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East Harlem (South)

East Harlem (South) is the lower part of East Harlem, starting at East 96th Street and running north to roughly 110th–112th Streets, east of Fifth Avenue to the East River. Like the rest of East Harlem, its housing is dominated by NYCHA public housing campuses with older tenement buildings between them. The 6 train stops at 103rd and 110th Streets on Lexington Avenue, and the Q stops at 96th Street on the Second Avenue Subway. The Wards Island Bridge, a pedestrian and bicycle bridge at East 103rd Street, crosses the Harlem River to Randall's and Wards Islands, which belong to the same community district.

East Harlem (South) has 14,996 open HPD housing violations, 3,426 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 6,184 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 10th most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
14,996
3,426 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
6,184
1,907 Class C · 10th in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C3,426 · 23%Class B7,791 · 52%Class A3,779 · 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 hazardous1,907
  • Class B · hazardous3,002
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,132

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

Good to know

  • 6 train at 103rd Street and 110th Street
  • Q train at 96th Street (Second Avenue Subway)
  • Wards Island Bridge (103rd Street Footbridge) carries only pedestrians and bicycles
  • Part of Manhattan Community District 11, which also includes Randall's and Wards Islands

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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. 103 St and 110 St (6) and 96 St (Q) fall inside MN1101; 120 E 103rd St geocodes inside. Footbridge location and use from the Wards Island Bridge article; Randall's Island is its own NTA in the MN11 CD-equivalent tabulation area.

Sources

  1. East Harlem (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Wards Island Bridge (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Subway Stations · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Open NY) (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. 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.