Crown Heights, Brooklyn

    Crown Heights neighborhood report on Brix — violations, complaints, and landlord history for buildings in this area.

    Brix tracks 18,199 buildings in Crown Heights, covering 115,919 apartments. Across them there are 59,408 open HPD violations, and 1,596 buildings carry at least one Class C hazard — the immediately hazardous tier covering things like no heat, no hot water, and lead paint.

    Tenants filed 71,947 complaints against Crown Heights buildings in the last 12 months, or 0.62 per apartment. Complaints and violations are separate records: a complaint that closes without an inspector getting inside leaves no violation behind.

    The pattern in Crown Heights is immediately hazardous violations (1,578 buildings), mold & leaks (1,209 buildings), and buildings getting worse (924 buildings). Those are the issue groups with the most buildings behind them here, not a ranking of severity.

    The addresses carrying the most open violations in Crown Heights right now:

    A high count usually means an older building with a long-running record, not necessarily the worst place to live — the building's own page shows what the violations are and whether they're being cleared.

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    Living in Crown Heights: what the building signals say

    Crown Heights carries a heavy load of open building violations. Across 18,199 residential buildings there are 59,408 open violations — about 3.3 per building, above the Brooklyn average of 1.32. 1,596 buildings have at least one immediately hazardous violation open.

    Residents filed 71,947 complaints in the past 12 months. How fast repairs happen varies a lot by landlord, so read the exact building report before signing a lease.

    Neighborhood at a glance

    Open Violations
    59,408
    ~3.3 per building
    Complaints (12mo)
    71,947
    Hazardous (Class C)
    1596
    buildings with hazardous violations

    These are neighborhood averages, not an answer about any one address. Two buildings on the same block can look nothing alike.

    Scoped to ZIP 11213, 11216, 11225, 11238

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    Brix shows city record data for every residential building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Violation and complaint data comes from NYC HPD and DOB. Always do your own due diligence before signing a lease.