297 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225

297 Ocean Avenue is a 4-story, 23-unit New Law Tenement building constructed in 1924 in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens neighborhood, currently owned by Benjamin Brody. The building's most significant recent issues have centered around heating system problems, with a cluster of heat and hot water complaints recorded between December 2023 and February 2024, including eight emergency complaints in February 2024 alone, some of which resulted in Housing Maintenance Code violations for inadequate heat supply and access to the heating system.

Previous to these incidents, the building faced multiple maintenance challenges in 2022-2023, particularly affecting apartment 1A, where violations were documented for mold, rodent infestation, defective smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and inadequate self-closing doors. The building's history shows recurring concerns with building system access and maintenance, particularly for the heating system, which has resulted in both emergency complaints and violations.

While the property has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations over the past several years, with all annual reports showing zero cases from 2018-2024, there have been intermittent issues with rodent activity as evidenced by inspection results in 2016 and 2022. The most recent rodent inspection in January 2023 passed, indicating improved conditions. The building's overall maintenance record suggests periodic challenges with both common area and individual unit systems, though many historical violations have been corrected as indicated by their "Closed" status.