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University Heights South & Morris Heights

This area in the west Bronx runs along the Harlem River from the Cross Bronx Expressway north past Burnside Avenue, with Jerome Avenue on the east. University Avenue is the main street. It is mostly apartments: about 69% of homes are in elevator buildings, including NYCHA's Sedgwick Houses and the privately owned River Park Towers, whose two 44-story buildings were the borough's tallest when finished in 1975. The 4 stops at Burnside Avenue and 176th Street, and Metro-North's Hudson Line stops at Morris Heights. The apartment building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue is widely cited as the birthplace of hip hop, and Roberto Clemente State Park lines the river.

University Heights South & Morris Heights has 24,011 open HPD housing violations, 6,892 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 15,478 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 9th most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
24,011
6,892 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
15,478
5,395 Class C · 5th in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C6,892 · 29%Class B11,921 · 50%Class A5,198 · 22%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 hazardous5,395
  • Class B · hazardous7,072
  • Class A · non-hazardous2,734

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

Good to know

  • 4 trains at Burnside Av and 176 St; Metro-North at Morris Heights
  • About 69% of homes are in elevator buildings (PLUTO)
  • River Park Towers, with buildings up to 44 stories
  • 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, cited as the birthplace of hip hop
  • Part of Bronx Community District 5

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). 1520 Sedgwick Ave and NYCHA lots on University Ave (Sedgwick Houses) confirmed inside the NTA via PLUTO; tallest building in the NTA is 44 floors in PLUTO, consistent with River Park Towers. Stations confirmed inside the NTA from MTA coordinates. Fact-check 2026-10-12: Corrected wording that implied River Park Towers is NYCHA; PLUTO lists the 44-floor lot under River Park Bronx Apartments, Inc. Tower heights and 1975 completion, Sedgwick Houses and 1520 Sedgwick Ave from Wikipedia; Morris Heights Metro-North station and Roberto Clemente State Park lot confirmed inside the NTA.

Sources

  1. Morris Heights, 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.