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Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village

Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village sit in the northwest Bronx between the Major Deegan Expressway and Jerome Avenue, stretching from Kingsbridge Road north to Van Cortlandt Park, with Sedgwick Avenue as the main road. Apartment buildings make up most of the housing: PLUTO data counts about 14,200 residential units, about 61% in elevator buildings and 30% in walk-ups, and about 61% in buildings from before 1940, while about half of the 1,000 tax lots are one- and two-family houses. The Jerome Park Reservoir, built in 1906 on the site of the old Jerome Park Racetrack, lies along its eastern side. No subway stops inside; the 1 train's 231 St and 238 St stations are just to the west, and the 4 runs on Jerome Avenue.

Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village has 14,324 open HPD housing violations, 4,261 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 7,880 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 23rd most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
14,324
4,261 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
7,880
2,739 Class C · 19th in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C4,261 · 30%Class B7,076 · 49%Class A2,987 · 21%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous2,739
  • Class B · hazardous3,394
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,624

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Good to know

  • No subway inside; 231 St (1) is about 100 m and Kingsbridge Rd (4) about 190 m from the boundary
  • About 61% of residential units are in elevator buildings (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Jerome Park Reservoir (1906), on the old Jerome Park Racetrack site, borders it to the east
  • Van Cortlandt Park lies to the north
  • NYCHA's Fort Independence Street-Heath Avenue Houses is a 21-story building

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

Boundaries, reservoir history and NYCHA building 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. Corrected station distances (231 St 97 m, Kingsbridge Rd (4) 190 m). Reworded the reservoir: the NTA file puts most of the Jerome Park Reservoir in Bedford Park. Fort Independence Street-Heath Avenue Houses (21 stories) confirmed in NYCHA data and PLUTO (3320 Bailey Ave).

Sources

  1. Kingsbridge Heights, 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)
  4. NYCHA Development Data Book · New York City Housing Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs) · NYC Department of City Planning (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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.