City Council district · Brooklyn

City Council District 39

City Council District 39 runs from Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, the Columbia Waterfront and Boerum Hill through Gowanus and Park Slope to Windsor Terrace, Kensington and part of Borough Park. In PLUTO tax-lot data, about 38% of its roughly 85,100 residential units are in walk-up buildings, about 25% are in elevator buildings, about 18% are in one- and two-family houses and about 12% are on condominium lots. The F and G stop at Carroll St, 7 Av, 15 St-Prospect Park, Fort Hamilton Pkwy and Church Av, the F at Ditmas Av, the R at Union St and 4 Av-9 St, the B and Q at 7 Av, and the 2 and 3 at Grand Army Plaza. NYC Parks lists Prospect Park and Grand Army Plaza in this district.

City Council District 39 has 75,868 open HPD housing violations, 10,132 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 17,041 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 7th most open violations of 16 council districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 21st of 51 citywide, at 891.8 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

75,868

10,132 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

17,041

3,280 Class C · 12th in Brooklyn

Residential units

85.1K

20,146 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

891.8

City median 779.9

Heat complaints this season

74 by this date last season

Average year built

1914

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

12.7K

1,245 buildings · 15% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C10,132 · 13%Class B30,270 · 40%Class A35,466 · 47%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

Heat / hot water4,755Heat / hot water: 4,755
Residential noise3,091Residential noise: 3,091
Unsanitary condition1,477Unsanitary condition: 1,477
Plumbing824Plumbing: 824
Rodents664Rodents: 664
Door / window610Door / window: 610
Paint / plaster605Paint / plaster: 605
Electric480Electric: 480
General repairs470General repairs: 470
Water leak464Water leak: 464

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn council districts

City Council District 39 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: F, G at Carroll St, 7 Av, 15 St-Prospect Park, Fort Hamilton Pkwy and Church Av
Subway: R at Union St and 4 Av-9 St; B, Q at 7 Av; 2, 3 at Grand Army Plaza
About 38% of residential units are in walk-up buildings (PLUTO)
Prospect Park (about 526 acres) and Grand Army Plaza are listed in this district by NYC Parks
Part of the Ocean Parkway malls also falls in the district

Neighborhoods included

Kensington · Borough Park · Windsor Terrace · Park Slope · Gowanus · Carroll Gardens · Cobble Hill · Boerum Hill · Columbia Waterfront

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.

Sources

City Council District 39 · 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.