City Council district · Brooklyn

City Council District 45

City Council District 45 covers Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood and Flatlands, with parts of Marine Park, Canarsie and Kensington. Houses are the largest single type: in PLUTO tax-lot data about 40% of its roughly 61,000 homes are in one- and two-family houses, 32% in elevator buildings and 21% in walk-ups, and about 60% are in buildings built before 1940. The 2 and 5 trains end at Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, with stops at Beverly Rd and Newkirk Av-Little Haiti; the B and Q stop at Newkirk Plaza and the Q at Avenue H. Parks are mostly small neighborhood spaces such as Paerdegat Park and Amersfort Park.

City Council District 45 has 66,420 open HPD housing violations, 14,699 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 25,029 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 10th most open violations of 16 council districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 12th of 51 citywide, at 1094.6 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

66,420

14,699 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

25,029

7,777 Class C · 4th in Brooklyn

Residential units

60.7K

22,177 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

1094.6

City median 779.9

Heat complaints this season

158

143 by this date last season

Average year built

1931

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

18.6K

606 buildings · 31% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C14,699 · 22%Class B34,167 · 51%Class A17,554 · 26%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 water7,402Heat / hot water: 7,402
Residential noise6,153Residential noise: 6,153
Unsanitary condition3,371Unsanitary condition: 3,371
Plumbing1,883Plumbing: 1,883
Paint / plaster1,737Paint / plaster: 1,737
Water leak1,330Water leak: 1,330
Door / window1,215Door / window: 1,215
Electric930Electric: 930
General repairs859General repairs: 859
Flooring / stairs764Flooring / stairs: 764

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn council districts

City Council District 45 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: 2 and 5 at Beverly Rd, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti and Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College; B and Q at Newkirk Plaza; Q at Avenue H
About 40% of homes are in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO 26v2)
About 60% of homes are in buildings built before 1940
Parks include Paerdegat Park and Amersfort Park (about 3.6 acres each)

Neighborhoods included

Flatbush · East Flatbush · Midwood · Flatlands · Marine Park · Canarsie · Kensington

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 45 page on council.nyc.gov. Re-ran PLUTO 26v2 Socrata queries (data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/64uk-42ks) on lots with council='45': 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 45 · 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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.