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East Williamsburg

East Williamsburg sits between Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick, north of Flushing Avenue, reaching east to Newtown Creek and the Queens border, in Community District 1. Its eastern half is the East Williamsburg In-Place Industrial Park, with warehouses and factories mixed with some housing. City tax-lot data counts about 26,500 homes: about 41% in walk-ups and 34% in elevator buildings, including NYCHA's Bushwick, Hylan, Cooper Park and Borinquen Plaza houses. The L stops at Graham Av, Grand St, Montrose Av and Morgan Av; the G at Broadway; and the J and M at Lorimer St. Cooper Park and the Moore Street Market are local landmarks.

East Williamsburg has 15,489 open HPD housing violations, 2,397 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 4,182 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 31st most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
15,489
2,397 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
4,182
977 Class C · 31st in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C2,397 · 15%Class B6,693 · 43%Class A6,399 · 41%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 hazardous977
  • Class B · hazardous1,241
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,421

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

Good to know

  • L stations inside: Graham Av, Grand St, Montrose Av, Morgan Av; G at Broadway; J/M at Lorimer St
  • East Williamsburg In-Place Industrial Park covers much of the eastern half
  • Moore Street Market (110 Moore Street), also called La Marqueta de Williamsburg
  • Cooper Park (about 6.4 acres) and Sternberg Park (about 4 acres)

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. Elevator share corrected to 33.6% of 26,528 units (was 30%); walk-up 40.9%. All listed stations inside. Industrial park and Moore Street Market facts from the East Williamsburg article; 110 Moore St geocodes inside. Bushwick, Hylan, Cooper Park and Borinquen Plaza NYCHA campuses fully inside; Williamsburg Houses fall in the Williamsburg NTA. Cooper Park 6.40 ac, Sternberg Park 4.04 ac.

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 Williamsburg, Brooklyn · Wikipedia (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.