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Greenwich Village

This area is the eastern core of Greenwich Village, between Houston and 14th Streets, from about Sixth Avenue east to Broadway and Lafayette Street; the West Village is a separate tabulation area. Most buildings are mid-rise apartment buildings and 19th-century rowhouses, and much of the area falls in the Greenwich Village Historic District, designated in 1969. New York University's buildings surround Washington Square Park and its arch. The 6 stops at Astor Place and Bleecker Street, the R and W at 8th Street–NYU, the B, D, F and M at Broadway–Lafayette, and the L at Sixth Avenue and Union Square. West 4th Street station sits just west, in the West Village.

Greenwich Village has 5,670 open HPD housing violations, 833 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,070 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 26th most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
5,670
833 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,070
277 Class C · 27th in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C833 · 15%Class B2,600 · 46%Class A2,237 · 39%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous277
  • Class B · hazardous317
  • Class A · non-hazardous318

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Good to know

  • Washington Square Park and Arch, ringed by NYU buildings
  • Greenwich Village Historic District designated in 1969, extended in 2006 and 2010
  • R and W at 8th Street–NYU; 6 at Astor Place and Bleecker Street; B, D, F, M at Broadway–Lafayette
  • Part of Manhattan Community District 2

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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. Inside MN0202: Astor Pl and Bleecker St (6), 8 St-NYU (R W), Broadway-Lafayette (B D F M), 6 Av and 14 St-Union Sq (L). Corrected: West 4th St (A C E B D F M) is in the West Village NTA, and 8 St-NYU has no daytime N. Dropped the unverified 'April 29' designation day; 1969/2006/2010 dates and housing description from Wikipedia. Washington Square Park geocodes inside.

Sources

  1. Greenwich Village (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)

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“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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.