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Brooklyn Community District 3

Brooklyn Community District 3 covers Bedford-Stuyvesant, including Stuyvesant Heights and Tompkins Park North, in north-central Brooklyn. It is bounded by Classon Avenue on the west, Flushing Avenue and Broadway on the north, Saratoga Avenue on the east and Atlantic Avenue on the south. Most homes are in older low-rise buildings: in PLUTO about 41% of residential units are in walk-ups, 17% in one- and two-family houses, and 57% in buildings dated before 1940, while NYCHA owns about 12%. The A and C run along Fulton Street, the G along the district's west side, and the elevated J, M and Z along Broadway. Herbert Von King Park is its largest park.

Brooklyn Community District 3 has 136,525 open HPD housing violations, 24,464 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 27,869 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 1st most open violations of 18 community districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 2nd of 59 citywide, at 1779.1 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

136,525

24,464 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

27,869

6,771 Class C · 5th in Brooklyn

Residential units

76.7K

16,803 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

1779.1

City median 760.6

Heat complaints this season

147

118 by this date last season

Average year built

1923

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

16.6K

1,268 buildings · 22% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C24,464 · 18%Class B64,245 · 47%Class A47,816 · 35%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

Heat / hot water7,852Heat / hot water: 7,852
Residential noise7,756Residential noise: 7,756
Unsanitary condition3,930Unsanitary condition: 3,930
Plumbing2,258Plumbing: 2,258
Water leak1,816Water leak: 1,816
Paint / plaster1,762Paint / plaster: 1,762
Door / window1,750Door / window: 1,750
General repairs1,403General repairs: 1,403
Rodents1,390Rodents: 1,390
Electric1,212Electric: 1,212

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn community districts

Brooklyn Community District 3 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: A and C at Nostrand Av and Utica Av; C at Franklin Av, Kingston-Throop Avs and Ralph Av
G at Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Myrtle-Willoughby Avs; J, M and Z along Broadway on the northern edge; Franklin Av shuttle
About 57% of residential units are in buildings dated before 1940 (PLUTO 26v2)
NYCHA is the owner of record for about 12% of residential units
Herbert Von King Park (about 8 acres) is the largest park

Neighborhoods included

Bedford-Stuyvesant · Stuyvesant Heights · Tompkins Park North

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 303. Housing shares re-run against PLUTO 26v2 (sum of unitsres for cd=303: 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 3 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.