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Neighborhood · Manhattan

Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen, also called Clinton, runs west of Eighth Avenue from about 40th–43rd Street up to 59th Street and out to the Hudson River. The Special Clinton District, a zoning district created in the 1970s, protects its low-rise character, and much of the housing is older walk-up apartment buildings, generally limited to six stories west of Eighth Avenue north of 43rd Street. Larger buildings include the two 46-story towers of Manhattan Plaza on 43rd Street, opened in 1977. The C and E stop at 50th Street, and 42nd Street–Port Authority sits on the eastern edge. DeWitt Clinton Park, the Port Authority Bus Terminal and, at Pier 86, the Intrepid Museum are here.

Hell's Kitchen has 15,327 open HPD housing violations, 3,024 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 4,268 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 9th most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
15,327
3,024 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
4,268
1,344 Class C · 12th in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C3,024 · 20%Class B7,580 · 49%Class A4,723 · 31%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 hazardous1,344
  • Class B · hazardous1,632
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,052

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

Good to know

  • C and E trains at 50th Street; 42nd Street–Port Authority on the eastern edge
  • Special Clinton District zoning limits redevelopment
  • Manhattan Plaza: two 46-story towers with 1,689 apartments, opened 1977
  • DeWitt Clinton Park between 52nd and 54th Streets, Eleventh to Twelfth Avenues
  • Part of Manhattan Community District 4

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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. Only 50 St (C E) falls inside MN0402; 42 St-Port Authority is in Midtown-Times Square, so the old 'A, C, E including 42nd Street' line was corrected (no daytime A at 50 St). Southern edge corrected from 'high 30s': 500 W 38th-42nd are in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, 300 W 40th in Hell's Kitchen. Removed the unverified 1973 date for the Special Clinton District. Manhattan Plaza facts from its article; DeWitt Clinton Park bounds from Parks Properties; Port Authority Bus Terminal and 400 W 43rd geocode inside.

Sources

  1. Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Manhattan Plaza (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.