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Pelham Gardens

Pelham Gardens is in the northeast Bronx, north of Pelham Parkway and east of the 5 train's Dyre Avenue Line, with Pelham Bay Park and Co-op City to the east. Eastchester Road is the main street. This is one of the more low-rise parts of the borough: about 74% of homes are in one- and two-family houses, on streets such as Laconia, Wilson and Pearsall Avenues, with some small apartment buildings. The 5 stops at Pelham Parkway and Gun Hill Road along the western side, and buses include the Bx12 on Pelham Parkway, the Bx26 on Allerton Avenue and the Bx28 on Gun Hill Road. Pelham Parkway runs along the southern edge.

Pelham Gardens has 5,413 open HPD housing violations, 781 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,104 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 36th most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
5,413
781 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,104
226 Class C · 36th in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C781 · 14%Class B2,554 · 47%Class A2,078 · 38%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 hazardous226
  • Class B · hazardous327
  • Class A · non-hazardous328

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

Good to know

  • About 74% of homes are in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO)
  • 5 trains at Pelham Pkwy and Gun Hill Rd (Dyre Avenue Line)
  • Eastchester Road is the main street
  • Borders Pelham Bay Park to the east
  • Part of Bronx Community District 11

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). Stations confirmed inside the NTA from MTA coordinates. Street names from PLUTO lot addresses inside the NTA. Fact-check 2026-10-12: Bus routes and their streets confirmed on Wikipedia (Bx12 via Pelham Pkwy, Bx26 via Allerton Ave, Bx28 via Gun Hill Rd); Bx12 runs along the edge, so "cross the area" was replaced. 74% one- and two-family share and street names re-checked in PLUTO.

Sources

  1. Pelham Gardens, 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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.