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Neighborhood · Manhattan

Upper West Side (Central)

This is the middle of the Upper West Side, from the mid-70s north to about 96th Street, between Central Park West and the Hudson River. Housing includes four- and five-story brownstones on the midblock streets, large prewar apartment buildings along West End Avenue and Riverside Drive, and grand apartment houses on Central Park West. The American Museum of Natural History stands in Theodore Roosevelt Park between 77th and 81st Streets. The 1 train stops at 79th and 86th Streets on Broadway, with 1, 2 and 3 service at 96th Street, and the B and C run under Central Park West. Riverside Park borders it on the west and Central Park on the east.

Upper West Side (Central) has 21,220 open HPD housing violations, 4,128 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 5,263 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 7th most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
21,220
4,128 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
5,263
1,623 Class C · 11th in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C4,128 · 19%Class B10,341 · 49%Class A6,751 · 32%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 hazardous1,623
  • Class B · hazardous1,722
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,490

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

Good to know

  • Theodore Roosevelt Park (17.6 acres) holds the American Museum of Natural History
  • 1 train at 79th and 86th Streets; 1, 2 and 3 at 96th Street
  • B and C local stops along Central Park West
  • Riverside Park stretches four miles from 72nd to 158th Street

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). 79th, 86th and 96th St Broadway stations fall inside; Central Park West B/C stations sit on the boundary (the NTA edge follows CPW). AMNH point falls inside. Housing stock (4-5 story brownstones, prewar West End Ave and Riverside Dr buildings, CPW apartment houses) from Wikipedia; B and C service from the MTA dataset. Theodore Roosevelt Park (17.581 acres, W 77-81 Sts) from the Parks Properties dataset; Riverside Park four miles from 72nd to 158th from the NYC Parks page.

Sources

  1. Upper West Side (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Riverside Park (NYC Parks) · NYC Parks (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Parks Properties (dataset) · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation via NYC Open Data (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. 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.