rejected | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling in the bathroom | Dec 5, 2007 |
| 2F | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | East wall in the kitchen | Apr 30, 2007 |
| 2F | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door from south at west wall in the foyer | Apr 30, 2007 |
| 2F | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | East wall, west wall in the bathroom | Apr 30, 2007 |
| 4F | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from south at west wall in the bathroom | Jan 17, 2007 |
| 4F | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door frame from west at north wall in the 5th room from north | Jan 12, 2007 |
| 4F | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | East wall, west wall in the private hallway | Jan 12, 2007 |
| 4F | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | 1st door from south at west wall, 1st door frame from south at west wall, east wall in the foyer | Jan 12, 2007 |
| 4F | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 617)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | Place not named in the order | Jan 12, 2007 |
| 5G | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 610)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | East wall in the 2nd room from north | Jul 6, 2004 |
| 5G | Peeling lead paint to fix (order 610)Inspector could not get in to re-check | C, immediately hazardous | Ceiling, west wall, south riser in the bathroom | Jul 6, 2004 |
Unless a row says otherwise, each open order here still reads "notice sent to the owner". For HPD Online, the building ID numbers are BIN 3116562, BBL 3050810070. Open HPD Online
Your next steps
- Keep children away from peeling paint. Wash hands, toys, pacifiers, window sills and floors often, and keep children away from rooms where repair work makes dust. Don't sand, scrape or repaint old paint yourself, because that creates lead dust.
- Get your child tested. If you think your child was exposed, get a blood lead test from the doctor now. At age 1, and once more at age 2, New York also requires the test. How the test works
- Put your complaint in writing. Tell your landlord about the peeling paint, and whether a child under age 6 lives at 455 Ocean Avenue. Free letters in English and Spanish
- Report the problem to HPD. Call 311, or report it online, about peeling paint or repair work that makes dust. Filing is free, and your immigration status doesn't matter.
- Child tested high for lead? Follow the doctor's plan for retesting, then talk to a lead paint lawyer about the building's record: call (888) 503-5930.
These lead orders in plain English
Local Law 1 of 2004 is the city's lead paint law today. Orders here from before August 2004 came under the older city lead rules it replaced; the later ones were issued under it. Lead paint is presumed in buildings built before 1960, and owners get extra duties for apartments where a child under 6 lives.
- 23 open: peeling lead paint to fix. The paint here contains lead, or is presumed to, and it is peeling or sits on damaged surfaces. Repairing it is the owner's job, using lead-safe work methods.
- 14 open: vacant-apartment lead work not proven. While the apartment sat empty, the owner had to make its doors, windows and floors lead-safe, then prove that to HPD. The proof isn't there.
- 2 open: young children: tenants not asked, or no lead check. The owner failed to send the yearly notice asking whether the apartment has a child under 6, or failed to check for lead hazards.
- 2 open: lead records not handed to HPD. The building's lead paint records, covering notices, inspections and repairs, were requested by HPD, but the owner didn't send them within 45 days.
HPD uses class C for a condition that is immediately hazardous. A closed order is one where HPD accepted a repair, or proof from the owner. Of the lead orders here, 68 are closed.
Lead orders here, year by year
- 20042
- 200712
- 200810
- 20122
- 20141
- 20155
- 20185
- 201915
- 202010
- 20216
- 20229
- 202311
- 20248
- 20252
- 202611
Closed lead orders (68)
This list shows the 40 most recent closures.
| Apartment | What HPD ordered | Class | Issued | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 19, 2024 | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 4A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Apr 14, 2022 | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 2A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Aug 12, 2024 | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 2A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Aug 12, 2024 | Sep 6, 2024 |
| 2A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Aug 12, 2024 | Sep 6, 2024 |
| 2A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Aug 12, 2024 | Sep 6, 2024 |
| 2A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Aug 12, 2024 | Sep 6, 2024 |
| 2A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Aug 12, 2024 | Sep 6, 2024 |
| 4A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Apr 14, 2022 | Aug 7, 2024 |
| 4A | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven | C | Apr 15, 2022 | Aug 7, 2024 |
| 2G | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | May 2, 2022 | Aug 7, 2024 |
| 2D | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven | B | Mar 14, 2023 | May 28, 2023 |
| 3A | Vacant-apartment lead work not proven | B | Mar 28, 2023 | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 21, 2023 | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 21, 2023 | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 21, 2023 | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 5D | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 21, 2023 | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 1G | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 3, 2022 | Apr 26, 2022 |
| APT2G | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 16, 2022 | Apr 26, 2022 |
| 2G | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 2, 2021 | Oct 19, 2021 |
| 2G | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Dec 27, 2018 | Oct 8, 2021 |
| 5E | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 18, 2021 | Jul 20, 2021 |
| 5E | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 18, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 |
| 5E | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 18, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 |
| 5E | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 18, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 |
| 5E | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Jun 18, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 14, 2020 | Oct 27, 2020 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 14, 2020 | Oct 27, 2020 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 14, 2020 | Oct 27, 2020 |
| 5E | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 14, 2020 | Oct 27, 2020 |
| 5E | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Oct 14, 2020 | Oct 27, 2020 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 16, 2020 | Apr 21, 2020 |
| 3A | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 16, 2020 | Apr 21, 2020 |
| 2F | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 16, 2020 | Apr 20, 2020 |
| 2G | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Mar 16, 2020 | Apr 20, 2020 |
| 2C | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 6, 2019 | Feb 20, 2019 |
| 2C | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 6, 2019 | Feb 20, 2019 |
| 2F | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 6, 2019 | Feb 20, 2019 |
| 2F | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 6, 2019 | Feb 20, 2019 |
| 2F | Peeling lead paint to fix | C | Feb 6, 2019 | Feb 20, 2019 |
A closed order is one where HPD has accepted a repair, or proof from the owner, for it. That doesn't mean the entire building is lead-safe.
Lead orders at other buildings in Flatbush
Records: HPD's housing violation data, published on NYC Open Data and refreshed monthly; it covers lead paint orders 610 to 626, and the newest lead order anywhere in it is dated October 21, 2026. This page only reads the public record. It is not a medical opinion or a legal finding about the owner.
