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West Farms

West Farms is a small area in the central Bronx between Southern Boulevard and the Bronx River, with Bronx Park and the Bronx Zoo to the north and the Cross Bronx Expressway to the south. East Tremont Avenue is the main street. Housing is mostly apartments: about 56% of homes are in elevator buildings, including NYCHA's 21-story building at 1010 East 178th Street, and about one in five homes is a condominium unit. The 2 and 5 stop at West Farms Square-East Tremont Avenue, East 180th Street and Bronx Park East. West Farms Soldiers Cemetery and the Bronx River Art Center are here.

West Farms has 8,855 open HPD housing violations, 2,410 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 6,962 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 26th most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
8,855
2,410 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
6,962
2,391 Class C · 21st in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C2,410 · 27%Class B4,607 · 52%Class A1,838 · 21%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 hazardous2,391
  • Class B · hazardous3,446
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,025

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

Good to know

  • 2 and 5 trains at West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av, E 180 St and Bronx Park East
  • About 56% of homes are in elevator buildings (PLUTO)
  • Borders Bronx Park and the Bronx Zoo
  • West Farms Soldiers Cemetery, with Civil War veterans
  • Part of Bronx Community District 6

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. NYCHA lot at 1010 E 178th St (21 floors) confirmed in PLUTO. Fact-check 2026-10-12: Boundaries, cemetery on E 180th St and NYCHA 1010 E 178th St confirmed on Wikipedia; Bronx River Art Center at 1087 E Tremont Ave confirmed inside the NTA in PLUTO.

Sources

  1. West Farms, 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 14, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.