Neighborhood Risk Rankings · Brooklyn / Crown Heights
Crown Heights.
330 buildings ranked by open violation count. Browse the rankings, then audit any address to see what a listing won't tell you.
Highest count
740.
Worst single building in Crown Heights.
Buildings ranked
330
From NYC PLUTO seed
Visible risk signals
39,670
DOB + HPD combined
Median signal count
93
Per building, mid-pack
Highest-signal building
740
Worst single BBL
Crown Heights stretches from Atlantic Avenue south to Empire Boulevard, between Bedford-Stuyvesant and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. The housing stock is dominated by 4- to 6-story pre-war brick apartment buildings, deep walk-up tenement blocks, and a meaningful tier of pre-war row houses on the eastern parkways. The compliance picture is shaped by gentrification overlay: longtime landlord-owned rent-stabilized buildings with deferred maintenance flags, plus a growing tier of post-2015 ground-up and conversion buildings with their own permit trails. The list below ranks Crown Heights buildings by current open HPD violations.
Ranked by open violations
100 Crown Heights buildings worth a closer look.
Rankings start with visible maintenance-risk signals. Open any address to review the full audit: violations, permits, filings, fines, flood exposure, and neighborhood context.
Crown Heights FAQ
Frequently asked about Crown Heights buildings.
Are Crown Heights pre-war apartment buildings safe to rent?
Most are habitable but the open-violation range is wide. Some are professionally managed with low counts; others accumulate hundreds of open violations under chronic-neglect landlord portfolios. The audit's class breakdown matters more than the headline — a building with 60 class-A cosmetic violations is very different from a building with 5 open class-C heat violations during winter.
Which Crown Heights ZIP has the most violations?
ZIP 11213 (eastern Crown Heights, including the Eastern Parkway corridor) tends to carry the highest per-building open-violation counts in Crown Heights, driven by deep pre-war walk-up stock. 11225 (western Crown Heights, around Franklin Avenue and the BAM cultural district edge) trends lower thanks to more brownstone and post-2010 infill.
Is Crown Heights gentrifying fast?
Yes, particularly along Franklin Avenue (11225 / 11238 border) and the southern blocks toward Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Several large landlord portfolios have been sold to investor groups doing aggressive renovations — sometimes followed by tenant-displacement issues that surface in HPD violation patterns. The audit's recent DOB permit activity is a useful proxy for renovation pressure.
Are Crown Heights walk-ups rent-stabilized?
A large majority of pre-1974 6+ unit Crown Heights walk-ups are rent-stabilized through standard rules. The borough's deepest stabilized stock is concentrated here and in adjacent Bed-Stuy. The audit's DHCR check shows current status; many Crown Heights tenants pay stabilized rents without realizing the legal protections.
Should I worry about lead paint in a Crown Heights walk-up?
Yes — nearly all Crown Heights walk-ups predate 1978 and are subject to NYC Local Law 1 lead-paint remediation when a child under 6 is in the unit. Several Crown Heights landlords carry significant open class-C lead-paint violations in our index. If you're moving in with young children, request the most recent lead inspection records and check the audit for open lead flags.
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