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Pelham Parkway & Van Nest

This area in the central Bronx runs from Pelham Parkway south through Van Nest, with Bronx Park and the Bronx Zoo to the west, Morris Park to the east and Parkchester to the south. White Plains Road is the main commercial street. Housing mixes six- and seven-story elevator buildings, which hold about 57% of homes, with walk-ups and detached houses; about three-quarters of units are in pre-1940 buildings. The 2 and 5 stop at Pelham Parkway, with Bronx Park East and East 180th Street just beyond the edge. Pelham Parkway, a landscaped road about 400 feet wide, is part of the Mosholu-Pelham Greenway. The Pelham Parkway-Van Nest library is at 2147 Barnes Avenue.

Pelham Parkway & Van Nest has 15,111 open HPD housing violations, 3,394 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 6,771 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 22nd most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
15,111
3,394 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
6,771
2,110 Class C · 23rd in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C3,394 · 22%Class B7,422 · 49%Class A4,295 · 28%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 hazardous2,110
  • Class B · hazardous2,839
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,532

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

Good to know

  • 2 and 5 trains at Pelham Pkwy; Bronx Park East and E 180 St nearby
  • About 57% of homes are in elevator buildings (PLUTO)
  • About 74% of homes are in pre-1940 buildings (PLUTO)
  • Borders Bronx Park, home of the Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden
  • 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). Bronx Park is mapped as its own park NTA. Station positions checked against MTA station coordinates (Bronx Park East and E 180 St are just outside the NTA). Library at 2147 Barnes Ave confirmed inside the NTA via PLUTO. Fact-check 2026-10-12: 400-foot width, greenway, six- and seven-story elevator buildings, White Plains Road and the 2147 Barnes Ave library confirmed on Wikipedia; housing shares and station positions re-computed.

Sources

  1. Pelham Parkway, Bronx · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Van Nest, Bronx · Wikipedia (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.