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Occupancy of cellars and basements in multiple dwellings; general requirements in Brooklyn

NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2081 · Brooklyn · written Jan 16, 1984 – Aug 6, 2026

3,057 violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2081 in Brooklyn, 47.6% of the section's citywide record. 1,806 are open right now, 1,802 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now
1,806
Open past deadline
1,802
Closed
1,251
All time in Brooklyn
3,057
Class C (immediately hazardous)
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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.
  • 260 notices (8.5%) sit at not complied with: HPD re-inspected and found the condition unrepaired. Citywide, that rate is 8.1%.
  • Brooklyn accounts for 47.6% of every § 27-2081 violation on record citywide.

Brooklyn buildings with the most open § 27-2081 violations

  1. 888 EAST 96 STREET · 9 open
  2. 17 BAY 22 STREET · 7 open
  3. 1004 WILLOUGHBY AVENUE · 6 open
  4. 1021 66 STREET · 5 open
  5. 430 68 STREET · 5 open
  6. 273 ALBANY AVENUE · 5 open
  7. 62 16 STREET · 5 open
  8. 936 EAST 92 STREET · 5 open
  9. 92 CORNELIA STREET · 5 open
  10. 56 MARTENSE STREET · 5 open

The law behind these numbers

These are the Brooklyn rows of the citywide record for NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2081, "Occupancy of cellars and basements in multiple dwellings; general requirements". The section page carries the statute text, the full enforcement record, and the standard orders HPD writes under it.

§ 27-2081 Occupancy of cellars and basements in multiple dwellings; general requirements citywide · Browse open § 27-2081 records in Brooklyn in the live feed · All violation codes

Other boroughs: The Bronx (618 open) · Queens (676 open) · Manhattan (451 open)

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