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Brooklyn Community District 11

Brooklyn Community District 11 covers Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Gravesend and Mapleton in southern Brooklyn, east of 14th Avenue and Bay 8th Street and reaching Gravesend Bay on the south. It is a district of small homes and walk-ups: in PLUTO tax-lot data, about half of the roughly 67,000 residential units are in one- to three-family houses and a quarter in walk-up buildings. Two elevated lines serve it: the D over New Utrecht Avenue and 86th Street, and the N in an open cut along the Sea Beach line; the F stops at Avenue P. Bensonhurst Park and Bath Beach Park sit on the bay.

Brooklyn Community District 11 has 47,101 open HPD housing violations, 7,490 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 12,843 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 14th most open violations of 18 community districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 32nd of 59 citywide, at 699.1 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
47,101
7,490 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
12,843
2,651 Class C · 12th in Brooklyn
Residential units
67.4K
21,824 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
699.1
City median 760.6
Heat complaints this season
78
148 by this date last season
Average year built
1933
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
16.1K
717 buildings · 24% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C7,490 · 16%Class B19,654 · 42%Class A19,957 · 42%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 noise12.7K
  • Heat / hot water4,118
  • Unsanitary condition1,574
  • Building use813
  • Plumbing637
  • Paint / plaster624
  • Door / window566
  • Water leak432
  • Electric351
  • General repairs321

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn community districts
Brooklyn Community District 11 highlighted
  • CD 171,869.6
  • CD 31,779.1
  • CD 41,671
  • CD 51,667.1
  • CD 161,664.5
  • CD 81,583.3
  • CD 91,225.1
  • CD 121,182.4
  • CD 71,176.6
  • CD 141,049.5
  • CD 18760.6
  • CD 6752.2
  • CD 11699.1
  • CD 1692.5
  • CD 10688.6
  • CD 13553.8
  • CD 2528.2
  • CD 15512.7

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

Good to know

  • Subway: D at 62 St through 25 Av (7 stations); N at New Utrecht Av through Avenue U (6 stations); F at Avenue P
  • About 50% of residential units are in one- to three-family houses and 25% in walk-ups (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Bensonhurst Park (about 18 acres) and Bath Beach Park face Gravesend Bay

Neighborhoods included

Bath Beach · Bensonhurst · Gravesend · Mapleton

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

Neighborhood list from the NYC Planning community profile. Subway stations placed by point-in-polygon test of MTA station coordinates against NYC Planning community district boundaries (data.cityofnewyork.us 5crt-au7u); 'on the edge' means within about 30 m of the boundary. Housing shares are PLUTO 26v2 residential units by building class (A/B and C0 = one- to three-family homes, other C = walk-up apartment buildings, D = elevator buildings, R = condos). Parks from NYC Parks Properties (data.cityofnewyork.us enfh-gkve). Independently re-verified 2026-10-12: neighborhood lists match the NYC Planning Community Profiles app data; station placement re-run against MTA 39hk-dx4f and boundaries 5crt-au7u; PLUTO 26v2 unit shares and totals recomputed; park acreage and boards from enfh-gkve; NYCHA counts from evjd-dqpz. Fact-check 2026-10-12: McDonald Av east-boundary claim removed (F at Avenue P lies inside the district); 14 Av and Bay 8 St lots confirmed.

Sources

  1. Brooklyn Community District 11 profile · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)

General information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Rules change; confirm with the agency or a professional before you act.

“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.