How many § 27-2038 violations are open in Brooklyn?

757 § 27-2038 violations are open in Brooklyn as of Aug 7, 2026, and 754 of them are already past the deadline on the notice.

How long does it take to fix a § 27-2038 violation in Brooklyn?

Measured across 599 § 27-2038 violations in Brooklyn that reached "violation closed", the median took 1,500 days from the notice date, against a citywide median of 987 days.

Electric lighting fixtures required in certain public parts of dwellings in Brooklyn

NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2038 · Brooklyn · written Dec 18, 1978 – Jul 8, 2026

1,497 violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2038 in Brooklyn, 52.7% of the section's citywide record. 757 are open right now, 754 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now

757

Open past deadline

754

Closed

740

All time in Brooklyn

1,497

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 987 days.
40 notices (2.7%) sit at not complied with: HPD re-inspected and found the condition unrepaired. Citywide, that rate is 2.3%.
Brooklyn accounts for 52.7% of every § 27-2038 violation on record citywide.

Brooklyn buildings with the most open § 27-2038 violations

The law behind these numbers

These are the Brooklyn rows of the citywide record for NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2038, "Electric lighting fixtures required in certain public parts of dwellings". The section page carries the statute text, the full enforcement record, and the standard orders HPD writes under it.

§ 27-2038 Electric lighting fixtures required in certain public parts of dwellings citywide · Browse open § 27-2038 records in Brooklyn in the live feed · All violation codes

Other boroughs: The Bronx (153 open) · Queens (276 open)

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