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City Council District 3

City Council District 3 covers Manhattan's West Side from Hell's Kitchen and Hudson Yards south through Times Square, the Garment District, Chelsea and the Meatpacking District to the West Village and Hudson Square. Its roughly 119,000 homes are a mix of elevator buildings (about 45% of residential units in PLUTO), condominiums (27%) and walk-ups (23%). Its stations include Times Sq-42 St, 34 St-Penn Station and 42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal, and the 7 ends at 34 St-Hudson Yards. Parks include the High Line, Madison Square Park and De Witt Clinton Park.

City Council District 3 has 37,990 open HPD housing violations, 6,761 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 9,012 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 5th most open violations of 10 council districts in Manhattan. Per apartment it ranks 43rd of 51 citywide, at 319.1 open violations per 1,000 homes.

Check a building in Manhattan

Open HPD violations
37,990
6,761 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
9,012
2,722 Class C · 6th in Manhattan
Residential units
119K
6,554 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
319.1
City median 778.9
Heat complaints this season
91
80 by this date last season
Average year built
1908
Lots with a known year
Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings
64.9K
Where rent stabilization is most common
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C6,761 · 18%Class B18,185 · 48%Class A13,044 · 34%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 noise6,021
  • Heat / hot water5,168
  • Unsanitary condition2,443
  • Plumbing1,197
  • Paint / plaster952
  • Door / window879
  • General repairs849
  • Water leak659
  • Electric626
  • Rodents454

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Manhattan council districts
City Council District 3 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • Subway: 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, B, D, F, M, L, N, Q, R and W stop inside the district
  • Major stations: Times Sq-42 St, 34 St-Penn Station, 42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal and 34 St-Hudson Yards
  • About 119,000 residential units in PLUTO 26v2
  • The High Line runs through the district

Neighborhoods included

Hell's Kitchen · Hudson Yards · Midtown · Times Square · Garment District · Chelsea · Flatiron · Meatpacking District · West Village · 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.

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Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Re-verified 2026-10-12: neighborhoods match council.nyc.gov/district-3. PLUTO 26v2: 119,041 units; D 45.4%, R 26.5%, C 22.9%. 25 stations by point-in-polygon incl. Times Sq-42 St, 34 St-Penn Station, 42 St-Port Authority, 34 St-Hudson Yards. Parks: High Line, Madison Square Park, De Witt Clinton Park tagged district 3.

Sources

  1. City Council District 3 · 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.