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City Council district · Staten Island

City Council District 49

City Council District 49 covers Staten Island's North Shore, from St. George and Tompkinsville through Stapleton, Rosebank and Port Richmond west to Mariners' Harbor, Arlington and Graniteville, and inland to West Brighton, Silver Lake, Grymes Hill and Westerleigh. Most homes are houses: in PLUTO tax-lot data about 59% of its roughly 59,000 homes are in one- and two-family houses and about 18% in elevator buildings, with about 6% in NYCHA-owned buildings. The Staten Island Railway starts at St. George and stops at Tompkinsville, Stapleton and Clifton in the district. Large parks include Silver Lake Park, Clove Lakes Park and the Snug Harbor Cultural Center.

City Council District 49 has 50,368 open HPD housing violations, 7,359 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 15,403 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 1st most open violations of 3 council districts in Staten Island. Per apartment it ranks 24th of 51 citywide, at 854.8 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
50,368
7,359 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
15,403
3,555 Class C · 1st in Staten Island
Residential units
58.9K
32,472 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
854.8
City median 778.9
Heat complaints this season
29
54 by this date last season
Average year built
1952
Lots with a known year
Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings
12K
Where rent stabilization is most common
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C7,359 · 15%Class B30,461 · 60%Class A12,548 · 25%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 noise5,371
  • Heat / hot water2,663
  • Unsanitary condition1,997
  • Plumbing1,154
  • Paint / plaster752
  • Door / window682
  • Electric566
  • Water leak552
  • Building use457
  • Flooring / stairs411

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Staten Island council districts
City Council District 49 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • Staten Island Railway: St. George, Tompkinsville, Stapleton and Clifton
  • About 59% of homes are in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Silver Lake Park (206 acres) and Clove Lakes Park (193 acres)
  • Snug Harbor Cultural Center is an 83-acre city park property

Neighborhoods included

St. George-New Brighton · Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills · Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill · West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill · Westerleigh-Castleton Corners · Port Richmond · Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville · Snug Harbor · Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Manor Heights · Fort Wadsworth

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.

More council districts in Staten Island

City Council District 50City Council District 51
Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Re-verified 2026-10-12. Neighborhood list matches the District 49 page on council.nyc.gov. Re-ran PLUTO 26v2 Socrata queries (data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/64uk-42ks) on lots with council='49': total residential units, unit shares by building class (A/B one- and two-family, C walk-up, D elevator), units on lots with yearbuilt 1-1939, and units on lots whose owner name contains 'HOUSING AUTHORITY'; all percentages and totals in the text match. Subway/SIR stations re-placed by point-in-polygon test of MTA Subway Stations coordinates (data.ny.gov 39hk-dx4f) against the City Council Districts boundary file (872g-cjhh); station lists match. Park names, district tags and acreage checked in NYC Parks Properties (enfh-gkve). No crime, safety or demographic claims.

Sources

  1. Council District 49 · 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. 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 12, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.