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City Council District 35

City Council District 35 covers Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights and part of Crown Heights in central Brooklyn. In PLUTO tax-lot data, about 39% of its roughly 87,900 residential units are in elevator buildings, about 31% are in walk-ups and about 17% are on condominium lots. The Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr hub (2, 3, 4, 5, B, Q platforms) sits in the district. The 2, 3, 4 and 5 run under Eastern Parkway with stops including Bergen St, Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum, Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College and Crown Hts-Utica Av; the C and G serve Clinton Hill and Fort Greene, and the Franklin Av shuttle stops at Park Pl and Botanic Garden. Fort Greene Park, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Brooklyn Museum are here.

City Council District 35 has 84,772 open HPD housing violations, 16,814 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 26,096 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 6th most open violations of 16 council districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 16th of 51 citywide, at 964.3 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
84,772
16,814 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
26,096
7,458 Class C · 5th in Brooklyn
Residential units
87.9K
11,508 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
964.3
City median 778.9
Heat complaints this season
141
84 by this date last season
Average year built
1915
Lots with a known year
Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings
42.5K
Where rent stabilization is most common
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C16,814 · 20%Class B40,063 · 47%Class A27,895 · 33%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 noise9,990
  • Heat / hot water9,074
  • Unsanitary condition3,394
  • Plumbing2,251
  • Paint / plaster1,799
  • Water leak1,590
  • Door / window1,455
  • Rodents1,109
  • Electric1,066
  • General repairs1,052

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn council districts
City Council District 35 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • Subway: Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr (2, 3, 4, 5, B, Q); 2, 3, 4, 5 along Eastern Parkway
  • Subway: C at Lafayette Av and Clinton-Washington Avs; G at Fulton St, Clinton-Washington Avs and Classon Av
  • About 39% of residential units are in elevator buildings (PLUTO)
  • Fort Greene Park covers about 30 acres (NYC Parks)
  • Home to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Brooklyn Museum

Neighborhoods included

Fort Greene · Clinton Hill · Prospect Heights · Crown Heights

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

  1. City Council District 35 · New York City Council (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. 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.