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Parkchester

Parkchester is in the east-central Bronx, centered on the planned apartment complex of the same name bounded by East Tremont Avenue, Castle Hill Avenue, Westchester Avenue and White Plains Road. Metropolitan Life built it from 1939 to 1942: 171 brick buildings of eight or 13 stories arranged around a central oval with a fountain. The complex was converted to condominiums in two stages, in 1974 and 1986, and in city tax-lot data about 87% of homes in the area are now condominium units. The 6 stops at Parkchester and Castle Hill Avenue stations on Westchester Avenue along the southern edge. The Parkchester branch library is at 1985 Westchester Avenue.

Parkchester has 7,948 open HPD housing violations, 2,362 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 3,370 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 30th most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
7,948
2,362 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
3,370
1,296 Class C · 25th in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C2,362 · 30%Class B3,903 · 49%Class A1,683 · 21%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 hazardous1,296
  • Class B · hazardous1,261
  • Class A · non-hazardous706

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

Good to know

  • 171 brick buildings of 8 or 13 stories, built 1939-1942 by Metropolitan Life
  • Converted to condominiums in 1974 and 1986
  • 6 trains at Parkchester and Castle Hill Av on Westchester Avenue
  • About 87% of homes are condominium units (PLUTO)
  • Part of Bronx Community District 9

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). Both 6-train stations sit on Westchester Avenue within about 40 m of the NTA boundary (just outside it), so they are described as along the edge. Library at 1985 Westchester Ave confirmed inside the NTA via PLUTO. Fact-check 2026-10-12: Corrected the southern boundary street to Westchester Avenue per Wikipedia. Building count, heights, 1939-1942 construction, 1974/1986 condo conversions and the library address confirmed on Wikipedia; 87% condo share re-computed from PLUTO.

Sources

  1. Parkchester, Bronx · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. MTA Subway Stations dataset · Metropolitan Transportation Authority via Open NY (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 14, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.