City Council district · Brooklyn
City Council District 34
City Council District 34 covers Williamsburg, South Williamsburg, East Williamsburg and Bushwick in Brooklyn, and crosses into Ridgewood, Queens. Walk-up apartment buildings are the most common type: in PLUTO tax-lot data, about 45% of its roughly 76,500 residential units are in walk-ups, about 28% are in elevator buildings and about 11% are on condominium lots. The L train runs through the district from Bedford Av to Halsey St, with stops including Lorimer St, Graham Av, Grand St, Montrose Av, Morgan Av and Jefferson St. The G stops at Metropolitan Av and Broadway, the J and M at Marcy Av and Hewes St, and the M at Central Av and Seneca Av. Parks include Maria Hernandez Park, Cooper Park and Sternberg Park.
City Council District 34 has 71,638 open HPD housing violations, 13,678 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 17,539 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 8th most open violations of 16 council districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 17th of 51 citywide, at 936.5 open violations per 1,000 homes.
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Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026
- Residential noise9,441
- Heat / hot water5,109
- Unsanitary condition2,580
- Plumbing1,410
- Water leak1,116
- Door / window1,004
- Paint / plaster964
- General repairs822
- Rodents696
- Electric601
Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 15, 2026
- District 371,905.8
- District 361,882.2
- District 411,860.1
- District 421,584
- District 401,268.1
- District 381,154.2
- District 451,095.5
- District 35964.1
- District 34936.5
- District 44931.2
- District 39892.6
- District 43779.7
- District 46660
- District 47623.6
- District 33617
- District 48547.4
Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 15, 2026
Good to know
- Subway: L from Bedford Av to Halsey St (8 stations); G at Metropolitan Av and Broadway
- Subway: J, M at Marcy Av and Hewes St; M at Central Av and Seneca Av
- About 45% of residential units are in walk-up buildings (PLUTO)
- Spans Brooklyn and Ridgewood, Queens
- Parks include Maria Hernandez Park, Cooper Park and Grover Cleveland Playground
Neighborhoods included
Williamsburg · South Williamsburg · East Williamsburg · Bushwick (West) · Bushwick (East) · Ridgewood
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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 34 · 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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.