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Neighborhood · Manhattan

Lower East Side

The Lower East Side runs from Houston Street south toward Canal Street and East Broadway, from the Bowery east to the East River. Its housing combines 19th-century tenement walk-ups with large mid-century co-op complexes near Grand Street, NYCHA developments such as Vladeck Houses, and newer buildings in the Essex Crossing development around Essex and Delancey Streets. The F, J, M and Z stop at Delancey Street–Essex Street, the B and D at Grand Street, and the J and Z at Bowery. Sara D. Roosevelt Park runs between Chrystie and Forsyth Streets, Seward Park was the first municipally built playground in the U.S., and East River Park lines the waterfront.

Lower East Side has 8,895 open HPD housing violations, 2,046 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 2,171 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 20th most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
8,895
2,046 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
2,171
674 Class C · 16th in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C2,046 · 23%Class B4,394 · 49%Class A2,455 · 28%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous674
  • Class B · hazardous783
  • Class A · non-hazardous565

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Good to know

  • F, J, M and Z trains at Delancey Street–Essex Street; B and D at Grand Street; J and Z at Bowery
  • Seward Park was the first municipally built playground in the U.S.
  • Sara D. Roosevelt Park runs from Houston Street to Canal Street
  • Essex Crossing redevelopment centered on Essex and Delancey Streets
  • Part of Manhattan Community District 3

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

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 MN0302: Delancey St-Essex St (F, J M Z), Grand St (B D), Bowery (J Z). Seward Park, Sara D. Roosevelt Park, Essex Crossing, Vladeck Houses and 500 Grand St geocode inside. Seward Park wording corrected to 'first municipally built playground' per its article; park bounds from Parks Properties. Removed the Williamsburg Bridge line (Manhattan landing not checked against the polygon). Eldridge Street Synagogue falls in Chinatown-Two Bridges.

Sources

  1. Lower East Side (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Seward Park (Manhattan) (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Essex Crossing (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)

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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.