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City Council District 4

City Council District 4 stretches along Manhattan's East Side from Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village through Kips Bay, Murray Hill, NoMad, East Midtown, Turtle Bay, Tudor City and Sutton Place to parts of the Upper East Side, and takes in the United Nations area. Housing is dominated by high-rises: in PLUTO about 67% of its roughly 122,000 residential units are in elevator buildings and 24% are condominiums, with only about 6% in walk-ups. Grand Central-42 St (4, 5, 6, 7 and the shuttle) is here, as are the Lexington Avenue 6 local stops up to 86 St, Rockefeller Center and Herald Square. Bryant Park is the district's largest park.

City Council District 4 has 19,296 open HPD housing violations, 2,977 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 3,575 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 10th most open violations of 10 council districts in Manhattan. Per apartment it ranks 50th of 51 citywide, at 158.0 open violations per 1,000 homes.

Check a building in Manhattan

Open HPD violations
19,296
2,977 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
3,575
842 Class C · 10th in Manhattan
Residential units
122.1K
5,007 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
158.0
City median 778.9
Heat complaints this season
48
49 by this date last season
Average year built
1922
Lots with a known year
Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings
90.7K
Where rent stabilization is most common
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C2,977 · 15%Class B8,862 · 46%Class A7,457 · 39%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
  • Heat / hot water2,625
  • Residential noise1,814
  • Unsanitary condition853
  • Plumbing463
  • Paint / plaster341
  • Water leak280
  • Door / window241
  • Rodents237
  • General repairs225
  • Electric176

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Manhattan council districts
City Council District 4 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • Subway: 4, 5, 6, 7, S, B, D, E, F, M, N, Q, R and W stop inside the district
  • Grand Central-42 St and 34 St-Herald Sq stations are inside the district
  • About 67% of residential units are in elevator buildings (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Includes Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village
  • Bryant Park (about 10 acres) is the largest park

Neighborhoods included

Midtown South · NoMad · Midtown · Times Square · Stuyvesant Town · Peter Cooper Village · Murray Hill · Kips Bay · East Midtown · Turtle Bay · Sutton Place · Tudor City · United Nations · Upper East Side · Carnegie Hill

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-4 header and bio. PLUTO 26v2: 122,094 units; D 66.6%, R 23.9%, C 5.9%. 21 stations incl. Grand Central-42 St, 34 St-Herald Sq, 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr, 6 local stops to 86 St. Bryant Park 9.6 ac is the largest park tagged district 4.

Sources

  1. City Council District 4 · 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.