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City Council District 1

City Council District 1 covers the southern tip of Manhattan: the Financial District, Battery Park City, Tribeca, SoHo, Hudson Square, Little Italy, Chinatown and part of the Lower East Side, plus Governors Island in the harbor. Its roughly 99,000 homes are mostly in large buildings: in PLUTO, about 46% of residential units are in elevator rental or co-op buildings, 31% are condominiums and 20% are in walk-ups. Subway service is dense: the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, C, E, J, Z, R and W, among others, stop at 36 stations in the district (counted once per line). Parks include The Battery, City Hall Park, Sara D. Roosevelt Park and the Battery Park City waterfront.

City Council District 1 has 29,181 open HPD housing violations, 6,174 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 6,470 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 7th most open violations of 10 council districts in Manhattan. Per apartment it ranks 44th of 51 citywide, at 293.7 open violations per 1,000 homes.

Check a building in Manhattan

Open HPD violations
29,181
6,174 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
6,470
1,952 Class C · 7th in Manhattan
Residential units
99.3K
4,735 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
293.7
City median 778.9
Heat complaints this season
41
38 by this date last season
Average year built
1914
Lots with a known year
Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings
65K
Where rent stabilization is most common
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C6,174 · 21%Class B13,818 · 47%Class A9,189 · 31%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 12, 2026

What residents report to 311
Housing-related 311 complaints, last 12 months
  • Residential noise5,409
  • Heat / hot water3,202
  • Unsanitary condition1,163
  • Plumbing746
  • Building use495
  • Paint / plaster429
  • Water leak400
  • Door / window396
  • Rodents388
  • General repairs353

Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 12, 2026

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Manhattan council districts
City Council District 1 highlighted

Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 12, 2026

Good to know

  • Subway: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, C, E, B, D, F, M, J, Z, N, Q, R and W stop inside the district
  • About 99,000 residential units in PLUTO 26v2; about 31% are condominiums
  • Includes Governors Island along with the Manhattan neighborhoods
  • Parks include The Battery (22 acres), City Hall Park and Sara D. Roosevelt Park

Neighborhoods included

Lower East Side · Chinatown · Financial District · Battery Park City · Tribeca · Governors Island · Little Italy · SoHo · Hudson 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.

More council districts in Manhattan

City Council District 2City Council District 3City Council District 4City Council District 5City Council District 6City Council District 7City Council District 8City Council District 9City Council District 10
Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Re-verified 2026-10-12: neighborhood list matches council.nyc.gov/district-1 header. Re-ran PLUTO 26v2 by council field: 99,349 units; D 45.8%, R 31.0%, C 19.6%. Point-in-polygon of MTA stations vs Council Districts 26b: 36 stations; routes 1-6, A-F, J, M, N, Q, R, W, Z. Parks (NYC Parks Properties): The Battery 21.9 ac, City Hall Park, Sara D. Roosevelt Park, Battery Park City.

Sources

  1. City Council District 1 · New York City Council (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. City Council Districts (boundary file) · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks & 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 12, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.