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Manhattan Community District 1

Manhattan Community District 1 is the southern tip of Manhattan: the Financial District, Tribeca, Battery Park City, the South Street Seaport and the World Trade Center area, plus Governors, Ellis and Liberty islands. It runs from Canal Street south to Upper New York Bay, between the Hudson River and the East River, with Baxter Street, Pearl Street and the Brooklyn Bridge on its eastern edge. Nearly all housing is in large buildings: of about 48,700 homes in city tax-lot data, roughly half are in elevator apartment buildings and 47% are condominium units. Thirteen subway services stop inside the district (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, C, E, J, Z, R and W). Its biggest parks are the Battery Park City parkland, The Battery and City Hall Park.

Manhattan Community District 1 has 2,785 open HPD housing violations, 536 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,109 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 12th most open violations of 12 community districts in Manhattan. Per apartment it ranks 59th of 59 citywide, at 57.2 open violations per 1,000 homes.

Check a building in Manhattan

Open HPD violations
2,785
536 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,109
320 Class C · 12th in Manhattan
Residential units
48.7K
1,463 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
57.2
City median 760.6
Heat complaints this season
12
26 by this date last season
Average year built
1915
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
7.1K
110 buildings · 15% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C536 · 19%Class B1,187 · 43%Class A1,062 · 38%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

What residents report to 311
Housing-related 311 complaints, last 12 months
  • Residential noise1,367
  • Heat / hot water498
  • Unsanitary condition225
  • Plumbing182
  • Rodents102
  • Door / window89
  • General repairs88
  • Paint / plaster75
  • Water leak67
  • Building use49

Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Manhattan community districts
Manhattan Community District 1 highlighted

Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Good to know

  • About 48,700 homes; 50% in elevator rentals or co-ops and 47% condominium units (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Subway: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, C, E, J, Z, R and W stop inside the district, including World Trade Center, Fulton St and South Ferry
  • Includes Governors Island, Ellis Island and Liberty Island
  • Parks: Battery Park City parkland (about 26 acres), The Battery (about 22 acres) and City Hall Park

Neighborhoods included

Battery Park City · Civic Center · Ellis Island · Governors Island · Liberty Island · South Street Seaport · Tribeca · Wall Street · World Trade Center

Before you rent or buy here

Check the buildingLook up any address for violations, complaints and owner.Read the violation classesWhat A, B and C mean and how fast owners must fix them.Work out your budgetThe 40× income rule most NYC landlords use.

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Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Neighborhood list from the NYC Planning community profile (neighborhood names are not officially designated). Housing shares computed from PLUTO 26v2 (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/64uk-42ks) residential units by building class (C = walk-up, D = elevator, R = condominium, A/B = one- and two-family); 'before 1940' uses PLUTO year built, which is estimated for many older buildings. Subway stations placed by point-in-polygon test of MTA station coordinates (data.ny.gov 39hk-dx4f, which reflects the late-2025 F/M swap) against the community district boundary (data.cityofnewyork.us 5crt-au7u); stations within about 150 m outside the line are called 'on the edge'. Park names and acreage from NYC Parks Properties (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/enfh-gkve). Boundary streets from the Wikipedia article on Manhattan Community Board 1. Fact-check 2026-10-12: re-ran the PLUTO 26v2 unit query (unit totals and walk-up/elevator/condo/pre-1940 shares match), re-ran the station point-in-polygon test against 39hk-dx4f and the 5crt-au7u boundary, re-queried the NYCHA Data Book and Parks Properties (names, apartment counts and acreage match), matched the neighborhood list to the NYC Planning community profile, and checked boundary wording against the cited board pages. F/M service pattern per the MTA swap of Dec 8, 2025 (F via 53 St and M via 63 St on weekdays only).

Sources

  1. NYC Planning Community District Profiles: Manhattan Community District 1 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Manhattan Community Board 1 (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. NYC Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)

General information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Rules change; confirm with the agency or a professional before you act.

“Open” counts every HPD violation not yet recorded as corrected, including old ones owners never certified, so totals can exceed the number of apartments. Statistics: NYC Open Data (HPD violations, 311 service requests, DCP PLUTO) and rent-stabilized counts from DOF tax bills (via JustFix), updated Oct 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.