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City Council District 51

City Council District 51 covers Staten Island's South Shore and the island's southwest, from New Springville, Travis and Richmondtown south through Great Kills, Eltingville, Arden Heights, Rossville, Annadale, Huguenot, Prince's Bay, Woodrow and Charleston to Tottenville. It is almost entirely houses: in PLUTO tax-lot data about 89% of its roughly 64,000 homes are in one- and two-family houses, and only about 6% are in buildings from before 1940. The Staten Island Railway runs the length of the district, from Bay Terrace to its Tottenville terminal. Big parks include Wolfe's Pond Park, Conference House Park, Blue Heron Park and parts of Freshkills Park and LaTourette Park.

City Council District 51 has 7,336 open HPD housing violations, 504 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,968 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 3rd most open violations of 3 council districts in Staten Island. Per apartment it ranks 51st of 51 citywide, at 114.5 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
7,336
504 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,968
216 Class C · 3rd in Staten Island
Residential units
64.1K
49,051 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
114.5
City median 778.9
Heat complaints this season
3
2 by this date last season
Average year built
1979
Lots with a known year
Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings
568
Where rent stabilization is most common
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C504 · 7%Class B3,556 · 48%Class A3,276 · 45%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 noise2,179
  • Building use570
  • Unsanitary condition406
  • Rodents318
  • Heat / hot water290
  • Plumbing192
  • Electric114
  • Water leak106
  • Paint / plaster104
  • Door / window102

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Staten Island council districts
City Council District 51 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • Staten Island Railway: 10 stations from Bay Terrace to Tottenville
  • About 89% of homes are in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO 26v2)
  • No NYCHA-owned buildings in the district's tax-lot data
  • Wolfe's Pond Park (303 acres), Conference House Park (287 acres) and Blue Heron Park (218 acres)

Neighborhoods included

New Springville · Willowbrook · Bulls Head · Travis · Oakwood · Richmondtown · Great Kills · Eltingville · Arden Heights · Rossville · Annadale · Huguenot · Prince's Bay · Woodrow · Tottenville · Charleston

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 50
Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Re-verified 2026-10-12. Neighborhood list matches the District 51 page on council.nyc.gov. Re-ran PLUTO 26v2 Socrata queries (data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/64uk-42ks) on lots with council='51': 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 51 · 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 12, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.