See DOB building permits, zoning, and NYPD safety data for Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan's West Side arts and theater corridor.
Search this neighborhoodChelsea & Clinton (Manhattan Community District 4) spans Manhattan's west side from 14th Street to 59th Street, bounded by Eighth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas to the east and the Hudson River to the west. The district encompasses Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen (Clinton), Hudson Yards, portions of the Garment District, and the Meatpacking District's northern edge. It is one of Manhattan's most diverse midsize districts, home to major LGBTQ+ cultural institutions, the Chelsea gallery district, the High Line elevated park, and the rapidly developing Hudson Yards megaproject. The district's 122,000 residents occupy a mix of pre-war tenements, post-war rental towers, and new high-rise condominiums near the waterfront.
Zoning ranges from R8 and R8A high-density residential on inland blocks to C6 commercial towers near Penn Station and Hudson Yards, with M1 manufacturing remnants on the Far West Side converting under the Special Hudson Yards District. The High Line cuts through the district on a former elevated rail line from Gansevoort Street north to 34th Street. Major transit infrastructure includes Penn Station (the city's busiest rail hub) and the 7 train extension to Hudson Yards, which opened in 2015.
CivicScout tracks NYPD complaints, traffic incidents, and open HPD violations for any Chelsea or Hell's Kitchen address, including the busy transit corridors around Penn Station.
View safety data→Chelsea & Clinton record high DOB permit volume driven by Hudson Yards supertall construction, High Line-adjacent residential towers, and alteration permits across the district's large pre-war residential building stock.
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View new construction→The district spans R8/R8A residential on inland blocks, C6 commercial near Penn Station and Hudson Yards, and the Special Hudson Yards District governing new development on the Far West Side; M1 manufacturing remnants are being phased out under active rezonings.
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View schools→Location reports for Chelsea & Clinton addresses surface DOB alteration and new-construction permit history, HPD violation data, 311 complaint categories, and zoning status including any Special Purpose District designations.
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