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Norwood

Norwood is in the north-central Bronx, bounded by Van Cortlandt Park and Woodlawn Cemetery to the north, the Bronx River and Bronx Park to the east and Mosholu Parkway to the southwest. Gun Hill Road, Jerome, Webster and Bainbridge Avenues are its main streets. Its housing is mostly pre-war apartment buildings: about 77% of homes are in buildings from before 1940, with elevator buildings (about 55%) and walk-ups (about 39%). The D stops at Norwood-205th Street, and the 4 stops at Mosholu Parkway and Woodlawn. Williamsbridge Oval, a park on a former reservoir, and the 1758 Valentine-Varian House, home of the Museum of Bronx History, are here, as is Montefiore Medical Center's hospital campus on East 210th Street.

Norwood has 19,451 open HPD housing violations, 6,009 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 9,710 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 18th most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
19,451
6,009 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
9,710
3,240 Class C · 16th in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C6,009 · 31%Class B9,290 · 48%Class A4,152 · 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 hazardous3,240
  • Class B · hazardous4,279
  • Class A · non-hazardous2,046

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

Good to know

  • D at Norwood-205 St; 4 at Mosholu Pkwy and Woodlawn
  • About 77% of homes are in pre-1940 buildings (PLUTO)
  • Williamsbridge Oval park, built on a former reservoir
  • Valentine-Varian House (1758), home of the Museum of Bronx History
  • Montefiore Medical Center hospital campus on East 210th Street

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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). Valentine-Varian House (3266 Bainbridge Ave, built 1758), Williamsbridge Oval lots and Montefiore at 111 E 210th St confirmed inside the NTA via PLUTO. Fact-check 2026-10-12: Removed unverified "main hospital" wording; Montefiore-owned lot at 111 E 210th St is inside the NTA in PLUTO. Boundaries, main streets, Williamsbridge Reservoir history and the 1758 Valentine-Varian House checked on Wikipedia; stations and housing shares re-computed.

Sources

  1. Norwood, Bronx · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Williamsbridge Oval (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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.