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South Williamsburg

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

Building grades

1,761 graded residential buildings. The local median is 13.3 penalty points per 10 units over three years (how grades work).

A795 B232 C603 D127 F4

The most distressed buildings in South Williamsburg

BuildingUnitsGradePenalty rate
298 Hooper Street 7 D 410
590 Broadway 4 F 281
374 Wallabout Street 6 C 268
272 Division Avenue 12 C 230
227 Penn Street 2 F 230
270 Keap Street 3 F 227
273 Lee Avenue 8 C 226
467 Bedford Avenue 4 F 224
165 Rodney Street 4 D 208
154 Penn Street 3 D 185

Sales and rents

Homes: 16 sales, median $2,100,000 (half of sales fell between $1,838,000 and $3,352,000); median $715 per square foot.
Apartments: 70 sales, median $1,211,000 (half of sales fell between $800,000 and $1,605,000).

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: $1,650 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
Williamsburg Property Management18185A11 B5 C1 D1
Sem NY Corp17398A16 B1
Empire State Management LLC579A3 B1 C1
Greeni Management495A3 C1
St. Nicks Alliance474A1 B2 D1
Union Walton Realty LLC313A1 B1 C1
Keren Star Management312B1 C2
Webster Av Management LLC311B3
Reliant Realty Services, LLC2744B2
Wilson Properties Corp.261A1 B1

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Getting around

86% of the 1,761 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
Hewes StJ M682
Marcy AvJ M Z450
Flushing AvG384
BroadwayG111
Lorimer StJ M110

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes.

Restaurants in South Williamsburg

22 restaurants in South Williamsburg have a DOHMH inspection on record: A 12 · B 3 · C 1 · Grade Pending 1 · Not yet graded 5. 7 (32%) have inspector-recorded evidence of mice; 4 are closed by DOHMH with no reopening on record.

RestaurantCuisineGrade cardNotes
BiscottiJewish/KosherCMice evidence · Closed by DOHMH
Angeles BakeryBakery Products/DessertsGrade PendingMice evidence
Cafe Au LeeJewish/KosherB—
Cheesy KosherJewish/KosherBMice evidence
Golden RingJewish/KosherB—
Guerrero Deli CafeSpanishAMice evidence
Habanero Cafe Mexican GrillMexicanA—
McDonald'sHamburgersA—
MirakuyaJapaneseA—
MozzarellaJewish/KosherAMice evidence
Panini La CafeJewish/KosherA—
Pica Pica Con SaborLatin AmericanAMice evidence
Rivera's Bagel CafeBagels/PretzelsA—
SheliLatin AmericanA—
SonicHamburgersA—
Sweet Fire Cafe & StudioVeganA—
The ContinentalJewish/KosherAMice evidence
BiscottiJewish/KosherNot yet gradedClosed by DOHMH
Cozzi PizzaPizzaNot yet graded—
Racer Technologies (Ghost Kitchen)FusionNot yet gradedClosed by DOHMH

showing up to 20, worst first · 5 more establishments in South Williamsburg are registered but not yet inspected · the full list lives on the ZIP page: ZIP 11211, ZIP 11206, ZIP 11249

ZIP codes

Graded buildings in this neighborhood by ZIP code: 11211 (57%), 11206 (31%), 11249 (11%).

Nearby neighborhoods

Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Bushwick (West), Clinton Hill, East Williamsburg, Fort Greene, Williamsburg.