The record, live: Brooklyn
Lead paint violations in Brooklyn.
lead paint violations cited in Brooklyn in the trailing 3 years, read from the city’s open-data API at this deploy.
What this means
Lead paint violations where a child may reside are among the most serious items HPD issues. Abatement must be performed by certified firms and the correction certified with the agency.
In the verified feed
747 case files in Brooklyn right now, 440 carrying ten or more open Class C hazards, median 21 per file. Stamped August 25, 2026, refreshed nightly.
If you own or manage this building, correct the violation and file the certification directly with HPD. This page only tracks the public record. How to read it, and check your own building.
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How a violation reaches this record
Most rows here start with a tenant's call to 311. HPD schedules an inspection, and if an inspector confirms the condition, HPD issues a violation and mails the owner a Notice of Violation. From that point the violation is searchable on HPD Online by address. It stays on the public record used throughout this site until the agency accepts a correction or the agency closes the case another way. See how HPD, DOB, and OATH/ECB fit together.
The monthly pattern
Lead paint violations HPD has cited in Brooklyn, by calendar month, over the last 36 complete months so every month is counted across the same three years. October carries the most at 2,123. May carries the fewest at 1,689.
| Month | Violations |
|---|---|
| January | 1,872 |
| February | 1,876 |
| March | 2,002 |
| April | 2,095 |
| May | 1,689 |
| June | 1,936 |
| July | 1,850 |
| August | 1,968 |
| September | 1,830 |
| October | 2,123 |
| November | 1,967 |
| December | 2,078 |
By class
HPD sorts every lead paint violation into one of three classes, and the class sets the correction window and how urgently an owner must act. In Brooklyn, HPD has issued 20,612 Class C lead paint violations, immediately hazardous, correct within 24 hours. It has issued 3,124 Class B, hazardous, correct within 30 days, and 0 Class A, not hazardous, correct within 90 days.
Class C is 86.8% of the 23,736 lead paint violations recorded in Brooklyn.
The certification record
Of 20,612 Class C lead paint violations in Brooklyn, 4,480 have ever been certified corrected, 21.7%. Correction took a median of 33 days and a 90th percentile of 57 days. 11,314 have sat open more than a year with no certification on file.
0.6% of lead paint violations in Brooklyn are currently marked Not Complied With, HPD's status once the certify-by date passes without an accepted certification.
After a certification is filed
Filing a certification does not automatically close a case. If HPD reviews the paperwork and finds it insufficient, the case moves to Defect Letter Issued and the owner must refile. If a reinspection later finds the condition still uncorrected despite a certification on file, the case moves to Invalid Certification. A certification accepted after the certify-by date is marked NOV Certified Late rather than on time; one accepted before it is marked NOV Certified On Time. Each of these statuses carries its own page in the status glossary, decoded in plain language.
Against the citywide figure
Brooklyn has recorded 23,736 lead paint violations, 31.2% of the citywide total of 76,106. Here is every borough's total for the same category.
| Borough | Lead paint violations |
|---|---|
| Bronx | 31,529 |
| Brooklyn | 23,736 |
| Manhattan | 11,388 |
| Queens | 8,876 |
| Staten Island | 577 |
Where it concentrates
The streets carrying the most open lead paint violations in Brooklyn, aggregated by street, never by building or owner:
| Street | Open violations |
|---|---|
| Ocean Avenue | 652 |
| Linden Boulevard | 217 |
| East 21 Street | 192 |
| Eastern Parkway | 184 |
| Ocean Parkway | 182 |
| Nostrand Avenue | 136 |
| 18 Avenue | 116 |
| Newkirk Avenue | 104 |
Open means the current status is neither Violation Dismissed nor Violation Closed.
The status breakdown
Every current status HPD has recorded against a lead paint violation in Brooklyn, most common first. Each status name links to its own page in the glossary where one exists.
| Status | Violations |
|---|---|
| Violation Closed | 13,237 |
| Nov Sent Out | 6,311 |
| Defect Letter Issued | 1,687 |
| First No Access To Re- Inspect Violation | 1,008 |
| Certification Postponment Granted | 508 |
| Certification Postponment Denied | 250 |
| Not Complied With | 153 |
| Violation Will Be Reinspected | 151 |
| Lead Docs Submitted, Not Acceptable | 113 |
| Nov Certified Late | 105 |
| Invalid Certification | 73 |
| Lead Docs Submitted, Acceptable | 69 |
| Violation Open | 25 |
| Violation Dismissed | 23 |
| Civ14 Mailed | 13 |
| Second No Access To Re-Inspect Violation | 7 |
| Violation Reopen | 3 |
Aggregates only; no building or owner is named here. The monthly, class, certification, street, and status figures above are queried from HPD's own violation record, pulled August 27, 2026, based on 23,736 lead paint violation rows in Brooklyn. Sources: NYC Open Data (HPD violations), cited not linked. The citywide record, this week’s docket, ViolationScout.