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Harlem (South)

Harlem (South) covers the southern part of Central Harlem, from Central Park North (110th Street) up to around 126th Street, between Fifth Avenue and the Morningside Park and St. Nicholas Avenue edge. Its housing includes brownstone rowhouses, some converted into storefront churches, alongside apartment buildings and public housing. The 2 and 3 stop at 110th Street, 116th Street and 125th Street on Lenox Avenue, and the B and C stop at Cathedral Parkway (110th Street) and 116th Street. The Apollo Theater on West 125th Street is a city landmark.

Harlem (South) has 35,205 open HPD housing violations, 8,168 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 10,159 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 3rd most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
35,205
8,168 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
10,159
3,238 Class C · 6th in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C8,168 · 23%Class B17,006 · 48%Class A10,031 · 28%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 hazardous3,238
  • Class B · hazardous4,297
  • Class A · non-hazardous2,147

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

Good to know

  • 2 and 3 trains at 110th, 116th and 125th Streets on Lenox Avenue
  • B and C trains at Cathedral Parkway (110th Street) and 116th Street
  • Apollo Theater on West 125th Street is a city landmark and on the National Register
  • Borders Central Park's north end at 110th Street
  • Part of Manhattan Community District 10

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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 MN1001: 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, 116 St and 125 St (2 3); Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) and 116 St (B C). Corrected: the 125 St A/B/C/D station falls in Morningside Heights. Apollo (253 W 125th) geocodes inside; landmark/NRHP status from the Apollo article. Storefront churches in brownstones from the Harlem article. Marcus Garvey Park falls in East Harlem (North).

Sources

  1. Harlem (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Apollo Theater (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.