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§ 178 violations in Brooklyn

NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 178 · Brooklyn · written Nov 6, 1978 – Dec 17, 2025

462 violations have been issued under NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 178 in Brooklyn, 86.8% of the section's citywide record. 312 are open right now, 312 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now
312
Open past deadline
312
Closed
150
All time in Brooklyn
462
Class C (immediately hazardous)
0

Brooklyn against the citywide record

  • The median repair in Brooklyn took 1,500 days against a median legal deadline of 95 days; the citywide median is 1,500 days.
  • 24 notices (5.2%) sit at not complied with: HPD re-inspected and found the condition unrepaired. Citywide, that rate is 5.3%.
  • Brooklyn accounts for 86.8% of every § 178 violation on record citywide.

Brooklyn buildings with the most open § 178 violations

  1. 134A NEWEL STREET · 3 open
  2. 268 CORNELIA STREET · 2 open
  3. 232 JEFFERSON AVENUE · 2 open
  4. 151 RODNEY STREET · 2 open
  5. 37 ST NICHOLAS AVENUE · 2 open
  6. 156 HERKIMER STREET · 2 open
  7. 1246 HALSEY STREET · 1 open
  8. 2656 PITKIN AVENUE · 1 open
  9. 272 PROSPECT PARK WEST · 1 open
  10. 424 50 STREET · 1 open

The law behind these numbers

These are the Brooklyn rows of the citywide record for NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 178. The section page carries the statute text, the full enforcement record, and the standard orders HPD writes under it.

§ 178 citywide · Browse open § 178 records in Brooklyn in the live feed · All violation codes

Counted from HPD’s Housing Maintenance Code Violations dataset, Brooklyn rows only. Figures recomputed Aug 7, 2026.