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City Council District 48

City Council District 48 covers southern Brooklyn near the Atlantic shore: Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Homecrest, Madison and parts of Midwood and Coney Island. Elevator buildings are the main housing type: in PLUTO tax-lot data about 48% of its roughly 73,000 homes are in elevator buildings, 25% in one- and two-family houses and 14% in walk-ups. The B and Q run down the Brighton Line through Kings Hwy, Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach, the Q continues to Ocean Pkwy and W 8 St-NY Aquarium, and the F also stops at W 8 St. Manhattan Beach Park, Asser Levy Park and part of the Coney Island beach and boardwalk are here.

City Council District 48 has 40,105 open HPD housing violations, 6,446 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 12,754 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 15th most open violations of 16 council districts in Brooklyn. Per apartment it ranks 35th of 51 citywide, at 547.3 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

40,105

6,446 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

12,754

3,368 Class C · 11th in Brooklyn

Residential units

73.3K

17,306 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

547.3

City median 778.9

Heat complaints this season

27 by this date last season

Average year built

1937

Lots with a known year

Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings

39.9K

Where rent stabilization is most common

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C6,446 · 16%Class B18,802 · 47%Class A14,857 · 37%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

Residential noise5,469Residential noise: 5,469
Heat / hot water4,655Heat / hot water: 4,655
Unsanitary condition1,558Unsanitary condition: 1,558
Plumbing733Plumbing: 733
Paint / plaster732Paint / plaster: 732
Door / window526Door / window: 526
Water leak462Water leak: 462
General repairs383General repairs: 383
Building use369Building use: 369
Electric320Electric: 320

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Brooklyn council districts

City Council District 48 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: B and Q at Kings Hwy, Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach; Q at Avenue U, Neck Rd and Ocean Pkwy; F and Q at W 8 St-NY Aquarium
About 48% of homes are in elevator buildings (PLUTO 26v2)
Manhattan Beach Park (43 acres) is in the district
Shares the Coney Island beach and boardwalk and Asser Levy Park with District 47

Neighborhoods included

Gravesend (South) · Coney Island · Brighton Beach · Midwood · Gravesend (East)-Homecrest · Madison · Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan 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. Neighborhood list matches the District 48 page on council.nyc.gov. Re-ran PLUTO 26v2 Socrata queries (data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/64uk-42ks) on lots with council='48': 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 48 · 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.