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Brooklyn Community District 13

Brooklyn Community District 13 runs along the Atlantic shore at the bottom of Brooklyn, from Sea Gate through Coney Island to Brighton Beach, and north into parts of Gravesend and Homecrest. Elevator buildings dominate: in PLUTO tax-lot data, about 63% of the roughly 49,000 residential units are in elevator buildings, including several NYCHA campuses such as Marlboro, Gravesend, Carey Gardens, Surfside Gardens and O'Dwyer Gardens. The D, F, N and Q all end at Coney Island-Stillwell Av, and the B and Q stop at Brighton Beach. The district includes most of the Coney Island beach and boardwalk, the New York Aquarium, Luna Park, Maimonides Park and Calvert Vaux, Kaiser and Asser Levy parks.

Brooklyn Community District 13 has 27,386 open HPD housing violations, 4,827 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 7,528 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 18th most open violations of 18 community districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 39th of 59 citywide, at 553.8 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
27,386
4,827 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
7,528
2,034 Class C · 16th in Brooklyn
Residential units
49.5K
6,757 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
553.8
City median 760.6
Heat complaints this season
23
42 by this date last season
Average year built
1951
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
11.9K
234 buildings · 24% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C4,827 · 18%Class B12,109 · 44%Class A10,450 · 38%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 noise4,100
  • Heat / hot water2,154
  • Unsanitary condition1,100
  • Plumbing584
  • Paint / plaster543
  • Door / window425
  • Water leak402
  • General repairs342
  • Electric257
  • Appliance230

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn community districts
Brooklyn Community District 13 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, F, N and Q terminate at Coney Island-Stillwell Av; F and Q at W 8 St-NY Aquarium; B and Q at Brighton Beach
  • About 63% of residential units are in elevator buildings (PLUTO 26v2)
  • NYCHA developments total about 5,900 apartments; Marlboro is the largest at about 1,765
  • Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk, the New York Aquarium and Luna Park are here
  • Parks include Calvert Vaux Park (about 86 acres), Kaiser Park and Asser Levy Park

Neighborhoods included

Brighton Beach · Coney Island · Gravesend · Homecrest · Sea Gate · West Brighton

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). NYCHA development names and apartment counts from the NYCHA Development Data Book (data.cityofnewyork.us evjd-dqpz, data as of 1/1/2025). Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk is listed by NYC Parks under boards 313 and 315. 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: 'Coney Island Creek in the north' corrected; district extends north into Gravesend/Homecrest (Marlboro Houses). NYCHA total 5,863 apartments in 10 developments.

Sources

  1. Brooklyn Community District 13 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.