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Flatlands

Flatlands is in southeast Brooklyn, between Nostrand and Ralph Avenues from around Avenue H south to about Avenue S, in Community District 18. It began as the Dutch farming settlement of Nieuw Amersfoort in 1636. Today it is mainly a neighborhood of houses: city tax-lot data counts about 21,700 homes, about 64% in one- and two-family buildings, with very little built since 2000, plus NYCHA's Glenwood Houses. No subway runs into Flatlands; the 2 and 5 terminal at Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College is the closest station, and many trips start on buses along Flatbush Avenue, Flatlands Avenue and Kings Highway.

Flatlands has 16,017 open HPD housing violations, 2,985 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 3,732 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 29th most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
16,017
2,985 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
3,732
1,104 Class C · 25th in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C2,985 · 19%Class B8,953 · 56%Class A4,079 · 25%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 hazardous1,104
  • Class B · hazardous1,604
  • Class A · non-hazardous624

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

Good to know

  • No subway station inside the area
  • Settled as Nieuw Amersfoort in 1636; annexed by the City of Brooklyn in 1896
  • Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church (Kings Highway and East 40th Street), a city landmark since 1966; congregation founded 1654
  • Amersfort Park and Jacob Joffe Fields are the largest parks inside

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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. Confirmed 21,713 units, 64.0% one-/two-family, 2.5% built 2000+; Glenwood Houses inside; no station inside (Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 138 m outside). 1636 founding and 1896 annexation from the Flatlands article; church congregation 1654, LPC designation July 19, 1966, location Kings Hwy and E 40th St from its article (3931 Kings Hwy geocodes inside). Amersfort Park 3.56 ac, Jacob Joffe Fields 2.98 ac. Hendrick I. Lott House and Kings Plaza fall in Marine Park NTA and are not claimed.

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. Flatlands, Brooklyn · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. 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.