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Manhattan Community District 5

Manhattan Community District 5 is central Midtown: Times Square, Herald Square, the Flatiron area, Union Square and parts of Murray Hill and Gramercy Park. It runs from 14th Street to 59th Street, roughly between Lexington Avenue and Sixth Avenue (below 26th Street) or Eighth Avenue (above it). It has fewer homes than most Manhattan districts, about 46,000, and 51% of them are in elevator buildings while 40% are condominium units. Grand Central, Penn Station, Times Sq-42 St and 34 St-Herald Sq are all here; nearly every subway line stops in the district, and Metro-North and the LIRR use its two terminals. Bryant Park, Union Square Park and Madison Square Park are its main open spaces.

Manhattan Community District 5 has 8,400 open HPD housing violations, 1,572 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 2,050 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 11th most open violations of 12 community districts in Manhattan. Per apartment it ranks 55th of 59 citywide, at 182.8 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
8,400
1,572 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
2,050
564 Class C · 11th in Manhattan
Residential units
46K
2,960 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
182.8
City median 760.9
Heat complaints this season
45
22 by this date last season
Average year built
1927
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
10.5K
315 buildings · 23% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C1,572 · 19%Class B3,849 · 46%Class A2,979 · 35%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

What residents report to 311
Housing-related 311 complaints, last 12 months
  • Residential noise1,317
  • Heat / hot water1,182
  • Unsanitary condition581
  • Plumbing292
  • Door / window239
  • Paint / plaster166
  • General repairs143
  • Water leak135
  • Building use113
  • Electric108

Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Manhattan community districts
Manhattan Community District 5 highlighted

Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Good to know

  • About 46,000 homes; 51% elevator and 40% condominium units (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Rail terminals: Grand Central (Metro-North and LIRR) and Penn Station (LIRR)
  • Subway: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, A, C, E, B, D, F, M, N, Q, R, W and the 42 St shuttle
  • Parks: Bryant Park (about 9.6 acres), Union Square Park and Madison Square Park

Neighborhoods included

Flatiron · Gramercy Park · Herald Square · Midtown · Midtown South · Murray Hill · Times Square · Union Square

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 5; the eastern line has small exceptions in Murray Hill and near Park Avenue South. Commuter rail station placement uses MTA Rail Stations (data.ny.gov wxmd-5cpm). 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 5 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Manhattan Community Board 5 (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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.