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Manhattan Community District 3

Manhattan Community District 3 covers the Lower East Side, the East Village, Two Bridges and part of Chinatown. Per the community board, its boundaries are 14th Street on the north, the East River on the east and south, and Fourth Avenue and the Bowery on the west, extending to Baxter and Pearl streets and the Brooklyn Bridge south of Canal Street. Of about 83,600 homes, 47% are in elevator buildings and 39% in walk-ups. Large NYCHA campuses line the East River side: the district has 26 NYCHA developments with about 14,300 apartments, including Baruch, Smith, Wald, Vladeck and Riis Houses. The F, J, M, Z, B, D and L stop inside. Parks include John V. Lindsay East River Park, Tompkins Square Park and Sara D. Roosevelt Park.

Manhattan Community District 3 has 39,273 open HPD housing violations, 8,257 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 9,772 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 6th most open violations of 12 community districts in Manhattan. Per apartment it ranks 45th of 59 citywide, at 469.6 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
39,273
8,257 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
9,772
3,134 Class C · 5th in Manhattan
Residential units
83.6K
4,252 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
469.6
City median 760.6
Heat complaints this season
99
97 by this date last season
Average year built
1917
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
19K
1,645 buildings · 23% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C8,257 · 21%Class B19,500 · 50%Class A11,516 · 29%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 noise8,858
  • Heat / hot water5,674
  • Unsanitary condition2,019
  • Plumbing1,109
  • General repairs1,091
  • Paint / plaster779
  • Door / window736
  • Water leak680
  • Rodents648
  • Electric467

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Manhattan community districts
Manhattan Community District 3 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • About 83,600 homes; 47% elevator and 39% walk-up (PLUTO 26v2)
  • 26 NYCHA developments with about 14,300 apartments; Baruch Houses is the largest at 2,194
  • Subway: F, J, M, Z at Delancey St-Essex St; B, D at Grand St; L at 1 Av
  • Parks: John V. Lindsay East River Park (about 46 acres) and Tompkins Square Park (about 10.5 acres)

Neighborhoods included

Chinatown · East Village · Lower East Side · NoHo · Two Bridges

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). Boundaries quoted from the Manhattan Community Board 3 district profile. 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

  1. NYC Planning Community District Profiles: Manhattan Community District 3 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Manhattan Community Board 3: District Profile · Manhattan Community Board 3 (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)
  6. NYCHA Development Data Book · New York City Housing Authority (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.