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East Harlem (North)

East Harlem (North) is the upper half of East Harlem (El Barrio), north of roughly 110th–112th Streets, east of Fifth Avenue to the Harlem and East rivers. East Harlem has the second-highest concentration of public housing in the United States, with many NYCHA campuses mixed with older tenement buildings; Taino Towers, four 35-story towers with 656 apartments opened in 1979, is here. The 4, 5 and 6 stop at 125th Street and the 6 at 116th Street, and Metro-North stops at Harlem–125th Street. Marcus Garvey Park, Thomas Jefferson Park and the East Harlem Historic District around 111th–120th Streets are local landmarks.

East Harlem (North) has 30,507 open HPD housing violations, 7,719 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 11,304 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 5th most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
30,507
7,719 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
11,304
3,725 Class C · 5th in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C7,719 · 25%Class B15,172 · 50%Class A7,616 · 25%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

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

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous3,725
  • Class B · hazardous5,098
  • Class A · non-hazardous2,094

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

Good to know

  • 4, 5 and 6 trains at 125th Street; 6 train at 116th Street
  • Metro-North station at Harlem–125th Street
  • Marcus Garvey Park and Thomas Jefferson Park both have pools and recreation centers
  • East Harlem Historic District listed on the National Register in 2019
  • Part of Manhattan Community District 11

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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

Station placement checked by point-in-polygon of MTA Subway Stations coordinates (daytime routes) against the 2020 NTA polygon; landmark addresses geocoded with NYC Planning GeoSearch and tested against the same polygons. 125 St (4 5 6) and 116 St (6) fall inside MN1102; Taino Towers (2253 Third Ave), 1 E 125th St (Metro-North area), Marcus Garvey Park and Thomas Jefferson Park geocode inside. Public-housing ranking, Taino Towers details and 2019 NRHP listing from the East Harlem article; pools and recreation centers from the park articles; parks are in Community Board 11 per Parks Properties. NYC Parks pages replaced (HTTP 403).

Sources

  1. East Harlem (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Thomas Jefferson Park (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Marcus Garvey Park (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Open Data) (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. MTA Subway Stations · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Open NY) (accessed October 12, 2026)
  6. 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs) · NYC Department of City Planning (NYC Open Data) (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.