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Dyker Heights

Dyker Heights is a southwest Brooklyn neighborhood between Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst, roughly from 7th Avenue east to 14th Avenue and from 65th Street south to 86th Street, with Dyker Beach Park and its golf course just beyond. It is mostly low-rise: city tax-lot data counts about 15,000 homes, nearly half in one- and two-family houses, many detached or semi-detached with driveways, and about 81% in buildings dated before 1940. No subway station is inside the area; the nearest are N stops at 8 Av, Fort Hamilton Pkwy and New Utrecht Av on its northern edge, the D at 62 St, and R stops in Bay Ridge. It is known for its holiday light displays.

Dyker Heights has 9,987 open HPD housing violations, 1,577 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 2,197 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 44th most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
9,987
1,577 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
2,197
328 Class C · 47th in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C1,577 · 16%Class B3,679 · 37%Class A4,731 · 47%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 hazardous328
  • Class B · hazardous483
  • Class A · non-hazardous902

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

Good to know

  • No subway station inside; N and D stations sit just past the northern edge
  • McKinley Park (about 8 acres) is the largest park inside the area
  • Holiday light displays typically run from Thanksgiving into early January, busiest in mid-December
  • About 81% of homes are in buildings dated before 1940

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 15,149 units, 48.4% one-/two-family, 81.4% pre-1940; no station inside, N and D stations within about 100 m of the northern edge; McKinley Park 8.25 ac fully inside; holiday-light timing per the Dyker Heights article. Dyker Beach Park and Fort Hamilton are separate NTAs, so described as adjacent.

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. Dyker Heights, Brooklyn · Wikipedia (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.