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Brooklyn Community District 9

Brooklyn Community District 9 covers southern Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Wingate, east of Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Eastern Parkway forms its northern edge and Clarkson Avenue much of its southern edge. Elevator apartment buildings hold about 47% of the roughly 43,000 residential units in PLUTO tax-lot data, and walk-ups another 25%. The 2, 3, 4 and 5 meet at Franklin Av, the 3 and 4 stop along Eastern Parkway, the 2 and 5 run down Nostrand Avenue, and the B, Q and Franklin Avenue Shuttle meet at Prospect Park station. Medgar Evers College and Wingate Park are in the district.

Brooklyn Community District 9 has 53,212 open HPD housing violations, 13,215 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 25,725 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 10th most open violations of 18 community districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 14th of 59 citywide, at 1225.1 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
53,212
13,215 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
25,725
8,048 Class C · 3rd in Brooklyn
Residential units
43.4K
6,959 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
1225.1
City median 760.6
Heat complaints this season
110
181 by this date last season
Average year built
1925
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
22.9K
671 buildings · 53% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C13,215 · 25%Class B26,469 · 50%Class A13,528 · 25%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 water8,091
  • Residential noise6,753
  • Unsanitary condition3,291
  • Plumbing2,214
  • Paint / plaster2,062
  • Water leak1,539
  • Door / window1,302
  • Electric1,102
  • Flooring / stairs1,050
  • General repairs945

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn community districts
Brooklyn Community District 9 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: 2, 3, 4, 5 at Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College; 3 at Nostrand Av and Kingston Av; 3 and 4 at Crown Hts-Utica Av
  • 2 and 5 along Nostrand Av (President St, Sterling St, Winthrop St); B, Q and Shuttle at Prospect Park
  • About 47% of residential units are in elevator buildings (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Borders Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden; Wingate Park is inside

Neighborhoods included

Crown Heights South · Prospect Lefferts Gardens · Wingate

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: Medgar Evers College lots (Bedford Av) confirmed cd 309; transit sentence made neutral and precise.

Sources

  1. Brooklyn Community District 9 profile · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (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.