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City Council District 18

City Council District 18 is in the southeast Bronx, covering Soundview, Clason Point, Harding Park, Castle Hill, Unionport, Parkchester and Westchester Square, with shoreline on the Bronx River and the East River. Its housing mix is broad: of roughly 63,000 homes in PLUTO, about 33% are in elevator buildings, 25% in walk-ups, 23% in condominiums and 17% in one- and two-family houses. About 11% are in NYCHA buildings, including Castle Hill, Sotomayor, Soundview and Monroe Houses. The 6 train runs through the district on the Pelham Line, stopping at Morrison Av-Soundview, St Lawrence Av, Parkchester, Castle Hill Av, Zerega Av and Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av. Soundview Park, a 269-acre NYC Parks flagship park, and Pugsley Creek Park line the waterfront.

City Council District 18 has 61,385 open HPD housing violations, 13,804 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 20,471 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 6th most open violations of 8 council districts in Bronx. Per apartment it ranks 14th of 51 citywide, at 979.8 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
61,385
13,804 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
20,471
6,116 Class C · 6th in Bronx
Residential units
62.7K
11,007 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
979.8
City median 779.9
Heat complaints this season
105
197 by this date last season
Average year built
1946
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
15.9K
350 buildings · 25% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C13,804 · 22%Class B29,028 · 47%Class A18,553 · 30%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 noise8,284
  • Heat / hot water8,268
  • Unsanitary condition2,750
  • Plumbing2,202
  • Paint / plaster1,664
  • Door / window1,079
  • Water leak1,012
  • General repairs834
  • Electric720
  • Flooring / stairs584

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Bronx council districts
City Council District 18 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • Subway: 6 at Morrison Av-Soundview, St Lawrence Av, Parkchester, Castle Hill Av, Zerega Av and Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av
  • Soundview Park (about 269 acres) is a NYC Parks flagship park; Pugsley Creek Park adds about 68 acres
  • NYCHA developments include Castle Hill (2,025 apartments), Sotomayor (1,497), Soundview (1,259) and Monroe (1,102)
  • About 23% of residential units are condominiums and 17% are in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO 26v2)

Neighborhoods included

Soundview · Bruckner · Clason Point · Castle Hill · Unionport · Harding Park · Parkchester · Westchester 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

Re-verified 2026-10-12 by roofy-research: neighborhood list matches the 'Neighborhoods' line on council.nyc.gov/district-18. 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. NYCHA unit counts (Castle Hill 2,025, Sotomayor 1,497, Soundview 1,259, Monroe 1,102) match the Data Book.

Sources

  1. NYC Council District 18 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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.