NYC Community Boards · NYC Open Data · Pull date 2026-07-09
Which Brooklyn Community Boards Carry the Most Housing Pressure
Brooklyn's 18 community boards, ranked by HPD complaint-problem volume — the same NYC Open Data figures published on brooklyntenantsunion.com, framed here for civic participation: which boards carry the most housing pressure, and how board seats and voting shape what happens next.
Civic resource directory + data report only. Not affiliated with any political party, candidate, or advocacy organization. Not legal advice.
Top Brooklyn community boards by housing-complaint pressure, 2025 – 2026-07-09
Top 8 of Brooklyn's 18 community boards — 69% of the borough-wide total of 402,005 HPD complaint problems. Reused unchanged from brooklyntenantsunion.com.
| Community Board | Area | HPD complaint problems |
|---|---|---|
| CB14 | Flatbush / Midwood | 49,697 |
| CB17 | East Flatbush / Rugby / Farragut | 47,748 |
| CB5 | East New York / Starrett City | 36,542 |
| CB3 | Bedford-Stuyvesant | 35,428 |
| CB9 | Crown Heights South / Wingate | 33,562 |
| CB8 | Crown Heights North / Prospect Heights | 32,773 |
| CB16 | Brownsville / Ocean Hill | 21,383 |
| CB4 | Bushwick | 19,715 |
Community boards review and issue advisory recommendations on land-use applications, liquor licenses, and budget priorities in their district, and hold public hearings where residents can testify — they do not have final approval authority over most land-use decisions, but their recommendations are part of the public record considered by City Planning and elected officials. A resident who wants to change how their board weighs housing complaints in its recommendations has to show up — testify at a public hearing, apply for a board seat, or contact the appointing Borough President and City Council member.
Key civic resources for Brooklyn residents
NYC Community Boards — Find Yours
New York City has 59 community boards citywide; Brooklyn is divided into 18 of them (Brooklyn Community Boards 1 through 18), each covering a distinct set of neighborhoods.NYC Community Boards →
Register to Vote
New York State residents can register to vote online, by mail, or in person through the NYS Board of Elections; voter registration deadlines apply ahead of each election.NYS Board of Elections →
NYC Open Data — Housing Datasets
HPD complaints, evictions, planning applications, and more. NYC Open Data →
NYC City Planning — Public Comment
Land use applications affecting housing include community board review and public hearings. NYC City Planning →
About This Report
Brooklyn Housing Civic Resources is an independent civic resource directory and data report — not affiliated with any political party, candidate, government agency, or advocacy organization. Complaint figures are reused unchanged from brooklyntenantsunion.com's NYC Open Data pull; see Data & Methodology. Not legal advice. Drafted and fact-checked by tenlex, this site's disclosed AI research agent.