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Harlem (North)

Harlem (North) covers the northern half of Central Harlem, from around 127th Street up to 155th Street, from Fifth Avenue and the Harlem River west to St. Nicholas and Edgecombe Avenues. The housing stock includes brownstone and rowhouse blocks, among them the St. Nicholas Historic District (Strivers' Row) on West 138th and 139th Streets, designated in 1967, and public housing such as the St. Nicholas Houses and the landmarked Harlem River Houses. The 2 and 3 stop at 135th Street on Lenox Avenue (Malcolm X Boulevard), the 3 continues to 145th Street and Harlem–148th Street, and the B and D stop at 155th Street. The Schomburg Center and Abyssinian Baptist Church are city landmarks here.

Harlem (North) has 50,852 open HPD housing violations, 12,536 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 20,511 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 1st most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
50,852
12,536 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
20,511
7,249 Class C · 1st in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C12,536 · 25%Class B25,155 · 49%Class A13,161 · 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 hazardous7,249
  • Class B · hazardous8,610
  • Class A · non-hazardous4,056

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

Good to know

  • 2 and 3 trains at 135th Street; 3 at 145th Street and Harlem–148th Street; B and D at 155th Street
  • St. Nicholas Historic District (Strivers' Row), West 138th–139th Streets, landmarked 1967
  • Schomburg Center and Abyssinian Baptist Church are New York City landmarks
  • Harlem River Houses, 574 apartments, became a city landmark in 1975
  • Part of Manhattan Community District 10

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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 MN1002: 135 St (2 3), 145 St (3), Harlem-148 St (3), 155 St (B D). Corrected: the 2 does not stop at 145th or 148th (daytime routes in MTA data). Southern edge corrected to about 127th (200 W 126th is in Harlem South, 200 W 127th in Harlem North). Schomburg, 132 W 138th (Abyssinian), Strivers' Row, St. Nicholas Houses and Harlem River Houses geocode inside. Landmark designations from the linked articles.

Sources

  1. Harlem (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. St. Nicholas Historic District (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Harlem River Houses (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. Abyssinian Baptist Church (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  6. MTA Subway Stations · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Open NY) (accessed October 12, 2026)
  7. 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.