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Brooklyn Community District 2

Brooklyn Community District 2 covers Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, Fulton Ferry, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Boerum Hill and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It is bounded by the East River on the west and north, Kent and Classon Avenues on the east, and Atlantic Avenue, Fourth Avenue and Court Street on the south. Low-rise walk-ups and small houses (about 24% of units in PLUTO) sit beside a cluster of high-rises: about 30% of residential units are in buildings of 20 or more floors and 28% are condominiums. More than a dozen subway stations serve the district. Fort Greene Park and part of Brooklyn Bridge Park are here.

Brooklyn Community District 2 has 42,725 open HPD housing violations, 5,695 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 8,683 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 15th most open violations of 18 community districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 40th of 59 citywide, at 528.2 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

42,725

5,695 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

8,683

1,837 Class C · 18th in Brooklyn

Residential units

80.9K

8,115 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

528.2

City median 760.6

Heat complaints this season

60 by this date last season

Average year built

1905

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

20.5K

697 buildings · 25% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C5,695 · 13%Class B19,020 · 45%Class A18,010 · 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 noise6,959Residential noise: 6,959
Heat / hot water3,080Heat / hot water: 3,080
Unsanitary condition1,318Unsanitary condition: 1,318
Plumbing841Plumbing: 841
Door / window567Door / window: 567
Rodents566Rodents: 566
Paint / plaster479Paint / plaster: 479
Water leak474Water leak: 474
General repairs417General repairs: 417
Electric350Electric: 350

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn community districts

Brooklyn Community District 2 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: 2, 3, 4 and 5 at Borough Hall and Nevins St; A, C and F at Jay St-MetroTech; B, Q and R at DeKalb Av
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr (2, 3, 4, 5, B, Q; D, N, R on the boundary) sits at the district's southeast corner
About 30% of residential units are in buildings of 20 or more floors and 28% are condominiums (PLUTO 26v2)
Parks include Fort Greene Park (about 30 acres), Commodore Barry Park and Cadman Plaza Park; Brooklyn Bridge Park is shared with District 6

Neighborhoods included

Boerum Hill · Brooklyn Heights · Clinton Hill · Downtown Brooklyn · DUMBO · Fort Greene · Fulton Ferry · Navy Yard · Vinegar Hill

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 302. Housing shares re-run against PLUTO 26v2 (sum of unitsres for cd=302: 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 2 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.