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Bronx Community District 3
Bronx Community District 3 covers Morrisania, Claremont, Crotona Park East and part of Melrose. It is bounded by Sheridan Boulevard on the east, the Cross Bronx Expressway and Crotona Park North on the north, Park and Webster avenues on the west, and East 159th and 161st streets on the south. Of about 38,700 homes, 50% are in elevator buildings and 31% in walk-ups. NYCHA has 22 developments here with about 7,500 apartments, including Butler, Forest and Morris Houses. Subway stops inside the district are on the 2 and 5 (Freeman St and 174 St), and Metro-North's Harlem Line stops at Melrose. Crotona Park, about 128 acres, is the district's major park.
Bronx Community District 3 has 47,038 open HPD housing violations, 12,377 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 23,720 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 7th most open violations of 12 community districts in Bronx. Per apartment it ranks 15th of 59 citywide, at 1216.0 open violations per 1,000 homes.
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Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026
- Residential noise14.6K
- Heat / hot water7,469
- Unsanitary condition3,609
- Plumbing2,237
- Door / window1,711
- Paint / plaster1,693
- Water leak1,178
- General repairs1,156
- Appliance943
- Electric912
Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 15, 2026
- CD 61,650.3
- CD 21,613.7
- CD 121,534.4
- CD 41,302.5
- CD 71,256.8
- CD 51,245.6
- CD 31,216
- CD 91,011.8
- CD 1805.2
- CD 11776.6
- CD 10608.2
- CD 8516.6
Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 15, 2026
Good to know
- Crotona Park, about 128 acres, is in the district
- 22 NYCHA developments with about 7,500 apartments, including Butler (1,492) and Forest (1,350)
- Transit: 2 and 5 at Freeman St and 174 St; Metro-North Harlem Line at Melrose
- About 38,700 homes; 50% elevator, 31% walk-up (PLUTO 26v2)
Neighborhoods included
Claremont · Crotona Park East · Melrose · Morrisania
Before you rent or buy here
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Neighborhood list from the NYC Planning community profile (neighborhood names are not officially designated). Housing shares computed from PLUTO 26v2 (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/64uk-42ks) residential units by building class (C = walk-up, D = elevator, R = condominium, A/B = one- and two-family); 'before 1940' uses PLUTO year built, which is estimated for many older buildings. Subway stations placed by point-in-polygon test of MTA station coordinates (data.ny.gov 39hk-dx4f, which reflects the late-2025 F/M swap) against the community district boundary (data.cityofnewyork.us 5crt-au7u); stations within about 150 m outside the line are called 'on the edge'. Park names and acreage from NYC Parks Properties (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/enfh-gkve). Boundary streets from the Wikipedia article on Bronx Community Board 3. NYCHA development names and apartment counts from the NYCHA Development Data Book, data as of 2025-01-01 (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/evjd-dqpz). Commuter rail station placement uses MTA Rail Stations (data.ny.gov wxmd-5cpm). Fact-check 2026-10-12: re-ran the PLUTO 26v2 unit query (unit totals and walk-up/elevator/condo/pre-1940 shares match), re-ran the station point-in-polygon test against 39hk-dx4f and the 5crt-au7u boundary, re-queried the NYCHA Data Book and Parks Properties (names, apartment counts and acreage match), matched the neighborhood list to the NYC Planning community profile, and checked boundary wording against the cited board pages. F/M service pattern per the MTA swap of Dec 8, 2025 (F via 53 St and M via 63 St on weekdays only).
Sources
- NYC Planning Community District Profiles: Bronx Community District 3 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
- Bronx Community Board 3 (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
- MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
- Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
- NYC Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)
- NYCHA Development Data Book · New York City Housing Authority (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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.