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Hunts Point

Hunts Point is a peninsula in the South Bronx between the Bruckner Expressway, the Bronx River and the East River. Most of its land is industrial: it holds the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, one of the largest food distribution centers in the world, including the New Fulton Fish Market that moved here in 2005. Homes are concentrated in a small pocket on the high ground along Hunts Point Avenue, mostly pre-war apartment buildings and some row houses. PLUTO data counts about 6,400 residential units, about 51% in walk-ups and about 72% in buildings from before 1940. The 6 train runs along the area's edge, with Hunts Point Av and Longwood Av just outside. Parks include Barretto Point Park and Hunts Point Riverside Park.

Hunts Point has 11,154 open HPD housing violations, 2,687 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 4,005 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 25th most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
11,154
2,687 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
4,005
1,144 Class C · 29th in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C2,687 · 24%Class B5,536 · 50%Class A2,931 · 26%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 hazardous1,144
  • Class B · hazardous1,806
  • Class A · non-hazardous912

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

Good to know

  • Home to the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center and New Fulton Fish Market
  • About 72% of residential units are in pre-1940 buildings (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Subway: Hunts Point Av and Longwood Av (6) are just outside the boundary
  • Waterfront parks: Barretto Point Park, Hunts Point Riverside Park
  • Joseph Rodman Drake Park marks a burial ground of enslaved Africans

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

Peninsula boundaries, food center and parks from Wikipedia. Housing figures computed from PLUTO 26v2 residential units, with lots assigned to this NTA through 2020 census tracts (NYC Planning tract-to-NTA codes); building type uses PLUTO building class (C = walk-up, D = elevator, A/B = one- and two-family). Subway stations placed by point-in-polygon test of MTA station coordinates against the 2020 NTA boundary (data.cityofnewyork.us 9nt8-h7nd); 'just outside' means within about 150 m of the edge. Re-verified 2026-10-12: recomputed every PLUTO 26v2 share from the raw lots (2020 tract-to-NTA codes from data.cityofnewyork.us 63ge-mke6) and re-ran the station point-in-polygon test against the 2020 NTA file. Parks confirmed in NYC Parks polygons (Barretto Point Park partly inside); Hunts Point Av and Longwood Av stations about 30 m outside.

Sources

  1. Hunts Point, Bronx (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (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)

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 14, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.