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City Council district · Manhattan

City Council District 2

City Council District 2 runs up Manhattan's East Side from the Lower East Side and East Village through Greenwich Village, Union Square, Flatiron and Gramercy to Murray Hill and Kips Bay. It has about 105,000 homes in PLUTO: roughly 51% of residential units are in elevator buildings and 28% in walk-ups, and about half are in buildings PLUTO dates before 1940. About 8% of units are in buildings owned by the NYC Housing Authority. Transit centers on 14 St-Union Square (4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W), with the L crossing 14th Street and the F stopping at 2 Av. Parks include John V. Lindsay East River Park, Tompkins Square Park, Washington Square Park and Union Square Park.

City Council District 2 has 34,816 open HPD housing violations, 6,469 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 9,229 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 6th most open violations of 10 council districts in Manhattan. Per apartment it ranks 42nd of 51 citywide, at 332.3 open violations per 1,000 homes.

Check a building in Manhattan

Open HPD violations
34,816
6,469 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
9,229
2,873 Class C · 5th in Manhattan
Residential units
104.8K
5,028 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
332.3
City median 778.9
Heat complaints this season
72
71 by this date last season
Average year built
1910
Lots with a known year
Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings
80.8K
Where rent stabilization is most common
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C6,469 · 19%Class B17,198 · 49%Class A11,149 · 32%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 noise9,936
  • Heat / hot water5,854
  • Unsanitary condition2,150
  • General repairs1,125
  • Plumbing1,108
  • Paint / plaster774
  • Door / window691
  • Water leak685
  • Rodents634
  • Electric404

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Manhattan council districts
City Council District 2 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • Subway: 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W, B, D, F and M stop inside the district
  • About half of residential units were built before 1940 (PLUTO yearbuilt)
  • John V. Lindsay East River Park (46 acres) is the largest park
  • Tompkins Square, Washington Square and Union Square parks are all in the district

Neighborhoods included

Greenwich Village · Lower East Side · East Village · Flatiron · Union Square · Gramercy · Murray Hill · Kips Bay

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: neighborhoods match council.nyc.gov/district-2. PLUTO 26v2: 104,782 units; D 51.0%, C 28.1%, pre-1940 50.6%, NYCHA-owned 8.3%. MTA station point-in-polygon: 13 stations, routes 4, 5, 6, B, D, F, L, M, N, Q, R, W. Parks: John V. Lindsay East River Park 45.9 ac, Tompkins Sq, Washington Sq, Union Sq.

Sources

  1. City Council District 2 · 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.