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Williamsbridge-Olinville

Williamsbridge-Olinville is in the north-central Bronx, part of Bronx Community District 12, with the Bronx River and Bronx River Parkway along its western side and White Plains Road as its main street. Olinville is an older name for the area around Olinville Avenue. Most of the housing is small: about 69% of residential lots are one- or two-family homes, mixed with mid-size apartment buildings and NYCHA's Gun Hill Houses. The elevated 2 and 5 trains run up White Plains Road with stops at Gun Hill Road, Burke Avenue, 219th Street and 225th Street. Neighborhood open spaces include Marcus Garvey Square and several playgrounds.

Williamsbridge-Olinville has 42,417 open HPD housing violations, 9,352 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 11,748 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 1st most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
42,417
9,352 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
11,748
3,444 Class C · 14th in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C9,352 · 22%Class B19,754 · 47%Class A13,311 · 31%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 hazardous3,444
  • Class B · hazardous4,406
  • Class A · non-hazardous2,895

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

Good to know

  • 2 and 5 trains: Burke Av, Gun Hill Rd, 219 St, 225 St
  • About 69% of residential lots are one- or two-family homes (PLUTO)
  • NYCHA Gun Hill Houses are inside the area
  • Bronx River Parkway parkland runs along the western edge

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. Williamsbridge, 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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.