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Crown Heights (North)

Crown Heights (North) is the part of central Brooklyn between Atlantic Avenue and Eastern Parkway, running from Washington Avenue east to around Ralph Avenue, in Community District 8. City tax-lot data counts about 38,000 homes here; about half are in walk-up apartment buildings and about three-quarters are in buildings dated before 1940, alongside brownstone and rowhouse blocks and NYCHA's Kingsborough and Albany Houses. The 2, 3, 4 and 5 trains run under Eastern Parkway along its southern edge, and the Franklin Avenue Shuttle stops at Park Place. Brower Park, St. John's Park, the Brooklyn Children's Museum and the Weeksville Heritage Center are inside the area.

Crown Heights (North) has 68,174 open HPD housing violations, 15,271 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 20,494 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 2nd most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
68,174
15,271 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
20,494
6,110 Class C · 2nd in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C15,271 · 22%Class B34,804 · 51%Class A18,099 · 27%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 hazardous6,110
  • Class B · hazardous8,577
  • Class A · non-hazardous4,657

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

Good to know

  • Eastern Parkway stations on its southern edge: Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College (2, 3, 4, 5), Nostrand Av (3), Kingston Av (3), Crown Heights-Utica Av (3, 4)
  • Crown Heights North Historic District: 1,019 contributing buildings built roughly 1853-1942, designated by the city in three phases (2007, 2011, 2015)
  • Weeksville Heritage Center preserves the Hunterfly Road Houses of a 19th-century free Black community
  • Parks include St. John's Park (about 9 acres) and Brower Park (about 7 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

Re-verified 2026-10-12: NTA polygon from NYC Open Data 9nt8-h7nd; housing shares recomputed from PLUTO 26v2 residential units (bldgclass A/B = one- and two-family, C = walk-up incl. co-ops, D = elevator incl. co-ops) joined by 2020 census tract (hm78-6dwm); pre-1940/2000+ use PLUTO yearbuilt, which is estimated for many older buildings. Stations re-placed by point-in-polygon on MTA 39hk-dx4f; parks and acreage from Parks Properties enfh-gkve; NYCHA from phvi-damg; landmark addresses geocoded with NYC Planning GeoSearch. Confirmed 37,981 units, 49.9% walk-up, 74.9% pre-1940; Park Pl (S) inside, Eastern Pkwy stations on the edge; Kingsborough and Albany NYCHA inside; St. John's 9.04 ac, Brower 7.05 ac; Children's Museum (145 Brooklyn Ave) and Weeksville (158 Buffalo Ave) geocode inside. Historic district count/phases corrected to the LPC phase dates (2007/2011/2015).

Sources

  1. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), release 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. MTA Subway Stations · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Crown Heights North Historic District · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Weeksville, Brooklyn · Wikipedia (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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.