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Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge is in the southwest corner of Brooklyn, bounded by Sunset Park to the north, Dyker Heights to the east, and the Narrows to the west, with the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and Fort Hamilton at its southern end. About 90% of residential lots have buildings dating from before 1940, and 81% are one- or two-family homes, yet nearly half of all homes are in apartment buildings with 20 or more units. The R train runs under Fourth Avenue with stops at Bay Ridge Avenue, 77th Street, 86th Street and Bay Ridge–95th Street. Waterfront Shore Park and Parkway (58 acres) and Owl's Head Park (24 acres) are major green spaces.

Bay Ridge has 26,772 open HPD housing violations, 5,242 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 7,555 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 17th most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
26,772
5,242 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
7,555
2,074 Class C · 14th in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C5,242 · 20%Class B13,089 · 49%Class A8,441 · 32%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous2,074
  • Class B · hazardous2,955
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,927

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Good to know

  • R train: Bay Ridge Av, 77 St, 86 St, Bay Ridge–95 St
  • About 81% of residential lots are one- or two-family homes (PLUTO)
  • Shore Park and Parkway (58 acres) and Owl's Head Park (24 acres)
  • Part of Brooklyn Community District 10

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

Independent re-check 2026-10-12: subway stations re-matched by point-in-polygon of the MTA Subway Stations list (39hk-dx4f) against the 2020 NTA boundary (9nt8-h7nd), edge stations noted; every named park and its acreage re-matched to NYC Parks Properties (enfh-gkve); NYCHA developments re-matched to phvi-damg; housing-stock shares recomputed from current PLUTO residential lots inside the NTA polygon (year built is partly estimated in PLUTO). Boundaries, history and landmarks checked against the cited Wikipedia articles and the EPA site page where used. No crime, safety or demographic claims.

Sources

  1. Bay Ridge, Brooklyn (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. MTA Subway Stations (station locations and daytime routes) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority via Open NY (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning via NYC Open Data (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.