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City Council district · Staten Island

City Council District 50

City Council District 50 covers mid-Staten Island, from the East Shore beaches at South Beach and Midland Beach inland through Dongan Hills, Todt Hill, New Dorp, Willowbrook and Travis, and it also crosses the Verrazzano Narrows to take in Fort Hamilton and parts of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bath Beach in Brooklyn. About 91% of its homes are on the Staten Island side. Houses dominate: in PLUTO tax-lot data about 80% of its roughly 63,000 homes are in one- and two-family houses. The Staten Island Railway stops at Grasmere through Oakwood Heights. Parks include the FDR Boardwalk and Beach, Willowbrook Park, part of Freshkills Park and, in Brooklyn, Dyker Beach Park.

City Council District 50 has 11,793 open HPD housing violations, 1,135 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 3,177 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 2nd most open violations of 3 council districts in Staten Island. Per apartment it ranks 49th of 51 citywide, at 187.4 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
11,793
1,135 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
3,177
493 Class C · 2nd in Staten Island
Residential units
62.9K
46,673 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
187.4
City median 779.9
Heat complaints this season
20
11 by this date last season
Average year built
1965
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
2.4K
65 buildings · 4% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C1,135 · 10%Class B6,087 · 52%Class A4,571 · 39%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 noise3,773
  • Heat / hot water736
  • Unsanitary condition581
  • Building use573
  • Rodents371
  • Plumbing301
  • Paint / plaster175
  • Electric160
  • Door / window132
  • Water leak113

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Staten Island council districts
City Council District 50 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • Staten Island Railway: Grasmere, Old Town, Dongan Hills, Jefferson Av, Grant City, New Dorp and Oakwood Heights
  • About 80% of homes are in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Includes a Brooklyn section (Fort Hamilton area) with about 9% of the district's homes
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach (644 acres), Willowbrook Park (215 acres) and Dyker Beach Park (217 acres)

Neighborhoods included

Arrochar · Bay Terrace · Bulls Head · Castleton Corners · Concord · Dongan Hills · Dongan Hills Colony · Egbertville · Emerson Hill · Fort Wadsworth · Grant City · Grasmere · High Rock · Lighthouse Hill · Midland Beach · New Dorp · Oakwood · Ocean Breeze · Old Town · Richmondtown · South Beach · Todt Hill · Travis · Westerleigh · Willowbrook · Bath Beach · Bay Ridge · Dyker Heights · Fort Hamilton

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 49City Council District 51
Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Re-verified 2026-10-12. Neighborhood list matches the District 50 page on council.nyc.gov. Re-ran PLUTO 26v2 Socrata queries (data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/64uk-42ks) on lots with council='50': 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 50 · 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. Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.