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Brooklyn Community District 12
Brooklyn Community District 12 covers Borough Park, Kensington and part of Ocean Parkway in west-central Brooklyn, between Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst on the west and Flatbush and Midwood on the east. Housing is a mix of attached houses and apartments: in PLUTO tax-lot data, about 41% of the roughly 62,000 residential units are in one- to three-family houses, 23% in elevator buildings and 21% in walk-ups. The D train runs along New Utrecht Avenue with stops at 9 Av, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 50 St and 55 St, the G ends at Church Av, and the F runs south along McDonald Avenue through Ditmas Av, Avenue I, Bay Pkwy and Avenue N. Parks include Friends Field and Gravesend Park, plus the Ocean Parkway malls.
Brooklyn Community District 12 has 73,192 open HPD housing violations, 9,861 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 16,791 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 6th most open violations of 18 community districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 17th of 59 citywide, at 1182.4 open violations per 1,000 homes.
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Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026
- Heat / hot water3,840
- Residential noise3,138
- Unsanitary condition1,453
- Plumbing743
- Paint / plaster646
- Building use620
- Door / window503
- General repairs414
- Water leak401
- Electric351
Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 15, 2026
- 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 9 Av, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 50 St and 55 St; F and G at Church Av; F at Ditmas Av, Avenue I, Bay Pkwy and Avenue N
- About 41% of residential units are in one- to three-family houses (PLUTO 26v2)
- Parks include Friends Field and Gravesend Park
Neighborhoods included
Borough Park · Kensington · Ocean Parkway
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More community districts in Brooklyn
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: corrected G description (G terminates at Church Av; only the F continues along McDonald Av).
Sources
- Brooklyn Community District 12 profile · 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)
- 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.