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Riverdale & Spuyten Duyvil

Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil cover the hilly northwest corner of the Bronx, between the Hudson River, Van Cortlandt Park and the Yonkers line, down to the Harlem River at Spuyten Duyvil. Housing ranges from early-1900s houses in Fieldston, first built in 1911, to large apartment buildings; about 76% of homes are in elevator buildings. The Fieldston and Riverdale historic districts are here. There is no subway inside the area: Metro-North's Hudson Line stops at Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil, and the 1 ends at Van Cortlandt Park-242nd Street just outside. Wave Hill, a 28-acre public garden overlooking the Hudson, and Henry Hudson Memorial Park, with its column and statue of Hudson dedicated in 1938, are landmarks.

Riverdale & Spuyten Duyvil has 5,743 open HPD housing violations, 1,144 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 2,603 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 35th most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
5,743
1,144 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
2,603
828 Class C · 31st in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C1,144 · 20%Class B2,824 · 49%Class A1,775 · 31%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 hazardous828
  • Class B · hazardous970
  • Class A · non-hazardous693

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

Good to know

  • Metro-North Hudson Line at Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil stations
  • 1 train at Van Cortlandt Park-242 St, just outside the area
  • About 76% of homes are in elevator buildings (PLUTO)
  • Fieldston and Riverdale historic districts
  • Wave Hill garden and Henry Hudson Memorial Park

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. MTA station coordinates show no subway station inside the NTA; 242 St is about 100 m outside. Part of Bronx Community District 8. Fact-check 2026-10-12: Wave Hill corrected from 20 to 28 acres per Wave Hill's own site. Removed unverified "brick towers of the 1960s" and "many co-ops or condos" (PLUTO shows only about 5% condo units). Metro-North Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil stations placed inside the NTA using MTA GTFS coordinates; Henry Hudson Memorial Park details from Wikipedia (Spuyten Duyvil).

Sources

  1. Riverdale, Bronx · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. About Wave Hill · Wave Hill (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. 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.