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Neighborhood · Manhattan

East Village

The East Village runs from 14th Street south to Houston Street and from the Bowery and Third Avenue east to the East River, taking in Alphabet City. Its housing is mostly 19th- and early-20th-century tenement walk-ups, with First Houses on East 3rd Street, built in 1935–1936 as the country's first public housing project, and luxury condos replacing old Bowery flophouses. The L stops at First Avenue and the F at Second Avenue; the 6 at Astor Place and the L at Third Avenue sit just outside the western and northern edges. Tompkins Square Park, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery and East River Park are local landmarks.

East Village has 20,608 open HPD housing violations, 4,089 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 5,704 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 8th most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
20,608
4,089 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
5,704
1,899 Class C · 10th in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C4,089 · 20%Class B10,533 · 51%Class A5,986 · 29%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 14, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous1,899
  • Class B · hazardous2,177
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,314

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 14, 2026

Good to know

  • L train at First Avenue; F train at Second Avenue
  • First Houses (1935–1936) was the first public housing project in the U.S.
  • Tompkins Square Park spans 7th to 10th Streets between Avenues A and B
  • East Village/Lower East Side Historic District designated in 2012
  • Part of Manhattan Community District 3

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

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. Only 1 Av (L) and 2 Av (F) fall inside MN0303; Astor Pl is in the Greenwich Village NTA and 3 Av (L) in Gramercy, so the old 'L at Third Avenue' claim was corrected. Tompkins Square bounds from Parks Properties; First Houses, flophouse redevelopment and the 2012 historic district from Wikipedia. Removed 'community gardens' (not checked).

Sources

  1. East Village, Manhattan (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Open Data) (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 14, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.