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§ 53 violations in Brooklyn

NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 53 · Brooklyn · written Nov 29, 1975 – Aug 5, 2026

4,975 violations have been issued under NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 53 in Brooklyn, 33.3% of the section's citywide record. 1,494 are open right now, 1,422 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now
1,494
Open past deadline
1,422
Closed
3,481
All time in Brooklyn
4,975
Class C (immediately hazardous)
4

Brooklyn against the citywide record

  • The median repair in Brooklyn took 781 days against a median legal deadline of 95 days; the citywide median is 450 days.
  • 262 notices (5.3%) sit at not complied with: HPD re-inspected and found the condition unrepaired. Citywide, that rate is 5.5%.
  • Brooklyn accounts for 33.3% of every § 53 violation on record citywide.

Brooklyn buildings with the most open § 53 violations

  1. 201 CHESTNUT STREET · 16 open
  2. 1449 FULTON STREET · 15 open
  3. 1049 ROGERS AVENUE · 11 open
  4. 632 HALSEY STREET · 10 open
  5. 566 7 STREET · 10 open
  6. 3751 18 AVENUE · 9 open
  7. 1053 64 STREET · 8 open
  8. 553 GLENMORE AVENUE · 7 open
  9. 1488 EASTERN PARKWAY EXTENSION · 6 open
  10. 222 MANHATTAN AVENUE · 6 open

The law behind these numbers

These are the Brooklyn rows of the citywide record for NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 53. The section page carries the statute text, the full enforcement record, and the standard orders HPD writes under it.

§ 53 citywide · Browse open § 53 records in Brooklyn in the live feed · All violation codes

Other boroughs: The Bronx (1,283 open) · Manhattan (828 open) · Queens (405 open)

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