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Flatbush West, Ditmas Park & Parkville

This area covers western Flatbush from Caton Avenue south to around Avenues H and I, between Ocean Avenue and the Parkville area near 18th Avenue and McDonald Avenue, in Community District 14. It holds the planned "Victorian Flatbush" enclaves, including Prospect Park South and Ditmas Park, with large free-standing houses from about 1899-1914, but most homes are apartments: city tax-lot data counts about 16,100, about 47% in elevator buildings and about 65% dated before 1940. The B and Q stop at Church Av and Newkirk Plaza, and the Q at Beverley Rd and Cortelyou Rd; the F stops at 18 Av. Cortelyou Road is the main shopping street.

Flatbush West, Ditmas Park & Parkville has 14,984 open HPD housing violations, 3,634 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 6,598 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 33rd most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
14,984
3,634 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
6,598
1,996 Class C · 15th in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C3,634 · 24%Class B7,340 · 49%Class A4,010 · 27%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 hazardous1,996
  • Class B · hazardous2,909
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,487

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

Good to know

  • Ditmas Park Historic District designated in 1981; Prospect Park South in 1979
  • Stations inside: Church Av (B, Q), Beverley Rd (Q), Cortelyou Rd (Q), Newkirk Plaza (B, Q), 18 Av (F)
  • Cortelyou branch library at 1305 Cortelyou Road
  • About 47% of homes are in elevator apartment buildings

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 46.6% of 16,101 units (was 43%); pre-1940 65.3% confirmed. South edge follows Avenues H and I per edge-lot check. All five stations inside. Ditmas Park HD designated July 28, 1981, houses 1902-1914; Prospect Park South begun 1899, designated Feb 8, 1979. 1305 Cortelyou Rd 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. Ditmas Park, Brooklyn · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Prospect Park South, Brooklyn · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. List of Brooklyn Public Library branches · 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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.