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Manhattan Community District 8

Manhattan Community District 8 is the Upper East Side, including Lenox Hill, Yorkville, Carnegie Hill and Roosevelt Island. It runs from 59th Street to 96th Street between Central Park and the East River. It has the most homes of any Manhattan district in city tax-lot data, about 151,400: 60% in elevator buildings, 20% in walk-ups and 17% condominium units. The 4, 5 and 6 run under Lexington Avenue, and the Q stops at 72nd and 86th streets on the Second Avenue line; on weekdays the M stops at Lexington Av/63 St and Roosevelt Island. NYCHA developments include Isaacs, Holmes Towers and Robbins Plaza. Parks include Carl Schurz Park, John Jay Park and Asphalt Green.

Manhattan Community District 8 has 32,151 open HPD housing violations, 6,116 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 7,640 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 7th most open violations of 12 community districts in Manhattan. Per apartment it ranks 54th of 59 citywide, at 212.4 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
32,151
6,116 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
7,640
2,133 Class C · 7th in Manhattan
Residential units
151.4K
5,465 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
212.4
City median 760.6
Heat complaints this season
89
76 by this date last season
Average year built
1918
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
18.9K
1,862 buildings · 12% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C6,116 · 19%Class B15,664 · 49%Class A10,371 · 32%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 water3,926
  • Residential noise3,199
  • Unsanitary condition1,842
  • Plumbing903
  • Rodents701
  • Paint / plaster668
  • Water leak553
  • Door / window511
  • General repairs500
  • Electric365

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Manhattan community districts
Manhattan Community District 8 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • About 151,400 homes, the most of any Manhattan community district (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Subway: 4, 5, 6 on Lexington Avenue; Q at 72 St and 86 St; M (weekdays) at Roosevelt Island
  • Includes Roosevelt Island
  • Parks: Carl Schurz Park (about 15 acres), John Jay Park and Asphalt Green

Neighborhoods included

Carnegie Hill · Lenox Hill · Roosevelt Island · Upper East Side · Yorkville

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 8. 'Most homes' compares PLUTO residential unit totals across the 12 Manhattan districts. 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 8 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Manhattan Community Board 8 (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)
  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.