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Inwood

Inwood is the northern tip of Manhattan, north of Dyckman Street, with the Harlem River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek to the north and east and Inwood Hill Park to the west. Most homes are in pre-war apartment buildings, many of them Art Deco buildings from the 1930s, plus the NYCHA Dyckman Houses (1951). An August 2018 rezoning set an 8-story height limit on many existing residential areas and allowed buildings of up to 30 stories in some redevelopment areas. The A ends at Inwood–207th Street, the 1 stops at 207th and 215th Streets, and Metro-North's Marble Hill station is across the Broadway Bridge. Isham Park and the Dyckman Farmhouse are here.

Inwood has 11,733 open HPD housing violations, 3,700 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 8,414 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 14th most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
11,733
3,700 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
8,414
2,594 Class C · 7th in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C3,700 · 32%Class B6,018 · 51%Class A2,015 · 17%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 hazardous2,594
  • Class B · hazardous4,439
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,328

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

Good to know

  • A train at Inwood–207th Street; 1 train at 207th Street and 215th Street
  • Inwood Hill Park has Manhattan's largest remaining old-growth forest and the Muscota Marsh
  • Dyckman Farmhouse on Broadway at 204th Street is the oldest farmhouse left in Manhattan
  • City Council approved the Inwood rezoning in August 2018
  • Part of Manhattan Community District 12

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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 MN1203: Inwood-207 St (A), 207 St and 215 St (1); Dyckman St stations are in Washington Heights (North). Removed unsupported 'five- to eight-story' building heights; rezoning details (8-story limit, up to 30 stories) from the Inwood article. Forest/marsh claim reworded to match the Inwood Hill Park article (old-growth forest; Muscota Marsh 'one of the few remaining saltwater marshes'). Dyckman House (4881 Broadway), Isham Park and Dyckman Houses geocode inside.

Sources

  1. Inwood, Manhattan (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Inwood Hill Park (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Dyckman House (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Open Data) (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. MTA Subway Stations · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Open NY) (accessed October 12, 2026)
  6. 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 14, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.