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Brooklyn Community District 1

Brooklyn Community District 1 covers Greenpoint, Williamsburg, East Williamsburg, the Northside and the Southside in north Brooklyn. It is bounded by the East River on the west, Newtown Creek and the Queens line on the north and east, and Flushing and Kent Avenues on the south. Housing ranges from walk-ups and small mixed-use buildings to newer high-rises: in PLUTO about 36% of residential units are in walk-ups, 30% in elevator buildings and 21% are condominiums. The L stops at Bedford Av and runs east toward Bushwick, the G runs north-south, and the J, M and Z cross at Marcy Av. McCarren Park and Bushwick Inlet Park are its largest parks.

Brooklyn Community District 1 has 69,175 open HPD housing violations, 9,441 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 15,852 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 7th most open violations of 18 community districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 34th of 59 citywide, at 692.5 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

69,175

9,441 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

15,852

3,338 Class C · 10th in Brooklyn

Residential units

99.9K

14,868 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

692.5

City median 760.6

Heat complaints this season

196

104 by this date last season

Average year built

1933

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

29.6K

2,098 buildings · 30% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C9,441 · 14%Class B26,824 · 39%Class A32,910 · 48%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

What residents report to 311

Housing-related 311 complaints, last 12 months

Residential noise8,639Residential noise: 8,639
Heat / hot water5,065Heat / hot water: 5,065
Unsanitary condition2,011Unsanitary condition: 2,011
Plumbing1,275Plumbing: 1,275
Water leak838Water leak: 838
Paint / plaster791Paint / plaster: 791
Door / window778Door / window: 778
General repairs692General repairs: 692
Rodents680Rodents: 680
Electric558Electric: 558

Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn community districts

Brooklyn Community District 1 highlighted

CD 171,869.6CD 17: 1,869.6
CD 31,779.1CD 3: 1,779.1
CD 41,671CD 4: 1,671
CD 51,667.1CD 5: 1,667.1
CD 161,664.5CD 16: 1,664.5
CD 81,583.3CD 8: 1,583.3
CD 91,225.1CD 9: 1,225.1
CD 121,182.4CD 12: 1,182.4
CD 71,176.6CD 7: 1,176.6
CD 141,049.5CD 14: 1,049.5
CD 18760.6CD 18: 760.6
CD 6752.2CD 6: 752.2
CD 11699.1CD 11: 699.1
CD 1692.5CD 1: 692.5
CD 10688.6CD 10: 688.6
CD 13553.8CD 13: 553.8
CD 2528.2CD 2: 528.2
CD 15512.7CD 15: 512.7

Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Good to know

Subway: L at Bedford Av, Lorimer St, Graham Av, Grand St, Montrose Av and Morgan Av
G at Greenpoint Av, Nassau Av, Metropolitan Av, Broadway and Flushing Av; J and M at Lorimer St and Hewes St; J, M and Z at Marcy Av
About 21% of residential units are condominiums and 15% are in buildings of 20 or more floors (PLUTO 26v2)
McCarren Park (about 37 acres) and Bushwick Inlet Park (about 36 acres)

Neighborhoods included

East Williamsburg · Greenpoint · Northside · Southside · Williamsburg

Before you rent or buy here

Check the buildingLook up any address for violations, complaints and owner.Read the violation classesWhat A, B and C mean and how fast owners must fix them.Work out your budgetThe 40× income rule most NYC landlords use.

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Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Re-verified 2026-10-12. Neighborhood list matches the NYC Planning Community Profiles data for district 301. Housing shares re-run against PLUTO 26v2 (sum of unitsres for cd=301: class A/B = one- and two-family, C = walk-up, D = elevator, R = condominium; pre-1940 = yearbuilt 1-1939; tall = numfloors 20+; NYCHA = owner of record NYC Housing Authority, which excludes PACT conversions); all quoted shares match to the rounded percent. Subway stops re-checked by point-in-polygon of MTA Subway Stations coordinates against the DCP community district boundary (5crt-au7u); stations within about 100 m of the line are described as on the edge. Boundary streets checked by measuring how much of each named street's centerline (CSCL) runs along the official district boundary; Wikipedia boundary text was not relied on. Park names, acreage and community boards from NYC Parks Properties (enfh-gkve).

Sources

Brooklyn Community District 1 profile · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
Community Districts (official boundaries) · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)
Centerline (street centerline map, CSCL) · NYC Office of Technology and Innovation (accessed October 12, 2026)

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“Open” counts every HPD violation not yet recorded as corrected, including old ones owners never certified, so totals can exceed the number of apartments. Statistics: NYC Open Data (HPD violations, 311 service requests, DCP PLUTO) and rent-stabilized counts from DOF tax bills (via JustFix), updated Oct 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.