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East New York (North)

East New York (North) is the western core of East New York, roughly from Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue south to Dumont Avenue, between Van Sinderen and Fountain Avenues, in Community District 5. It mixes older rowhouses and walk-ups with newer construction: city tax-lot data counts about 15,900 homes, about 29% in buildings dated 2000 or later, and the area was part of the 2016 East New York rezoning. Subway access comes from the C at Liberty Av, Van Siclen Av and Shepherd Av, the L at Atlantic Av, and the J/Z at Van Siclen Av and Alabama Av.

East New York (North) has 37,610 open HPD housing violations, 6,949 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 6,153 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 10th most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
37,610
6,949 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
6,153
1,691 Class C · 18th in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C6,949 · 18%Class B20,040 · 53%Class A10,621 · 28%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 14, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous1,691
  • Class B · hazardous2,214
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,444

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 14, 2026

Good to know

  • Stations inside: C at Liberty Av, Van Siclen Av and Shepherd Av; L at Atlantic Av; J/Z at Van Siclen Av and Alabama Av
  • About 29% of homes are in buildings dated 2000 or later
  • NYCHA properties include Unity Plaza and Long Island Baptist Houses
  • Grace Playground, Martin Luther King Jr. Playground and Sutter Ballfields

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 15,940 units and 29.0% built 2000+; all listed C, L and J/Z stations inside; Unity Plaza and Long Island Baptist Houses (NYCHA) inside; Grace Playground, MLK Jr. Playground and Sutter Ballfields inside. 2016 rezoning from the East New York article. Boundaries checked against PLUTO address ranges (Fountain Ave east edge, Dumont/Blake south).

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 New York, 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 14, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.