1471 Watson Avenue
12 months to Sep 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- Built in 1970 (city records)
About this building
City records list 1970 as the year built — newer than 97% of the 276 buildings we cover in ZIP 10472, and the newest of the 14 buildings we cover on this block. At 6 floors, the tallest on this block. 100 apartments — more than 93% of the 275 residential buildings we cover in ZIP 10472 have.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 31, 2026.
1471 Watson Avenue
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- This is NYCHA public housing, so HPD’s violation database isn’t the maintenance record — ask the management office for this unit’s open work-order history and average repair time.
1471 Watson Avenue sits in Bronx, ZIP 10472. The closest subway is Elder Av (6) (4-minute walk), served by the 6 line.
Building Condition
- 2024-06-23 "FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN EER PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-308.4 - MULTIPLE YEARS (2023)"
- 2023-10-15 "FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN ACCEPTABLE INSPECTN RPT FOR STRUCTURALLY COMPROMISED BLDG."
- 2023-08-08
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1970. For buildings built between 1960 and 1978, Local Law 1 applies where the owner knows lead-based paint is present — there is no automatic pre-1960 presumption. Lead paint in residential use was federally banned in 1978.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 102
- HARRASSMENT 2: 77
- FELONY ASSAULT: 67
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 53
- GRAND LARCENY: 33
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 243
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 137
- PLUMBING: 119
- Illegal Parking: 110
- Noise - Residential: 102
- 1110 CLOSE AVE
- 1513 WATSON AVE
- 1125 BRONX RIVER AVE
- P.S. 152 Evergreen
- P.S. 093 Albert G. Oliver
- Icahn Charter School 7
- Icahn Charter School 7
- J.H.S. 123 James M. Kieran
- The School for Inquiry and Social Justice
- Felisa Rincon de Gautier Institute for Law and Pub
- Bronx Arena High School
- Bronx Academy High School
- Elder Av
- Whitlock Av
- Morrison Av-Soundview
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Colgate Close
- Daniel Boone Playground
- P.s. 093 Albert G. Oliver
- Icahn Charter School 7
- Parking For P.s. 93
- Watson Houses Playground
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Optimum Cable Fiber Up to 8,000 Mbps down · 8,000 Mbps up
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.
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