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Brooklyn Community District 5

Brooklyn Community District 5 covers East New York, Cypress Hills, City Line, New Lots, Highland Park, Spring Creek, Starrett City and Broadway Junction in east Brooklyn. It is bounded by Van Sinderen Avenue on the west, the Queens line on the north and east, and the Jamaica Bay shore on the south. Housing is mixed: in PLUTO about 32% of residential units are in elevator buildings, 28% in one- and two-family houses and 26% in walk-ups, with large complexes such as Starrett City in the south. The A, C, J, Z, L and 3 trains all serve the district, which borders Highland Park and includes Spring Creek Park.

Brooklyn Community District 5 has 127,254 open HPD housing violations, 23,413 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 23,585 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 2nd most open violations of 18 community districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 4th of 59 citywide, at 1667.1 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

127,254

23,413 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

23,585

6,547 Class C · 6th in Brooklyn

Residential units

76.3K

20,957 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

1667.1

City median 760.6

Heat complaints this season

110

173 by this date last season

Average year built

1941

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

13.2K

526 buildings · 17% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C23,413 · 18%Class B67,639 · 53%Class A36,202 · 28%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 noise9,824Residential noise: 9,824
Heat / hot water8,577Heat / hot water: 8,577
Unsanitary condition3,801Unsanitary condition: 3,801
Plumbing2,377Plumbing: 2,377
Paint / plaster1,773Paint / plaster: 1,773
Door / window1,577Door / window: 1,577
Water leak1,322Water leak: 1,322
Electric1,219Electric: 1,219
General repairs1,099General repairs: 1,099
Appliance862Appliance: 862

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn community districts

Brooklyn Community District 5 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: J and Z on the elevated Jamaica line, from Alabama Av to Cypress Hills; L at Broadway Junction and Atlantic Av
A and C at Euclid Av, with C stops at Liberty, Van Siclen and Shepherd Avs and A at Grant Av; 3 at Pennsylvania Av, Van Siclen Av and New Lots Av
About 28% of residential units are in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO 26v2)
Highland Park is shared with Queens District 5; Spring Creek Park is on the Jamaica Bay side

Neighborhoods included

Broadway Junction · City Line · Cypress Hills · East New York · Highland Park · New Lots · Spring Creek · Starrett City

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 305. Housing shares re-run against PLUTO 26v2 (sum of unitsres for cd=305: 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 5 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.