City Council district · Brooklyn

City Council District 38

City Council District 38 covers Red Hook in southwest Brooklyn and parts of Sunset Park, Gowanus, Park Slope, Borough Park, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and Bath Beach. In PLUTO tax-lot data, about 47% of its roughly 57,600 residential units are in walk-up buildings, about 27% are in one- and two-family houses and about 13% are in elevator buildings. The R runs under Fourth Avenue with stops from Prospect Av to 59 St, including 36 St (D, N, R). The D stops at 9 Av, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 71 St, 79 St and 18 Av, the N at 8 Av, and the F and G at Smith-9 Sts and 4 Av-9 St. Parks include the Red Hook Recreation Area, Sunset Park, Leif Ericson Park and Coffey Park.

City Council District 38 has 66,549 open HPD housing violations, 11,553 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 15,104 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 9th most open violations of 16 council districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 11th of 51 citywide, at 1155.1 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

66,549

11,553 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

15,104

3,376 Class C · 10th in Brooklyn

Residential units

57.6K

18,779 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

1155.1

City median 779.9

Heat complaints this season

62 by this date last season

Average year built

1926

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

12.3K

1,053 buildings · 21% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C11,553 · 17%Class B29,745 · 45%Class A25,251 · 38%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

What residents report to 311

Housing-related 311 complaints, last 12 months

Residential noise12.8KResidential noise: 12,760
Heat / hot water3,306Heat / hot water: 3,306
Unsanitary condition1,519Unsanitary condition: 1,519
Plumbing960Plumbing: 960
Paint / plaster701Paint / plaster: 701
General repairs667General repairs: 667
Door / window651Door / window: 651
Building use650Building use: 650
Electric506Electric: 506
Water leak485Water leak: 485

Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn council districts

City Council District 38 highlighted

District 371,905.8District 37: 1,905.8
District 361,882.8District 36: 1,882.8
District 411,860.6District 41: 1,860.6
District 421,583.2District 42: 1,583.2
District 401,266.5District 40: 1,266.5
District 381,155.1District 38: 1,155.1
District 451,094.6District 45: 1,094.6
District 35964.9District 35: 964.9
District 34936.8District 34: 936.8
District 44931.7District 44: 931.7
District 39891.8District 39: 891.8
District 43779.9District 43: 779.9
District 46660.1District 46: 660.1
District 47623District 47: 623
District 33616.9District 33: 616.9
District 48547.7District 48: 547.7

Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Good to know

Subway: R along Fourth Avenue from Prospect Av to 59 St; D, N, R at 36 St
Subway: D at 9 Av, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 71 St, 79 St and 18 Av; F, G at Smith-9 Sts
About 47% of residential units are in walk-up buildings (PLUTO)
Red Hook Recreation Area covers about 59 acres (NYC Parks)
Other parks: Sunset Park, Leif Ericson Park, Coffey Park

Neighborhoods included

Red Hook · Gowanus · Park Slope · Sunset Park · Borough Park · Dyker Heights · Bensonhurst · Bath Beach

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. Fixed: council page lists only parts of Sunset Park, so summary no longer says the district covers all of Sunset Park.

Sources

City Council District 38 · 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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.