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Mott Haven & Port Morris

Mott Haven and Port Morris form the southern tip of the Bronx, along the Harlem and East Rivers, with East 149th Street roughly to the north. East 138th Street is the main east-west street. The area mixes late-1800s brownstone rowhouses with large public housing: about 62% of homes are in elevator buildings, and NYCHA campuses include Mitchel and Patterson Houses. Three historic districts protect rowhouse blocks on Alexander Avenue, East 139th-140th Streets and East 136th Street. The 6 runs under East 138th Street with stops from Third Avenue-138th Street to Cypress Avenue, the 4 and 5 stop at 138th Street-Grand Concourse, and the 2, 4 and 5 stop at 149th Street on the Grand Concourse at the northwest corner. St. Mary's Park is the largest park in the south Bronx.

Mott Haven & Port Morris has 22,381 open HPD housing violations, 6,100 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 9,766 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 13th most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
22,381
6,100 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
9,766
3,269 Class C · 15th in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C6,100 · 27%Class B10,677 · 48%Class A5,604 · 25%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

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

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous3,269
  • Class B · hazardous4,069
  • Class A · non-hazardous2,165

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

Good to know

  • 6 trains stop at 3 Av-138 St, Brook Av, Cypress Av and E 143 St-St Mary's St; 4 and 5 at 138 St-Grand Concourse; 2, 4 and 5 at 149 St
  • Mott Haven, Mott Haven East and Bertine Block historic districts
  • St. Mary's Park, the largest park in the south Bronx
  • St. Ann's Church on St. Ann's Avenue, built in 1841
  • Part of Bronx Community District 1

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

Station locations checked by placing MTA Subway Stations coordinates inside the 2020 NTA boundary; housing-stock shares computed from PLUTO residential units by building class and year built for lots inside the NTA (rounded). Historic districts confirmed in PLUTO histdist field; St. Ann's Church lot (295 St Ann's Ave, built 1841) confirmed inside the NTA. "Largest park in the south Bronx" is NYC Parks wording. NYCHA development names from Wikipedia. Fact-check 2026-10-12: Re-ran MTA station-in-NTA check: the 149 St station (listed by MTA as 149 St-Hostos, 2/4/5) also falls on the NTA edge, so it was added. Elevator share 62% re-computed from PLUTO. Mitchel and Patterson Houses lots (Willis Ave, Morris Ave) confirmed inside; St. Ann's 1841 and the three historic districts confirmed on Wikipedia and PLUTO histdist.

Sources

  1. Mott Haven, Bronx · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. St. Mary's Park (NYC Parks) · NYC Department of Parks & Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) · NYC Department of City Planning via NYC Open Data (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.