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Brownsville

Brooklyn · Neighborhood Tabulation Area, as drawn by NYC City Planning (2020) — a statistical area, not an official neighborhood boundary.

Building grades

3,572 graded residential buildings. The local median is 0 penalty points per 10 units over three years (how grades work).

A2,354 B332 C469 D276 F141

The most distressed buildings in Brownsville

BuildingUnitsGradePenalty rate
40 Christopher Avenue 4 F 2,764
259 Amboy Street 3 F 2,714
2037 Strauss Street 3 F 2,607
153 Dumont Avenue 2 F 2,107
42 Lott Avenue 3 F 2,102
658 Watkins Street 3 F 1,887
713 Bristol Street 4 F 1,673
243 Blake Avenue 2 F 1,599
638 Osborn Street 4 F 1,596
1968 Strauss Street 6 F 1,577

Sales and rents

Homes: 78 sales, median $680,000 (half of sales fell between $568,000 and $829,000); median $370 per square foot.
Apartments: no qualifying sales.

Recorded sales, 2025-09-30 to 2026-09-30, NYC Department of Finance. Excludes transfers under $10,000 and suspected package sales (the same price on the same day for several properties on one block).

Median gross rent: $1,050 a month.

Approximate median monthly gross rent (rent plus utilities) among households paying cash rent, derived from 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (our calculation from the published rent ranges). Includes rent-stabilized and long-time tenants; asking rents for vacant apartments are usually higher.

Largest managing agents here

AgentBuildings here Units hereGrades here
St. Nicks Alliance19104A4 B3 C5 D7
Urban Strategies Mgt Corp16214A8 B5 C2 D1
Fairstead Management14441A2 B10 C2
C&c Apartment Management131,258A4 B6 C3
Mhany Management, INC.11303A2 B6 C2 F1
Shinda Management Corporation9262A1 B6 C1 D1
Concord Management Of NY LLC6196C2 D1 F3
Truman Management LLC6159B4 C1 D1
Paths Management Services, LLC5714B3 C2
Wavecrest Mgmt Group5338B1 C1 D3

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Getting around

87% of the 3,572 graded buildings in this neighborhood have a subway or Staten Island Railway station within about a 10-minute walk (straight-line estimate, transit data of 2026-09-24).

Nearest station (within a mile)Routes Buildings
Saratoga Av31,314
Rockaway Av3817
New Lots AvL473
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd3412
Junius St3313

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes.

Restaurants in Brownsville

71 restaurants in Brownsville have a DOHMH inspection on record: A 56 · B 3 · C 3 · Grade Pending 2 · Not yet graded 7. 22 (31%) have inspector-recorded evidence of mice.

RestaurantCuisineGrade cardNotes
Brooklyn Chckn 'N' LbstrSoul FoodCMice evidence
Little Trelawny Restaurant & GrillCaribbeanCMice evidence
Trinidad Killa SmokehouseCaribbeanC—
Shun Li Chinese RestaurantChineseGrade PendingMice evidence
Tropical Taste Restaurant and BakeryCaribbeanGrade Pending—
Brownsville Nita Fish and FRYCaribbeanBMice evidence
Demon ChickenChineseBMice evidence
Tracker Just FishAmericanBMice evidence
401 Lucky Star RestaurantChineseAMice evidence
American Wings and PizzaAmericanA—
Best Wings & PizzaChickenAMice evidence
Big Apple KitchenChineseA—
BK MunchiesOtherA—
BK PizzaPizzaA—
Blendzville CafeJuice, Smoothies, Fruit SaladsA—
Brooklyn Finest Soul Food and Caribbean Restaurant INCCaribbeanAMice evidence
Brownsville Community Culinary CenterAmericanA—
Burger KingHamburgersA—
Burrito Loco Deli & GroceryMexicanA—
China CityChineseAMice evidence

showing up to 20, worst first · 5 more establishments in Brownsville are registered but not yet inspected · the full list lives on the ZIP page: ZIP 11212

ZIP codes

Graded buildings in this neighborhood by ZIP code: 11212 (99%).

Nearby neighborhoods

Crown Heights (North), East Flatbush-Remsen Village, East New York (North), East New York-New Lots, Ocean Hill.