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City Council district · Manhattan

City Council District 6

City Council District 6 covers the Upper West Side, Lincoln Square and part of Hell's Kitchen, and includes Central Park. Its roughly 109,000 homes are mostly in large buildings: about 54% of residential units in PLUTO are in elevator buildings and 29% are condominiums, with walk-ups holding about 16%. More than half of residential units are in buildings PLUTO dates before 1940. The 1, 2 and 3 run on the Broadway-Seventh Avenue line, the B and C on the Eighth Avenue line, and 59 St-Columbus Circle adds the A and D. Besides Central Park, the district holds part of Riverside Park (shared with District 7), Riverside Park South and Theodore Roosevelt Park (West 77th to 81st streets at Central Park West).

City Council District 6 has 27,398 open HPD housing violations, 4,895 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 5,950 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 8th most open violations of 10 council districts in Manhattan. Per apartment it ranks 45th of 51 citywide, at 250.6 open violations per 1,000 homes.

Check a building in Manhattan

Open HPD violations
27,398
4,895 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
5,950
1,683 Class C · 8th in Manhattan
Residential units
109.3K
3,599 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
250.6
City median 779.7
Heat complaints this season
109
94 by this date last season
Average year built
1907
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
21K
1,477 buildings · 19% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C4,895 · 18%Class B13,431 · 49%Class A9,072 · 33%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

What residents report to 311
Housing-related 311 complaints, last 12 months
  • Heat / hot water4,021
  • Residential noise2,981
  • Unsanitary condition1,559
  • Plumbing859
  • Rodents696
  • General repairs557
  • Paint / plaster525
  • Door / window494
  • Water leak359
  • Electric351

Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Manhattan council districts
City Council District 6 highlighted

Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Good to know

  • Subway: 1, 2, 3 on the Broadway-Seventh Avenue line; B and C on the Eighth Avenue line; A, B, C, D and 1 at 59 St-Columbus Circle; N, Q, R, W at 57 St-7 Av; N, R, W at 5 Av/59 St
  • Central Park (about 840 acres) is in the district
  • About 55% of residential units were built before 1940 (PLUTO yearbuilt)
  • Includes Lincoln Square

Neighborhoods included

Upper West Side · Lincoln Square · Hell's Kitchen · Central Park

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-6. PLUTO 26v2: 109,347 units; D 54.1%, R 28.6%, C 15.7%, pre-1940 54.8%. 13 stations; 5 Av/59 St serves N, R, W only (fixed). Riverside Park is tagged districts 6 and 7, so 'most of' changed to 'part of'. Central Park 840 ac, Theodore Roosevelt Park 17.6 ac.

Sources

  1. City Council District 6 · 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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.