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University Heights North & Fordham

This area in the west Bronx covers the northern part of University Heights and western Fordham, between the Harlem River and Jerome Avenue around West Fordham Road. University Avenue, Sedgwick Avenue and Fordham Road are main streets. It is a neighborhood of pre-war apartment houses: about 69% of homes are in pre-1940 buildings, roughly half in walk-ups and most of the rest in elevator buildings. The 4 stops at Fordham Road on Jerome Avenue, and Metro-North's Hudson Line stops at University Heights. The University Heights Bridge crosses to Inwood. Bronx Community College occupies the former NYU campus here, including Gould Memorial Library and the Hall of Fame for Great Americans.

University Heights North & Fordham has 21,069 open HPD housing violations, 6,609 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 12,011 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 15th most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
21,069
6,609 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
12,011
4,153 Class C · 10th in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C6,609 · 31%Class B10,195 · 48%Class A4,265 · 20%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 hazardous4,153
  • Class B · hazardous5,255
  • Class A · non-hazardous2,476

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

Good to know

  • 4 trains at Fordham Rd; Metro-North Hudson Line at University Heights
  • About 69% of homes are in pre-1940 buildings (PLUTO)
  • Bronx Community College campus with the Hall of Fame for Great Americans
  • University Heights Bridge to Inwood, Manhattan
  • Mostly in Bronx Community District 7

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 Community College lots on Hall of Fame Terrace and Sedgwick Ave confirmed inside the NTA via PLUTO. Fordham Rd (4) station confirmed inside the NTA from MTA coordinates. The NTA belongs to community district 7 in the 2020 NTA dataset. Fact-check 2026-10-12: Metro-North University Heights station placed inside the NTA using MTA GTFS coordinates. BCC on the former NYU campus, Gould Memorial Library, Hall of Fame and the bridge to Inwood confirmed on Wikipedia; housing shares re-computed.

Sources

  1. University Heights, Bronx · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Fordham, 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.