How many § 242 violations are open in Brooklyn?

217 § 242 violations are open in Brooklyn as of Aug 7, 2026, and 217 of them are already past the deadline on the notice.

How long does it take to fix a § 242 violation in Brooklyn?

Measured across 37 § 242 violations in Brooklyn that reached "violation closed", the median took 1,500 days from the notice date, against a citywide median of 1,500 days.

§ 242 violations in Brooklyn

NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 242 · Brooklyn · written Jul 12, 1966 – Jun 17, 2026

269 violations have been issued under NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 242 in Brooklyn, 75.6% of the section's citywide record. 217 are open right now, 217 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now

217

Open past deadline

217

Closed

All time in Brooklyn

269

Class C (immediately hazardous)

Brooklyn against the citywide record

The median repair in Brooklyn took 1,500 days against a median legal deadline of 35 days; the citywide median is 1,500 days.
33 notices (12.3%) sit at not complied with: HPD re-inspected and found the condition unrepaired. Citywide, that rate is 13.2%.
Brooklyn accounts for 75.6% of every § 242 violation on record citywide.

Brooklyn buildings with the most open § 242 violations

The law behind these numbers

These are the Brooklyn rows of the citywide record for NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 242. The section page carries the statute text, the full enforcement record, and the standard orders HPD writes under it.

§ 242 citywide · Browse open § 242 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.