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Brooklyn Community District 7

Brooklyn Community District 7 covers Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace in southwest Brooklyn, running from the Gowanus Bay waterfront east to Prospect Park, with 15th Street on the north. Housing is mostly low-rise: in the city's PLUTO tax-lot data, about 41% of the roughly 44,000 homes are in one- to three-family houses and about 31% in walk-up apartment buildings. The R train runs under 4th Avenue with stops from Prospect Av to 59 St, where it meets the N; the F and G stop at 15 St-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Pkwy. Green-Wood Cemetery, Industry City and Sunset Park, the park, are all inside the district.

Brooklyn Community District 7 has 51,482 open HPD housing violations, 9,138 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 11,154 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 11th most open violations of 18 community districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 18th of 59 citywide, at 1176.6 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

51,482

9,138 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

11,154

2,649 Class C · 13th in Brooklyn

Residential units

43.8K

13,282 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

1176.6

City median 760.6

Heat complaints this season

32 by this date last season

Average year built

1921

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

10K

1,014 buildings · 23% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C9,138 · 18%Class B23,171 · 45%Class A19,173 · 37%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 water2,746Heat / hot water: 2,746
Residential noise2,456Residential noise: 2,456
Unsanitary condition1,175Unsanitary condition: 1,175
Plumbing636Plumbing: 636
Building use527Building use: 527
General repairs496General repairs: 496
Paint / plaster474Paint / plaster: 474
Door / window461Door / window: 461
Rodents417Rodents: 417
Water leak329Water leak: 329

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn community districts

Brooklyn Community District 7 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: R along 4th Av (Prospect Av to 59 St), D and N at 36 St, N at 8 Av and 59 St, F and G at 15 St-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Pkwy
About 41% of residential units are in one- to three-family houses and 31% in walk-ups (PLUTO 26v2)
Contains Green-Wood Cemetery, Industry City and the Brooklyn Army Terminal
Sunset Park (the park, about 24.5 acres) is the largest NYC Parks property wholly inside the district; Prospect Park is on its northeast edge

Neighborhoods included

Sunset Park · Windsor Terrace

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

Neighborhood list from the NYC Planning community profile. Subway stations placed by point-in-polygon test of MTA station coordinates against NYC Planning community district boundaries (data.cityofnewyork.us 5crt-au7u); 'on the edge' means within about 30 m of the boundary. Housing shares are PLUTO 26v2 residential units by building class (A/B and C0 = one- to three-family homes, other C = walk-up apartment buildings, D = elevator buildings, R = condos). Parks from NYC Parks Properties (data.cityofnewyork.us enfh-gkve). Independently re-verified 2026-10-12: neighborhood lists match the NYC Planning Community Profiles app data; station placement re-run against MTA 39hk-dx4f and boundaries 5crt-au7u; PLUTO 26v2 unit shares and totals recomputed; park acreage and boards from enfh-gkve; NYCHA counts from evjd-dqpz. Fact-check 2026-10-12: Brooklyn Army Terminal (5600 1 Av), Industry City and Green-Wood lots confirmed cd 307 in PLUTO; Sunset Park reworded because Prospect Park and Ocean Parkway Malls are also listed under board 307.

Sources

Brooklyn Community District 7 profile · 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)
Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (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.