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Gravesend (East) & Homecrest

This area covers eastern Gravesend and Homecrest in south Brooklyn, from Avenue P south to about Avenue X, mostly between McDonald Avenue and the Brighton Line, in Community District 15. Housing is mixed: city tax-lot data counts about 19,400 homes, about 36% in one- and two-family houses and 34% in elevator buildings, and about 58% are in buildings dated before 1940. The F stops at Kings Hwy and Avenue U and the N at 86 St; on the eastern edge, the B and Q stop at Kings Hwy and the Q at Avenue U and Neck Rd. The old Gravesend village center keeps the Moody House site and Old Gravesend Cemetery.

Gravesend (East) & Homecrest has 14,959 open HPD housing violations, 2,261 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 4,160 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 34th most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
14,959
2,261 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
4,160
1,033 Class C · 28th in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C2,261 · 15%Class B6,490 · 43%Class A6,208 · 42%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 hazardous1,033
  • Class B · hazardous1,555
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,096

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

Good to know

  • Stations inside: F at Kings Hwy and Avenue U; N at 86 St. Just outside: Kings Hwy (B, Q), Avenue U and Neck Rd (Q)
  • Old Gravesend Cemetery (about 1.6 acres), where Lady Deborah Moody is said to be buried, is at the old village center
  • Homecrest branch library at 2525 Coney Island Avenue
  • McDonald Playground, Kelly Park Playground and Mellett Playground

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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 34.0% of 19,369 units (was 32%); one-/two-family 36.3%; pre-1940 57.9% added. Corrected B/Q claim: Avenue U and Neck Rd are Q-only daytime stops; Kings Hwy (B, Q) is 44 m outside. Removed the unverified 'one-story brick homes and bungalows south of Avenue V' claim and the claim that the house at 27 Gravesend Neck Rd was Lady Moody's (the Gravesend article says only that she is said to be buried in Old Gravesend Cemetery). Old Gravesend Cemetery 1.65 ac; Kelly Park Playground about 69% inside. 2525 Coney Island 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. Gravesend, Brooklyn · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. List of Brooklyn Public Library branches · 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.