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Gramercy

Gramercy sits on Manhattan's East Side between Union Square and Stuyvesant Town, east of Park Avenue South and north of 14th Street, centered on Gramercy Park and Stuyvesant Square. Gramercy Park, created by developer Samuel Ruggles starting in 1831, is one of two private parks in New York City and open only to keyholders from surrounding buildings. Pre-1940 buildings still make up nearly half of the housing, alongside luxury buildings and conversions from the 2010s and 2020s. The L stops at Third Avenue, and the 6 at 23rd Street and the Union Square hub sit just west. Stuyvesant Square is split by Second Avenue.

Gramercy has 4,733 open HPD housing violations, 849 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,096 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 27th most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
4,733
849 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,096
330 Class C · 23rd in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C849 · 18%Class B2,213 · 47%Class A1,671 · 35%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 hazardous330
  • Class B · hazardous292
  • Class A · non-hazardous346

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

Good to know

  • Gramercy Park Historic District designated in 1966, extended in 1988
  • Gramercy Park is private; the public is admitted on Christmas Eve
  • L train at Third Avenue; 6 at 23rd Street just west
  • Stuyvesant Square runs from 15th to 17th Streets and is bisected by Second Avenue
  • Part of Manhattan Community District 6

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 3 Av (L) falls inside MN0602; 23 St-Baruch College (6) is in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, so '6 stops at 23rd Street' was corrected. Gramercy Park and Stuyvesant Square geocode inside; Stuyvesant Square bounds from Parks Properties. Ruggles/1831, two private parks, Christmas Eve access, pre-1940 share and 1966/1988 district dates from the Gramercy Park article.

Sources

  1. Gramercy Park (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Stuyvesant Square (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Open Data) (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. MTA Subway Stations · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Open NY) (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. 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.