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Bronx Community District 8

Bronx Community District 8 covers Riverdale, North Riverdale, Fieldston, Spuyten Duyvil and Kingsbridge in the northwest corner of the Bronx, plus Marble Hill, which is legally part of Manhattan. It lies along the Hudson River and the Spuyten Duyvil Creek, with Van Cortlandt Park on its eastern side. Housing is mostly elevator apartment buildings: in PLUTO about 68% of residential units are in elevator buildings, 18% in walk-ups and 9% in one- and two-family houses. The 1 train runs above Broadway with stops at 231 St, 238 St and Van Cortlandt Park-242 St. Riverdale Park runs along the Hudson waterfront, and Wave Hill is a city-owned historic house park.

Bronx Community District 8 has 24,150 open HPD housing violations, 6,637 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 12,603 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 12th most open violations of 12 community districts in Bronx. Per apartment it ranks 41st of 59 citywide, at 516.6 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
24,150
6,637 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
12,603
4,326 Class C · 11th in Bronx
Residential units
46.7K
4,992 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
516.6
City median 760.6
Heat complaints this season
92
123 by this date last season
Average year built
1942
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
18.2K
430 buildings · 39% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C6,637 · 27%Class B11,815 · 49%Class A5,698 · 24%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

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

What residents report to 311
Housing-related 311 complaints, last 12 months
  • Heat / hot water8,297
  • Residential noise6,697
  • Unsanitary condition2,021
  • Plumbing1,446
  • Paint / plaster1,266
  • Door / window821
  • Water leak743
  • General repairs683
  • Electric513
  • Flooring / stairs476

Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Bronx community districts
Bronx Community District 8 highlighted
  • 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

  • Subway: 1 at 231 St, 238 St and Van Cortlandt Park-242 St; Marble Hill-225 St sits on the edge
  • About 68% of residential units are in elevator buildings (PLUTO 26v2)
  • About 11% of residential units are in buildings of 20 or more floors
  • Riverdale Park (about 144 acres) is on the Hudson waterfront; Wave Hill covers about 21 acres
  • Van Cortlandt Park (about 1,146 acres) is shared with Community Districts 7 and 12

Neighborhoods included

Fieldston · Kingsbridge · Marble Hill (MN) · North Riverdale · Riverdale · Spuyten Duyvil

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

Re-verified 2026-10-12. Neighborhood list matches the NYC Planning Community Profiles data for district 208. Housing shares re-run against PLUTO 26v2 (sum of unitsres for cd=208: class A/B = one- and two-family, C = walk-up, D = elevator, R = condominium; pre-1940 = yearbuilt 1-1939; tall = numfloors 20+; NYCHA = owner of record NYC Housing Authority, which excludes PACT conversions); all quoted shares match to the rounded percent. Subway stops re-checked by point-in-polygon of MTA Subway Stations coordinates against the DCP community district boundary (5crt-au7u); stations within about 100 m of the line are described as on the edge. Boundary streets checked by measuring how much of each named street's centerline (CSCL) runs along the official district boundary; Wikipedia boundary text was not relied on. Park names, acreage and community boards from NYC Parks Properties (enfh-gkve).

Sources

  1. Bronx Community District 8 profile · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Community Districts (official boundaries) · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)
  6. Centerline (street centerline map, CSCL) · NYC Office of Technology and Innovation (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.