Power to issue orders in Brooklyn

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.
• 5 notices (0.7%) sit at not complied with: HPD re-inspected and found the condition unrepaired. Citywide, that rate is 1.7%.
• Brooklyn accounts for 39.1% of every § 27-2091 violation on record citywide.

Brooklyn buildings with the most open § 27-2091 violations

1. 223 EAST 37 STREET · 3 open
2. 91 PENN STREET · 3 open
3. 1366 FLATBUSH AVENUE · 3 open
4. 5605 8 AVENUE · 3 open
5. 8 JEROME STREET · 2 open
6. 440 JEFFERSON AVENUE · 2 open
7. 1261 JEFFERSON AVENUE · 2 open
8. 173 WARWICK STREET · 2 open
9. 217 CORNELIA STREET · 2 open
10. 1178 JEFFERSON AVENUE · 2 open

The law behind these numbers

These are the Brooklyn rows of the citywide record for NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2091, "Power to issue orders". The section page carries the statute text, the full enforcement record, and the standard orders HPD writes under it.

§ 27-2091 Power to issue orders citywide · Browse open § 27-2091 records in Brooklyn in the live feed · All violation codes

Other boroughs: The Bronx (169 open) · Queens (129 open)

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