City Council district · Brooklyn

City Council District 36

City Council District 36 covers Bedford-Stuyvesant and the northern part of Crown Heights in central Brooklyn. In PLUTO tax-lot data, about 44% of its roughly 76,500 residential units are in walk-up buildings, about 29% are in elevator buildings and about 16% are in one- and two-family houses; about 13% are on lots owned by the New York City Housing Authority. The A and C run under Fulton Street, stopping at Nostrand Av and Utica Av (A, C) and Kingston-Throop Avs (C). The G stops at Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Myrtle-Willoughby Avs, the J, M and Z at Myrtle Av, and the Franklin Av shuttle at Franklin Av. Parks include St. John's Park, Herbert Von King Park and Brower Park.

City Council District 36 has 143,970 open HPD housing violations, 27,023 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 31,493 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 1st most open violations of 16 council districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 2nd of 51 citywide, at 1882.2 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

143,970

27,023 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

31,493

8,190 Class C · 3rd in Brooklyn

Residential units

76.5K

15,861 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

1882.2

City median 779.7

Heat complaints this season

173

166 by this date last season

Average year built

1920

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

17.7K

1,291 buildings · 23% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C27,023 · 19%Class B69,440 · 48%Class A47,507 · 33%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 water9,690Heat / hot water: 9,690
Residential noise8,159Residential noise: 8,159
Unsanitary condition4,483Unsanitary condition: 4,483
Plumbing2,536Plumbing: 2,536
Paint / plaster2,115Paint / plaster: 2,115
Water leak2,047Water leak: 2,047
Door / window1,976Door / window: 1,976
General repairs1,515General repairs: 1,515
Rodents1,402Rodents: 1,402
Electric1,280Electric: 1,280

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn council districts

City Council District 36 highlighted

District 371,905.8District 37: 1,905.8
District 361,882.2District 36: 1,882.2
District 411,860.1District 41: 1,860.1
District 421,584District 42: 1,584
District 401,268.1District 40: 1,268.1
District 381,154.2District 38: 1,154.2
District 451,095.5District 45: 1,095.5
District 35964.1District 35: 964.1
District 34936.5District 34: 936.5
District 44931.2District 44: 931.2
District 39892.6District 39: 892.6
District 43779.7District 43: 779.7
District 46660District 46: 660
District 47623.6District 47: 623.6
District 33617District 33: 617
District 48547.4District 48: 547.4

Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Good to know

Subway: A, C at Nostrand Av and Utica Av; C at Franklin Av and Kingston-Throop Avs
Subway: G at Bedford-Nostrand Avs and Myrtle-Willoughby Avs; J, M, Z at Myrtle Av
About 44% of residential units are in walk-up buildings (PLUTO)
About 13% of residential units are on NYCHA-owned lots
Parks include St. John's Park, Herbert Von King Park and Brower Park

Neighborhoods included

Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) · Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) · Crown Heights (North)

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. NYCHA share is residential units on PLUTO lots whose owner name contains HOUSING AUTH (about 12.7%).

Sources

City Council District 36 · 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)

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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.