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West Village

The West Village is the western part of Greenwich Village, from 14th Street south toward Houston Street, between the Hudson River and roughly Sixth and Seventh Avenues. Its streets follow an older grid set at an angle to the rest of Manhattan, and its housing is largely early-19th-century rowhouses and townhouses with small apartment buildings. Most of it is inside the Greenwich Village Historic District, designated in 1969. The 1 train stops at Christopher Street and 14th Street, the 2 and 3 also stop at 14th Street, and West 4th Street–Washington Square serves the A, B, C, D, E, F and M. Hudson River Park lines the waterfront. The Stonewall Inn is part of the Stonewall National Monument.

West Village has 9,250 open HPD housing violations, 1,340 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,965 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 18th most open violations of 33 neighborhoods in Manhattan.

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Open HPD violations
9,250
1,340 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,965
573 Class C · 19th in Manhattan
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C1,340 · 14%Class B4,401 · 48%Class A3,509 · 38%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 hazardous573
  • Class B · hazardous530
  • Class A · non-hazardous596

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

Good to know

  • Greenwich Village Historic District designated in 1969
  • Stonewall Inn at 53 Christopher Street, part of Stonewall National Monument
  • James J. Walker Park (1.7 acres) occupies a former Trinity Church burial ground
  • Hudson River Park runs along the western waterfront

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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

Boundaries checked by testing MTA station coordinates and landmark points against the 2020 NTA polygon (NYC Open Data 9nt8-h7nd). Christopher St and 14 St (1/2/3) and W 4 St fall inside; the 8 Av and 6 Av L stations sit on the 14th Street boundary. Stonewall Inn and James J. Walker Park points fall inside. Boundaries, off-grid streets, 1969 historic district (Wikipedia: covers 'most of the West Village') and Stonewall from Wikipedia. James J. Walker Park was St. John's Cemetery, Trinity Church's burial ground (1799-1895), per NYC Parks; 1.67 acres from the Parks Properties dataset.

Sources

  1. West Village (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. James J. Walker Park history (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)

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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.