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City Council District 33

City Council District 33 runs along the north Brooklyn waterfront from Greenpoint and Williamsburg south through the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Vinegar Hill and DUMBO to Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn and part of Boerum Hill, with a portion of Bedford-Stuyvesant. With roughly 94,400 residential units in PLUTO, it is dense: about 32% are in elevator buildings, about 32% are on condominium lots and about 25% are in walk-ups. Subway service includes the G in Greenpoint, the J and M at Lorimer St, and Downtown Brooklyn hubs at Borough Hall, Jay St-MetroTech, DeKalb Av and Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. Parks include McCarren Park, Bushwick Inlet Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park and Cadman Plaza Park.

City Council District 33 has 58,250 open HPD housing violations, 7,196 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 10,933 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 11th most open violations of 16 council districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 33rd of 51 citywide, at 616.8 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

58,250

7,196 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

10,933

1,974 Class C · 15th in Brooklyn

Residential units

94.4K

11,749 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

616.8

City median 778.9

Heat complaints this season

126

42 by this date last season

Average year built

1923

Lots with a known year

Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings

30.2K

Where rent stabilization is most common

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C7,196 · 12%Class B22,364 · 38%Class A28,690 · 49%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 12, 2026

What residents report to 311

Housing-related 311 complaints, last 12 months

Residential noise4,119Residential noise: 4,119
Heat / hot water3,547Heat / hot water: 3,547
Unsanitary condition1,312Unsanitary condition: 1,312
Plumbing930Plumbing: 930
Door / window525Door / window: 525
Paint / plaster506Paint / plaster: 506
Water leak488Water leak: 488
Rodents450Rodents: 450
General repairs444General repairs: 444
Electric378Electric: 378

Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 12, 2026

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn council districts

City Council District 33 highlighted

District 371,903.2District 37: 1,903.2
District 361,880.5District 36: 1,880.5
District 411,857.8District 41: 1,857.8
District 421,583.5District 42: 1,583.5
District 401,266.9District 40: 1,266.9
District 381,153.8District 38: 1,153.8
District 451,093.9District 45: 1,093.9
District 35964.3District 35: 964.3
District 34936.1District 34: 936.1
District 44930.6District 44: 930.6
District 39892.6District 39: 892.6
District 43778.9District 43: 778.9
District 46659.4District 46: 659.4
District 47621.7District 47: 621.7
District 33616.8District 33: 616.8
District 48547.3District 48: 547.3

Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 12, 2026

Good to know

Subway: Jay St-MetroTech (A, C, F, R), Borough Hall (2, 3, 4, 5), DeKalb Av (B, Q, R), Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts (A, C, G)
Subway: G at Greenpoint Av, Nassau Av and Flushing Av; J, M at Lorimer St
About 32% of residential units are in elevator buildings and about 32% are on condo lots (PLUTO)
Parks include McCarren Park (about 36 acres), Bushwick Inlet Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park
Includes the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Neighborhoods included

Greenpoint · Northside Williamsburg · South Williamsburg · Brooklyn Heights · Downtown Brooklyn · DUMBO · Boerum Hill · Vinegar Hill · Bedford-Stuyvesant · Brooklyn Navy Yard

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 by independent fact-check. Neighborhood list matches the neighborhoods block on the council.nyc.gov district page. Housing shares re-queried from PLUTO (Socrata 64uk-42ks, rows updated 2026-08-24): sum(unitsres) grouped by council and first letter of bldgclass (A/B one- and two-family, C walk-up, D elevator, R condo lots); totals and shares match. Subway stations re-checked by point-in-polygon of MTA Subway Stations (data.ny.gov 39hk-dx4f) against the NYC Planning NYC_City_Council_Districts feature service boundary. Park names, acreages and councildistrict values re-checked in NYC Parks Properties (enfh-gkve, updated 2026-09-16). No crime, safety or demographic claims; no council member named.

Sources

City Council District 33 · New York City Council (accessed October 12, 2026)
Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) · 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)
Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks & Recreation (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 12, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.