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Bedford-Stuyvesant West

Bedford-Stuyvesant West covers the western half of Bed-Stuy in north-central Brooklyn (Community District 3), next to Clinton Hill along Classon Avenue. Rowhouses and small walk-ups dominate: about 81% of residential lots hold one to five units, and roughly four in five were built before 1940. NYCHA's Marcy, Tompkins and Lafayette Houses are also inside the area. The A and C trains stop at Nostrand Avenue, the C at Kingston–Throop and Franklin Avenues (with the Franklin Avenue Shuttle), and the G at Bedford–Nostrand and Myrtle–Willoughby. Herbert Von King Park (7.8 acres) is the main park.

Bedford-Stuyvesant West has 65,618 open HPD housing violations, 11,271 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 13,641 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 3rd most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
65,618
11,271 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
13,641
3,202 Class C · 7th in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C11,271 · 17%Class B30,752 · 47%Class A23,595 · 36%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous3,202
  • Class B · hazardous4,923
  • Class A · non-hazardous3,774

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Good to know

  • Subway: A/C Nostrand Av, C Kingston–Throop and Franklin Av, G Bedford–Nostrand and Myrtle–Willoughby, Franklin Av Shuttle
  • About 81% of residential lots hold one to five units (PLUTO)
  • NYCHA Marcy, Tompkins and Lafayette Houses
  • Herbert Von King Park covers 7.8 acres

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. Bedford%E2%80%93Stuyvesant, 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. NYCHA Public Housing Developments (map data) · New York City Housing Authority via NYC Open Data (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. 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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.