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Cypress Hills

Cypress Hills is the northeastern corner of Brooklyn, south of Jamaica Avenue and Highland Park and north of roughly Atlantic and Liberty Avenues, running east from around Broadway Junction to Eldert Lane at the Queens line. City tax-lot data counts about 13,000 homes; nearly half are in one- and two-family houses, and about 80% are in buildings dated before 1940, mostly rowhouses and small walk-ups. The J train (with Z service at some stops) runs on an elevated line along Fulton Street and Jamaica Avenue, and the L stops at Broadway Junction. Highland Park borders the area to the north, and the Arlington branch library is a 1906 Carnegie building.

Cypress Hills has 21,539 open HPD housing violations, 3,573 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 3,193 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 24th most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
21,539
3,573 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
3,193
712 Class C · 39th in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C3,573 · 17%Class B11,508 · 53%Class A6,458 · 30%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 hazardous712
  • Class B · hazardous1,158
  • Class A · non-hazardous779

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

Good to know

  • Elevated J stops inside: Cleveland St, Norwood Av, Crescent St and Cypress Hills (Z at Norwood Av and Crescent St); the L stops at Broadway Junction
  • Highland Park (about 45 acres) lies just north of the area's northern edge
  • The Arlington branch of the Brooklyn Public Library (203 Arlington Avenue) is a 1906 Carnegie library
  • About 47% of homes are in one- and two-family buildings

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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 13,060 units, 46.8% one-/two-family, 80.1% pre-1940; J/Z stations and Broadway Junction (L) inside. Corrected Highland Park: the 45-acre Parks record lies about 89% in the Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries NTA, so it is described as adjacent rather than as the area's main park. Southern edge follows Atlantic and Liberty Avenues per PLUTO address ranges. Replaced the East New York article with the HDC Carnegie library page (1906).

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. Brooklyn Carnegie Library: Arlington Branch · Historic Districts Council (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.