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City Council District 17

City Council District 17 covers much of the South Bronx, including Mott Haven, Melrose, Morrisania, Longwood, Hunts Point, Crotona Park East and the Bronx River neighborhood. Its roughly 71,000 homes in PLUTO are split evenly between elevator buildings and walk-ups (about 40% each), with about 11% in condominiums and 7% in one- and two-family houses. Nearly 10% are in NYCHA buildings; the largest are Forest, Bronx River and Melrose Houses. Transit is dense: the 6 stops at E 149 St, Longwood Av, Hunts Point Av, Whitlock Av and Elder Av, and the 2 and 5 make seven stops from 3 Av-149 St to 174 St. Parks along the Bronx River include Starlight Park and Concrete Plant Park; Barretto Point Park is on the Hunts Point waterfront.

City Council District 17 has 100,436 open HPD housing violations, 24,953 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 46,031 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 2nd most open violations of 8 council districts in Bronx. Per apartment it ranks 6th of 51 citywide, at 1417.7 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
100,436
24,953 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
46,031
14,490 Class C · 4th in Bronx
Residential units
70.8K
8,629 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
1417.7
City median 779.7
Heat complaints this season
224
323 by this date last season
Average year built
1950
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
34K
991 buildings · 48% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C24,953 · 25%Class B48,952 · 49%Class A26,531 · 26%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 water15.6K
  • Residential noise10.8K
  • Unsanitary condition6,630
  • Plumbing4,362
  • Paint / plaster3,464
  • Door / window2,941
  • Water leak2,230
  • General repairs2,136
  • Appliance1,754
  • Electric1,723

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Bronx council districts
City Council District 17 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • Subway: 6 at E 149 St, Longwood Av, Hunts Point Av, Whitlock Av and Elder Av
  • Subway: 2 and 5 at 3 Av-149 St, 149 St, Prospect Av, Intervale Av, Simpson St, Freeman St and 174 St; the 4 also stops at 149 St
  • About 40% of residential units are in elevator buildings and 40% in walk-ups (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Parks: Starlight Park, Concrete Plant Park and Barretto Point Park; North and South Brother Islands are NYC Parks nature areas in the district

Neighborhoods included

Mott Haven · Melrose · Morrisania · Longwood · Hunts Point · Bronx River · Crotona Park East

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

Re-verified 2026-10-12 by roofy-research: neighborhood list matches the 'Neighborhoods' line on council.nyc.gov/district-17. Housing shares recomputed from PLUTO 26v2 (sum of unitsres grouped by council and bldgclass; A/B = one- and two-family, C = walk-up, D = elevator, R = condominium; NYCHA share = units on lots with owner name containing 'HOUSING AUTH'). Subway and rail stations re-placed by point-in-polygon test of MTA station coordinates (data.ny.gov 39hk-dx4f, wxmd-5cpm) against the City Council Districts boundary file (872g-cjhh); every station named matches. Park names, acreage and Flagship/Nature Area type checked in NYC Parks Properties (enfh-gkve, councildistrict field), including shared parks. Corrected: NYCHA examples replaced with the largest developments per the Data Book (Forest 1,350, Bronx River 1,246, Melrose 1,023) and NYCHA share (9.5%) added. 149 St station shown as named in the MTA dataset.

Sources

  1. NYC Council District 17 page (neighborhoods and district map) · 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. Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. NYCHA Development Data Book (data as of 2025-01-01) · New York City Housing Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  6. City Council Districts (boundary file) · NYC Department of City Planning (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.