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Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square covers the southern end of the Upper West Side, from 59th Street at Columbus Circle north to the low 70s, between Central Park West and the Hudson River. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, built from 1959 as part of the Lincoln Square Renewal Project, anchors it. Much of the housing is high-rise, including Lincoln Towers, the newer Riverside South and Waterline Square towers along the river, and NYCHA's Amsterdam Houses, built in 1948. Subway service includes the 1 at 66th Street–Lincoln Center, the 1, 2 and 3 at 72nd Street, and the A, B, C, D and 1 at 59th Street–Columbus Circle. Riverside Park South runs along the Hudson.

Lincoln Square has 5,723 open HPD housing violations, 940 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,117 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 24th most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
5,723
940 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,117
304 Class C · 25th in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C940 · 16%Class B2,809 · 49%Class A1,974 · 34%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 hazardous304
  • Class B · hazardous319
  • Class A · non-hazardous360

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

Good to know

  • Lincoln Center construction began in 1959
  • 59th Street–Columbus Circle serves the A, B, C, D and 1
  • Riverside Park South covers about 72 acres along the Hudson
  • Amsterdam Houses (NYCHA) was built in 1948

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

Boundaries checked by testing MTA station coordinates and landmark points against the 2020 NTA polygon (NYC Open Data 9nt8-h7nd). 66 St, 72 St (1/2/3) and 59 St-Columbus Circle fall inside; Lincoln Center, Lincoln Towers, Waterline Square and Amsterdam Houses points also fall inside. Lincoln Center construction (1959, Lincoln Square Renewal Project), Amsterdam Houses (1948) and building names from Wikipedia. Riverside Park South acreage (71.933, W 59-72 Sts) from the Parks Properties dataset, replacing the Riverside Park page.

Sources

  1. Lincoln Square, Manhattan (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Parks Properties (dataset) · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation via NYC Open Data (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Subway Stations (dataset) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority via data.ny.gov (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.