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Fort Greene

Fort Greene lies just east of Downtown Brooklyn, between Flatbush Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue, from Atlantic Avenue north to Flushing and Park Avenues near the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in Community District 2. Its tree-lined streets of 1850s-1860s Italianate and brownstone rowhouses sit beside NYCHA's Ingersoll and Whitman Houses and newer towers; city tax-lot data counts about 19,700 homes, about 41% in buildings dated 2000 or later. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr and Nevins St serve the 2, 3, 4 and 5 (plus B and Q at Atlantic), the C stops at Lafayette Av and the G at Fulton St. Fort Greene Park holds the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument, and BAM is here.

Fort Greene has 12,257 open HPD housing violations, 1,486 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 2,264 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 39th most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
12,257
1,486 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
2,264
351 Class C · 46th in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C1,486 · 12%Class B5,319 · 43%Class A5,452 · 44%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous351
  • Class B · hazardous625
  • Class A · non-hazardous865

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Good to know

  • Fort Greene Park (about 30 acres), established 1847 and redesigned by Olmsted and Vaux in 1864; the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument dates to 1908
  • Fort Greene and BAM historic districts designated in 1978
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music (30 Lafayette Avenue) opened here in 1908
  • Commodore Barry Park (about 10 acres) is in the northern part

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 19,739 units and 41.5% built 2000+; listed stations inside; Whitman fully and Ingersoll about half inside (rest in Downtown Brooklyn NTA). Park 1847/1864 redesign/1908 monument, 1978 LPC districts, BAM 1908 and boundaries from the Fort Greene article; 30 Lafayette Ave geocodes inside. Fort Greene Park 30.17 ac, Commodore Barry Park 10.39 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. Fort Greene, 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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.