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Flatbush

This Flatbush area runs south from Parkside Avenue and Prospect Park, between Ocean Avenue and Flatbush and Bedford Avenues, down past Brooklyn College to around Avenue H and Avenue I, in Community District 14. It is dominated by apartment buildings: city tax-lot data counts about 29,000 homes, nearly two-thirds in elevator buildings, many of them six-story interwar buildings on and near Ocean Avenue, and about 68% dated before 1940. The 2 and 5 end at Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, and Brighton Line stations (Q at Parkside Av, Beverley Rd and Cortelyou Rd; B and Q at Church Av) sit just off its western edge. The Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church stands at Flatbush and Church Avenues.

Flatbush has 40,413 open HPD housing violations, 11,526 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 24,920 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 6th most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
40,413
11,526 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
24,920
8,097 Class C · 1st in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C11,526 · 29%Class B20,628 · 51%Class A8,259 · 20%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 hazardous8,097
  • Class B · hazardous11.6K
  • Class A · non-hazardous4,948

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

Good to know

  • About 65% of homes are in elevator apartment buildings
  • 2 and 5 terminal at Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College is inside; B/Q stations line the western edge
  • Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church (890 Flatbush Avenue): congregation founded 1654, building from 1793-98
  • Brooklyn College's campus opened in 1937 and spans Flatbush and Midwood

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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. Elevator share corrected to 64.7% of 28,964 units (was 58%); pre-1940 67.7% confirmed. Corrected Brighton Line services: Parkside Av, Beverley Rd and Cortelyou Rd are Q-only daytime stops (B also at Church Av); all within about 40 m of the edge. Brooklyn College campus: construction began 1935, opened fall 1937 (was 'built in 1935'). Church: 890 Flatbush Ave geocodes inside; congregation 1654, building 1793-98. 2900 Bedford Ave geocodes inside.

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. Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Brooklyn College · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)

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“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.