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Wakefield & Woodlawn

Wakefield and Woodlawn sit at the northern tip of the Bronx along the Westchester County line, with Van Cortlandt Park and Woodlawn Cemetery to the west and south and Williamsbridge and Eastchester to the south and east. The elevated 2 and 5 run above White Plains Road. Housing is mixed: about 43% of homes are in one- and two-family houses and about 31% in walk-ups, with some elevator buildings. The 2 ends at Wakefield-241st Street, and the 2 and 5 stop at Nereid Avenue and 233rd Street. Metro-North's Harlem Line stops at Wakefield and Woodlawn. Muskrat Cove, at the north end of the Bronx River Greenway, is in Woodlawn.

Wakefield & Woodlawn has 26,249 open HPD housing violations, 5,989 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 8,022 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 7th most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
26,249
5,989 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
8,022
2,315 Class C · 22nd in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C5,989 · 23%Class B12,126 · 46%Class A8,134 · 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 hazardous2,315
  • Class B · hazardous3,152
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,906

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

Good to know

  • 2 trains at Wakefield-241 St; 2 and 5 at Nereid Av and 233 St
  • Metro-North Harlem Line at Wakefield and Woodlawn
  • About 43% of homes are in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO)
  • Borders Van Cortlandt Park and Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Part of Bronx Community District 12

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. Wakefield library at 4100 Lowerre Place confirmed inside the NTA via PLUTO. Van Cortlandt Park and Woodlawn Cemetery are mapped as separate NTAs. Fact-check 2026-10-12: Metro-North Wakefield and Woodlawn stations placed inside the NTA using MTA GTFS coordinates; Wakefield-241 St is the 2 line's last stop in MTA data. Muskrat Cove location (Bronx River near E 233rd St to the city line) checked against NYC Parks-owned lots on Bullard Ave inside the NTA.

Sources

  1. Wakefield, Bronx · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Woodlawn Heights, 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.