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City Council District 40

City Council District 40 covers central Brooklyn south and east of Prospect Park, taking in Flatbush, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Ditmas Park, Kensington, parts of Crown Heights and East Flatbush, and a slice of Windsor Terrace and Borough Park. It is mostly an apartment district: in the city's PLUTO tax-lot data, about 54% of its roughly 73,000 homes are in elevator buildings and 24% in walk-ups, and about 65% are in buildings put up before 1940. The Q train runs through the middle on the Brighton Line, the B stops at Prospect Park and Church Av, the 2 and 5 serve the east side, and the F stops at 18 Av. The Parade Ground sits at the southern edge of Prospect Park.

City Council District 40 has 92,636 open HPD housing violations, 23,193 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 48,505 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 5th most open violations of 16 council districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 8th of 51 citywide, at 1266.9 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
92,636
23,193 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
48,505
15,128 Class C · 1st in Brooklyn
Residential units
73.1K
10,809 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
1266.9
City median 778.9
Heat complaints this season
153
91 by this date last season
Average year built
1927
Lots with a known year
Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings
46.1K
Where rent stabilization is most common
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C23,193 · 25%Class B47,419 · 51%Class A22,024 · 24%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
  • Heat / hot water16.7K
  • Residential noise11.9K
  • Unsanitary condition5,939
  • Plumbing3,809
  • Paint / plaster3,761
  • Water leak2,575
  • Door / window2,433
  • Flooring / stairs1,617
  • Electric1,613
  • General repairs1,599

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn council districts
City Council District 40 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • Subway: Q at Prospect Park, Parkside Av, Church Av, Beverley Rd and Cortelyou Rd; B at Prospect Park and Church Av; S (Franklin Av Shuttle) at Prospect Park; 2 and 5 at Sterling St, Winthrop St and Church Av; F at 18 Av
  • About 54% of homes are in elevator buildings and 24% in walk-ups (PLUTO 26v2)
  • About 65% of homes are in buildings built before 1940
  • Borders Prospect Park; the 39.5-acre Parade Ground is inside the district

Neighborhoods included

Windsor Terrace-South Slope · Crown Heights (South) · Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate · Borough Park · Kensington · Mapleton-Midwood (West) · Flatbush · Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville · East Flatbush-Erasmus · East Flatbush-Rugby

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. Neighborhood list matches the District 40 page on council.nyc.gov. Re-ran PLUTO 26v2 Socrata queries (data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/64uk-42ks) on lots with council='40': total residential units, unit shares by building class (A/B one- and two-family, C walk-up, D elevator), units on lots with yearbuilt 1-1939, and units on lots whose owner name contains 'HOUSING AUTHORITY'; all percentages and totals in the text match. Subway/SIR stations re-placed by point-in-polygon test of MTA Subway Stations coordinates (data.ny.gov 39hk-dx4f) against the City Council Districts boundary file (872g-cjhh); station lists match. Park names, district tags and acreage checked in NYC Parks Properties (enfh-gkve). No crime, safety or demographic claims.

Sources

  1. Council District 40 · New York City Council (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · 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 and Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. City Council Districts (boundary file) · NYC Department of City Planning (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.