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Manhattan Community District 10

Manhattan Community District 10 is Central Harlem. The community board describes its edges as the Harlem River to the north, Central Park to the south, the cliffs along the west and Fifth Avenue on the east, an area of about 1.5 square miles. Of about 61,900 homes, 44% are in elevator buildings and 39% in walk-ups, and 60% are in buildings dated before 1940. Large NYCHA campuses include Polo Grounds Towers, St. Nicholas Houses, King Towers and Drew-Hamilton Houses. The 2 and 3 run under Lenox Avenue (Malcolm X Boulevard), with the 3 continuing to Harlem-148 St, and the B and C stop at 110th and 116th streets, with the A, B, C and D at 125th Street on the western edge. Parks include Rucker Park and Charles Young Playground.

Manhattan Community District 10 has 86,057 open HPD housing violations, 20,704 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 30,670 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 1st most open violations of 12 community districts in Manhattan. Per apartment it ranks 10th of 59 citywide, at 1390.4 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

86,057

20,704 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

30,670

10,487 Class C · 2nd in Manhattan

Residential units

61.9K

4,321 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

1390.4

City median 760.6

Heat complaints this season

245

292 by this date last season

Average year built

1918

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

26K

1,148 buildings · 42% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C20,704 · 24%Class B42,161 · 49%Class A23,192 · 27%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

Heat / hot water17.2KHeat / hot water: 17,194
Residential noise10.3KResidential noise: 10,340
Unsanitary condition5,531Unsanitary condition: 5,531
Plumbing3,514Plumbing: 3,514
Paint / plaster2,653Paint / plaster: 2,653
Door / window2,498Door / window: 2,498
Water leak2,007Water leak: 2,007
General repairs1,880General repairs: 1,880
Electric1,331Electric: 1,331
Flooring / stairs1,181Flooring / stairs: 1,181

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Manhattan community districts

Manhattan Community District 10 highlighted

CD 101,390.4CD 10: 1,390.4
CD 91,201.7CD 9: 1,201.7
CD 12954CD 12: 954
CD 11762CD 11: 762
CD 3469.6CD 3: 469.6
CD 2382.3CD 2: 382.3
CD 7307CD 7: 307
CD 4290.7CD 4: 290.7
CD 8212.4CD 8: 212.4
CD 5182.7CD 5: 182.7
CD 6158CD 6: 158
CD 157.2CD 1: 57.2

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

Good to know

About 61,900 homes; 39% walk-up and 44% elevator (PLUTO 26v2)
Subway: 2 and 3 on Lenox Avenue; 3 to Harlem-148 St; B, C at 110 St and 116 St; B, D at 155 St
NYCHA: Polo Grounds Towers (1,614 apartments), St. Nicholas Houses (1,526), King Towers (1,379)
Parks: Holcombe Rucker Park, Brigadier General Charles Young Playground, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Malls

Neighborhoods included

Central Harlem

Before you rent or buy here

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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). Boundaries and area from the Manhattan Community Board 10 district profile, which calls the western edge the Fordham cliffs. NYCHA development names and apartment counts from the NYCHA Development Data Book, data as of 2025-01-01 (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/evjd-dqpz). 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

NYC Planning Community District Profiles: Manhattan Community District 10 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
Manhattan Community Board 10: District Profile · Manhattan Community Board 10 (accessed October 12, 2026)
MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
NYC Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)
NYCHA Development Data Book · New York City Housing Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)

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“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.