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Manhattanville & West Harlem

Manhattanville and West Harlem sit in a valley north of Morningside Heights, from just north of 125th Street up to roughly 138th Street, from the Hudson River east to St. Nicholas Avenue, taking in much of the City College campus and St. Nicholas Park. Housing includes the NYCHA Manhattanville Houses, six 20-story buildings with 1,272 apartments completed in 1961, along with older apartment buildings. Columbia University's Manhattanville campus fills several blocks between 125th and 133rd Streets. The 1 stops at 137th Street–City College and the B and C at 135th Street; the 1 also runs on the Broadway viaduct to 125th Street just south. West Harlem Piers park is on the Hudson.

Manhattanville & West Harlem has 12,244 open HPD housing violations, 3,328 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 5,734 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 12th most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
12,244
3,328 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
5,734
1,993 Class C · 8th in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C3,328 · 27%Class B6,453 · 53%Class A2,463 · 20%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 hazardous1,993
  • Class B · hazardous2,579
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,113

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

Good to know

  • NYCHA Manhattanville Houses: 1,272 apartments, completed 1961
  • Columbia's Manhattanville campus between 125th and 133rd Streets
  • 1 train at 137th Street–City College; B and C at 135th Street
  • Hamilton Grange and St. Nicholas Park are in the area
  • Part of Manhattan Community District 9

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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 MN0902: 137 St-City College (1) and 135 St (B C); the 125 St (1) station and 550 W 125th St are in Morningside Heights, so the station is described as just south. Northern edge from sample addresses (500 W 138th inside). Hamilton Grange, St. Nicholas Park and 3280 Broadway geocode inside. Manhattanville Houses details, Columbia campus extent and viaduct from Wikipedia; removed unverified 'brownstones, pre-war walk-ups' and 'landmark' viaduct wording. West Harlem Piers is in CB 9 per Parks Properties.

Sources

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