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Sunset Park West

Sunset Park West is the waterfront side of Sunset Park. It runs from Upper New York Bay inland to about Fifth Avenue, reaching farther east in Greenwood Heights, from Prospect Avenue south to about 65th Street. Residential blocks of brick rowhouses and walk-ups sit between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. West of the Gowanus Expressway are industrial complexes: Bush Terminal, now Industry City, and the Brooklyn Army Terminal. PLUTO data puts about 81% of its roughly 17,600 homes in pre-1940 buildings. The R train runs the length of Fourth Avenue. It stops at Prospect Avenue, 25th, 36th, 45th, 53rd and 59th Streets, with D and N service at 36th Street and N service at 59th Street.

Sunset Park West has 25,656 open HPD housing violations, 4,498 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 5,135 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 19th most open violations of 53 neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Open HPD violations
25,656
4,498 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
5,135
1,215 Class C · 24th in Brooklyn
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C4,498 · 18%Class B11,816 · 46%Class A9,342 · 36%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 hazardous1,215
  • Class B · hazardous1,539
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,687

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

Good to know

  • R train at Prospect Av, 25 St, 36 St, 45 St, 53 St and 59 St
  • D and N trains also stop at 36 St; N at 59 St
  • Industry City (former Bush Terminal) and Brooklyn Army Terminal are on the waterfront
  • About 81% of homes are in pre-1940 buildings (PLUTO)

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-checked 2026-10-12: subway stations re-tested against the 2020 NTA polygon; PLUTO home counts and shares recomputed from residential units inside the polygon and matched; park acreages from the NYC Parks Properties dataset. Boundaries are approximate. Fixed: in Greenwood Heights the NTA reaches past Fifth Avenue to Sixth and Seventh Avenues (PLUTO lots inside). Confirmed: Industry City (220 36th St) and Brooklyn Army Terminal (140 58th St) geocode inside the NTA; all six R stations inside.

Sources

  1. Sunset Park, Brooklyn (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. MTA Subway Stations · Metropolitan Transportation Authority via data.ny.gov (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) · NYC Department of City Planning via NYC Open Data (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs) · NYC Department of City Planning via NYC Open Data (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.