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Brooklyn Community District 15

Brooklyn Community District 15 covers Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, Gerritsen Beach, Homecrest and part of Gravesend in southern Brooklyn, reaching the Atlantic Ocean and Marine Park on the east. Housing is split between houses and apartment buildings: in PLUTO tax-lot data, about 46% of the roughly 66,000 residential units are in one- to three-family houses and 38% in elevator buildings. NYCHA's Nostrand and Sheepshead Bay Houses together hold about 2,200 apartments. The B and Q stop at Kings Hwy and Sheepshead Bay, with the Q also at Avenue U and Neck Rd; the F stops at Kings Hwy and Avenue U, and the N at 86 St. Manhattan Beach Park is on the ocean.

Brooklyn Community District 15 has 33,671 open HPD housing violations, 4,998 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 10,989 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 17th most open violations of 18 community districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 42nd of 59 citywide, at 512.7 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
33,671
4,998 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
10,989
2,770 Class C · 11th in Brooklyn
Residential units
65.7K
23,318 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
512.7
City median 760.6
Heat complaints this season
26
70 by this date last season
Average year built
1938
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
14K
388 buildings · 21% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C4,998 · 15%Class B15,767 · 47%Class A12,906 · 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 noise5,799
  • Heat / hot water4,450
  • Unsanitary condition1,236
  • Paint / plaster636
  • Plumbing543
  • Building use445
  • Door / window430
  • Water leak406
  • Rodents311
  • General repairs301

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn community districts
Brooklyn Community District 15 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: B and Q at Kings Hwy and Sheepshead Bay; Q at Avenue U and Neck Rd; F at Kings Hwy and Avenue U; N at 86 St
  • About 46% of residential units are in one- to three-family houses and 38% in elevator buildings (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Manhattan Beach Park (about 43 acres) is on the Atlantic shore
  • Shares Marine Park (about 800 acres) with District 18
  • NYCHA: Nostrand Houses and Sheepshead Bay Houses

Neighborhoods included

Gerritsen Beach · Gravesend · Homecrest · Kings Highway · Manhattan Beach · Plumb Beach · Sheepshead Bay

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). 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: Nostrand 1,148 + Sheepshead Bay 1,056 apartments; Marine Park 800 acres listed under boards 315 and 318.

Sources

  1. Brooklyn Community District 15 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.