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Brooklyn Community District 4

Brooklyn Community District 4 is Bushwick, in north Brooklyn next to the Queens line. It is bounded by Flushing Avenue on the north, Broadway on the southwest and the Queens border on the northeast; the Brooklyn part of the Cemetery of the Evergreens fills its southeast corner. Walk-up buildings dominate: in PLUTO about 54% of residential units are in walk-ups and 16% in one- and two-family houses, and about two-thirds of units are in buildings dated before 1940. Few buildings are tall. The L runs through the middle of the district, the M runs above Myrtle Avenue, and the J and Z run above Broadway. Maria Hernandez Park and Irving Square Park are the main parks.

Brooklyn Community District 4 has 80,349 open HPD housing violations, 16,814 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 15,888 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 4th most open violations of 18 community districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 3rd of 59 citywide, at 1671.0 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
80,349
16,814 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
15,888
4,108 Class C · 8th in Brooklyn
Residential units
48.1K
11,156 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
1671.0
City median 760.6
Heat complaints this season
57
107 by this date last season
Average year built
1937
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
13.1K
1,599 buildings · 27% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C16,814 · 21%Class B38,285 · 48%Class A25,250 · 31%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 noise6,872
  • Heat / hot water3,946
  • Unsanitary condition2,404
  • Plumbing1,127
  • Water leak1,054
  • Door / window894
  • Paint / plaster818
  • General repairs664
  • Electric594
  • Rodents496

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn community districts
Brooklyn Community District 4 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: L at Jefferson St, DeKalb Av, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, Wilson Av and Bushwick Av-Aberdeen St
  • M at Central Av, Knickerbocker Av and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs; J and Z along Broadway
  • About 54% of residential units are in walk-ups (PLUTO 26v2)
  • About 66% of residential units are in buildings dated before 1940
  • Parks include Maria Hernandez Park (about 7 acres) and Irving Square Park

Neighborhoods included

Bushwick

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 304. Housing shares re-run against PLUTO 26v2 (sum of unitsres for cd=304: 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

  1. Brooklyn Community District 4 profile · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Community Districts (official boundaries) · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)
  6. Centerline (street centerline map, CSCL) · NYC Office of Technology and Innovation (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.