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East Flatbush (Farragut)

Farragut is the south-central part of East Flatbush, south of Holy Cross Cemetery and Clarendon Road and running down to Avenue H and Kings Highway near the LIRR freight line, in Community District 17. It was named for Admiral David Farragut. Nearly half of its roughly 12,900 homes are in one- and two-family houses, and about a third are in elevator buildings, largely Flatbush Gardens, a 59-building complex from 1949 on New York Avenue. The 2 and 5 stop at Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, and the line's terminal, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is just outside. Paerdegat Park and Nostrand Playground are the main parks.

East Flatbush (Farragut) has 10,827 open HPD housing violations, 2,197 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 4,628 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 43rd most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
10,827
2,197 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
4,628
1,477 Class C · 20th in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C2,197 · 20%Class B5,453 · 50%Class A3,177 · 29%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 hazardous1,477
  • Class B · hazardous2,004
  • Class A · non-hazardous875

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

Good to know

  • Flatbush Gardens (formerly Vanderveer Estates): 59 buildings, built 1949
  • Subway: 2 and 5 at Newkirk Av-Little Haiti; Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College terminal nearby
  • Paerdegat Park (about 3.6 acres) and Nostrand Playground (about 3 acres)
  • About 47% of homes are in one- and two-family houses

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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 12,885 units, 46.7% one-/two-family; elevator share is 32.6% (was 'about 30%'). Newkirk Av inside, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 99 m outside. Farragut name and Flatbush Gardens (59 buildings, 1949) from the East Flatbush article; 1403 New York Ave geocodes inside. Paerdegat Park 3.56 ac, Nostrand Playground 3.02 ac. Not to be confused with NYCHA Farragut Houses (DUMBO/Vinegar Hill).

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. East Flatbush, 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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.