City Council district · Brooklyn

City Council District 44

City Council District 44 covers south-central Brooklyn: Borough Park, Mapleton, Midwood and parts of Flatbush and Gravesend, with Ocean Parkway running through it. Its housing is split among types: in PLUTO tax-lot data about 32% of its roughly 55,000 homes are in one- and two-family houses, 29% in walk-ups and 25% in elevator buildings, and about 68% are in buildings built before 1940. The F train runs elevated over McDonald Avenue with six stops from Avenue I to Avenue U, the D stops at 50 St and 55 St, and the Q stops at Avenue J and Avenue M. Parks include Friends Field, Gravesend Park and the Old Gravesend Cemetery.

City Council District 44 has 51,466 open HPD housing violations, 6,995 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 13,698 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 12th most open violations of 16 council districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 18th of 51 citywide, at 930.6 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

51,466

6,995 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

13,698

3,038 Class C · 13th in Brooklyn

Residential units

55.3K

19,049 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

930.6

City median 778.9

Heat complaints this season

24 by this date last season

Average year built

1937

Lots with a known year

Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings

19.9K

Where rent stabilization is most common

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C6,995 · 14%Class B19,534 · 38%Class A24,937 · 48%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 water3,996Heat / hot water: 3,996
Residential noise3,164Residential noise: 3,164
Unsanitary condition1,232Unsanitary condition: 1,232
Plumbing735Plumbing: 735
Paint / plaster658Paint / plaster: 658
Door / window495Door / window: 495
General repairs408General repairs: 408
Water leak386Water leak: 386
Electric326Electric: 326
Flooring / stairs278Flooring / stairs: 278

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn council districts

City Council District 44 highlighted

District 371,903.2District 37: 1,903.2
District 361,880.5District 36: 1,880.5
District 411,857.8District 41: 1,857.8
District 421,583.5District 42: 1,583.5
District 401,266.9District 40: 1,266.9
District 381,153.8District 38: 1,153.8
District 451,093.9District 45: 1,093.9
District 35964.3District 35: 964.3
District 34936.1District 34: 936.1
District 44930.6District 44: 930.6
District 39892.6District 39: 892.6
District 43778.9District 43: 778.9
District 46659.4District 46: 659.4
District 47621.7District 47: 621.7
District 33616.8District 33: 616.8
District 48547.3District 48: 547.3

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

Good to know

Subway: F at Avenue I, Bay Pkwy, Avenue N, Avenue P, Kings Hwy and Avenue U; D at 50 St and 55 St; Q at Avenue J and Avenue M
About 68% of homes are in buildings built before 1940 (PLUTO 26v2)
Housing is split among one- and two-family houses (32%), walk-ups (29%) and elevator buildings (25%)
Old Gravesend Cemetery (1.6 acres) is a city park property

Neighborhoods included

Borough Park · Flatbush · Gravesend · Mapleton · Midwood

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 44 page on council.nyc.gov. Re-ran PLUTO 26v2 Socrata queries (data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/64uk-42ks) on lots with council='44': 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

Council District 44 · New York City Council (accessed October 12, 2026)
Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · 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 and Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)
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.