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Westchester Square

Westchester Square is a small neighborhood in the eastern Bronx, part of Bronx Community District 10, where East Tremont Avenue, Westchester Avenue and Williamsbridge Road meet. Westchester Creek runs along its eastern side. Housing is mostly low-rise: nearly two-thirds (63%) of residential lots hold one- or two-family homes, and the median residential building has two floors, though roughly four in ten homes are in buildings with 20 or more units. The elevated 6 train stops at Castle Hill Avenue, Zerega Avenue and Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue. Owen F. Dolen Park, a 1.4-acre park, sits at Westchester Avenue and Williamsbridge Road.

Westchester Square has 8,622 open HPD housing violations, 1,873 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 3,014 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 27th most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
8,622
1,873 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
3,014
848 Class C · 30th in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C1,873 · 22%Class B3,975 · 46%Class A2,774 · 32%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous848
  • Class B · hazardous1,160
  • Class A · non-hazardous756

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Good to know

  • 6 train stations: Castle Hill Av, Zerega Av, Westchester Sq–E Tremont Av
  • About 63% of residential lots are one- or two-family homes (PLUTO)
  • Owen F. Dolen Park (1.4 acres) anchors the square
  • Part of Bronx Community District 10

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

Independent re-check 2026-10-12: subway stations re-matched by point-in-polygon of the MTA Subway Stations list (39hk-dx4f) against the 2020 NTA boundary (9nt8-h7nd), edge stations noted; every named park and its acreage re-matched to NYC Parks Properties (enfh-gkve); NYCHA developments re-matched to phvi-damg; housing-stock shares recomputed from current PLUTO residential lots inside the NTA polygon (year built is partly estimated in PLUTO). Boundaries, history and landmarks checked against the cited Wikipedia articles and the EPA site page where used. No crime, safety or demographic claims.

Sources

  1. Westchester Square, Bronx (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. MTA Subway Stations (station locations and daytime routes) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority via Open NY (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning via NYC Open Data (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.