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Brooklyn Community District 6

Brooklyn Community District 6 covers Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Red Hook and the Columbia Street waterfront in west Brooklyn. It runs from Upper New York Bay and the East River on the west to Prospect Park on the east, with Atlantic Avenue to the north and 15th Street and Hamilton Avenue along parts of its southern edge. Much of the housing is older low-rise buildings: in PLUTO about 38% of residential units are in walk-ups and about two-thirds are in buildings dated before 1940. The F, G, R, B and Q trains serve the district. Red Hook Recreation Area is here, and Prospect Park lines the eastern edge.

Brooklyn Community District 6 has 48,239 open HPD housing violations, 5,759 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 10,811 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 13th most open violations of 18 community districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 31st of 59 citywide, at 752.2 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

48,239

5,759 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

10,811

1,852 Class C · 17th in Brooklyn

Residential units

64.1K

13,764 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

752.2

City median 760.6

Heat complaints this season

56 by this date last season

Average year built

1911

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

7.9K

898 buildings · 12% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C5,759 · 12%Class B19,364 · 40%Class A23,116 · 48%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 water2,967Heat / hot water: 2,967
Residential noise2,633Residential noise: 2,633
Unsanitary condition927Unsanitary condition: 927
Plumbing692Plumbing: 692
Door / window460Door / window: 460
Rodents428Rodents: 428
Paint / plaster403Paint / plaster: 403
General repairs384General repairs: 384
Electric373Electric: 373
Water leak366Water leak: 366

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn community districts

Brooklyn Community District 6 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: F and G at Carroll St, Smith-9 Sts, 4 Av-9 St and 7 Av; R at Union St and 4 Av-9 St
B and Q at 7 Av; D, N and R at Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr on the northern edge
About 67% of residential units are in buildings dated before 1940 (PLUTO 26v2)
Red Hook Recreation Area (about 59 acres) is the largest park inside the district
Prospect Park is shared with four other community districts

Neighborhoods included

Carroll Gardens · Cobble Hill · Columbia St · Gowanus · Park Slope · Red Hook

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 306. Housing shares re-run against PLUTO 26v2 (sum of unitsres for cd=306: 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 6 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.