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East Flatbush (Remsen Village)

Remsen Village is the eastern end of East Flatbush, along Remsen Avenue next to the Brownsville border, reaching east to around East 98th Street, in Community District 17. Its housing is mainly older apartment stock: city tax-lot data counts about 14,000 homes, more than half in walk-up buildings, about two-thirds in buildings dated before 1940, and very few built since 2000. No subway station is inside the area; the closest is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd on the 3 line at its northern tip, and many trips start on buses. The East Flatbush branch of the Brooklyn Public Library and Railroad Playground are here.

East Flatbush (Remsen Village) has 38,456 open HPD housing violations, 8,204 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 9,625 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 7th most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
38,456
8,204 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
9,625
2,964 Class C · 8th in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C8,204 · 21%Class B18,370 · 48%Class A11,882 · 31%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 hazardous2,964
  • Class B · hazardous3,723
  • Class A · non-hazardous2,163

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

Good to know

  • No subway station inside; Sutter Av-Rutland Rd (3) is at the northern tip
  • About 57% of homes are in walk-up apartment buildings
  • East Flatbush Library, 9612 Church Avenue, opened in 1945
  • Railroad Playground (about 2.3 acres) and Kennedy King Playground

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. Walk-up share corrected to 56.7% of 14,064 units (was 54%); pre-1940 67.2% and 2000+ 1.2% confirmed. No station inside; Sutter Av-Rutland Rd sits on the boundary. Library address and 1945 opening from the East Flatbush article; 9612 Church Ave geocodes inside. Railroad Playground 2.3 ac. 'Most trips start on buses' softened to 'many' (not measurable).

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.