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Hamilton Heights & Sugar Hill

Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill sit on a ridge in upper West Harlem, north of roughly 138th–140th Streets up to 155th Street, from Riverside Drive east to the Edgecombe and Bradhurst Avenue edge. Most housing dates from the late 19th and early 20th centuries: brownstones, rowhouses and large pre-war apartment buildings, and nearly all of Hamilton Heights lies in National Register historic districts. The 1 stops at 145th Street, the A, B, C and D at 145th Street on St. Nicholas Avenue, and the C at 155th Street. Jackie Robinson Park and Riverbank State Park on the Hudson are here, with St. Nicholas Park and Hamilton Grange just south.

Hamilton Heights & Sugar Hill has 37,782 open HPD housing violations, 9,045 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 14,637 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 2nd most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
37,782
9,045 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
14,637
4,818 Class C · 3rd in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C9,045 · 24%Class B18,945 · 50%Class A9,792 · 26%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 hazardous4,818
  • Class B · hazardous6,706
  • Class A · non-hazardous2,761

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

Good to know

  • A, B, C and D trains at 145th Street; 1 train at 145th Street; C at 155th Street
  • Jackie Robinson Park and Riverbank State Park
  • Hamilton Heights Historic District and Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District Extension
  • Named for Alexander Hamilton, whose home Hamilton Grange stands just south
  • Part of Manhattan Community District 9

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. Inside MN0903: 145 St (1), 145 St (A C and B D), 155 St (C). Corrected: 155 St (B D) is in Harlem (North) and 137 St-City College (1) in Manhattanville-West Harlem. Southern edge set from sample addresses (500 W 139th inside, 500 W 138th outside). Historic district names corrected per Wikipedia. Jackie Robinson Park and Riverbank State Park geocode inside; Hamilton Grange and St. Nicholas Park geocode in Manhattanville-West Harlem.

Sources

  1. Hamilton Heights, 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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.