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City Council district · Brooklyn

City Council District 37

City Council District 37 covers Bushwick, Ocean Hill, Cypress Hills, northern East New York, the City Line area and part of Brownsville in east Brooklyn, along with The Evergreens Cemetery and part of Highland Park. In PLUTO tax-lot data, about 46% of its roughly 60,400 residential units are in walk-up buildings, about 26% are in one- and two-family houses and about 12% are in elevator buildings. Broadway Junction, where the A, C, J, Z and L meet, is in the district. The J and Z continue east to Crescent St and the J to Cypress Hills, the L stops at DeKalb Av, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs and from Wilson Av to Sutter Av, the M stops at Knickerbocker Av and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, and the A stops at Grant Av.

City Council District 37 has 114,913 open HPD housing violations, 22,425 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 20,921 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 3rd most open violations of 16 council districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 1st of 51 citywide, at 1903.2 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
114,913
22,425 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
20,921
5,423 Class C · 7th in Brooklyn
Residential units
60.4K
18,156 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
1903.2
City median 778.9
Heat complaints this season
74
82 by this date last season
Average year built
1927
Lots with a known year
Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings
17.7K
Where rent stabilization is most common
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C22,425 · 20%Class B57,985 · 50%Class A34,503 · 30%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 noise10.1K
  • Heat / hot water6,319
  • Unsanitary condition3,273
  • Plumbing1,509
  • Door / window1,247
  • Water leak1,239
  • Paint / plaster1,233
  • Electric907
  • General repairs862
  • Flooring / stairs587

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn council districts
City Council District 37 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • Subway: Broadway Junction (A, C, J, Z, L)
  • Subway: L at DeKalb Av, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs and Wilson Av to Sutter Av; J, Z from Gates Av to Crescent St; J at Cypress Hills
  • About 46% of residential units are in walk-up buildings (PLUTO)
  • About 26% of residential units are in one- and two-family houses
  • Includes The Evergreens Cemetery and part of Highland Park

Neighborhoods included

Bushwick (West) · Bushwick (East) · The Evergreens Cemetery · Cypress Hills · East New York (North) · East New York-City Line · Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (South) · Ocean Hill · Brownsville

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.

More council districts in Brooklyn

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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. Fixed: Halsey St (L) lies in District 34, so the L description now lists DeKalb Av, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs and Wilson Av to Sutter Av.

Sources

  1. City Council District 37 · 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.