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Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Heights sits on a bluff over the East River, bounded roughly by Old Fulton Street, Cadman Plaza West, Atlantic Avenue and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. It is known for low-rise brownstone and brick rowhouses, many built before the Civil War, and much of it lies in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, the city's first, designated in 1965. PLUTO shows about 94% of residential lots built before 1940, and larger apartment buildings hold about two-thirds of the homes. Subway access is strong: the 2 and 3 at Clark Street, the 2, 3, 4 and 5 at Borough Hall, the R at Court Street, and the A and C at nearby High Street. The Brooklyn Heights Promenade overlooks the East River.

Brooklyn Heights has 5,849 open HPD housing violations, 753 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,282 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 51st most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
5,849
753 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,282
315 Class C · 48th in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C753 · 13%Class B2,779 · 48%Class A2,317 · 40%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 hazardous315
  • Class B · hazardous315
  • Class A · non-hazardous460

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

Good to know

  • Subway: 2/3 Clark St, 2/3/4/5 Borough Hall, R Court St, A/C High St
  • NYC's first historic district, designated in 1965
  • About 94% of residential lots built before 1940 (PLUTO)
  • Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Hillside Dog Park and Adam Yauch Park

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. Brooklyn Heights (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.