1491 Watson Avenue
Class B
Class C
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
- 5 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- More HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (29 vs ~20)
- Built in 1939 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 61 units registered
About this building
City records list 1939 as the year built — newer than 85% of the 276 buildings we cover in ZIP 10472, and the newest of the 6 buildings we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 2.5 times the size of its lot: 50,700 sq ft of building on a 20,000 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 31, 2026.
A difference between the DHCR rent-stabilized count and the PLUTO total is common and does not, on its own, indicate a violation: units can leave rent stabilization legally, the two datasets count units differently, some units may be non-residential, and a registration can be filed incompletely. To check your own apartment, see how to request your rent history from DHCR.
1491 Watson Avenue
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- City records show 25 open HPD violations, 5 immediately hazardous (Class C) at this building. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2022 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 61 rent-stabilized units here. Ask whether this specific unit is one of them, and ask the landlord for its legal regulated rent and lease history.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment.
- Confirm in person that the immediately-hazardous (Class C) conditions — typically heat, hot water, leaks, mold or pests — are genuinely fixed, not just marked closed.
1491 Watson Avenue sits in Bronx, ZIP 10472. The closest subway is Elder Av (6) (4-minute walk), served by the 6 line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: February 2022 · Most recent: September 2026. HPD marks a violation open until it is certified as corrected, so an old date can mean an unresolved condition or a repair that was never certified.
- 2026-09-12
- 2026-09-12
- 2026-09-12
- 2026-09-12
- 2026-09-12
- 2026-05-28
- 2023-11-30
- Class C · 5 open · penalty 75 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 9 open · penalty 45 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 11 open · penalty 11 · (1/ea)
- 2026-08-28 · Apt 4H · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2026-08-28 · Apt 4H · NON EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2026-08-28 · Apt 4H · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-02-13
- 2026-02-13
- 2023-02-21
- 2018-01-26 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2016 CAT 1 INSP/TST"
- 2018-01-26 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2016 CAT 1 INSP/TST"
- 2015-06-30
1 lead-paint hazard cited and later remediated (most recent 2022); no open hazards on record. Remediation addresses the cited conditions, not necessarily every painted surface.
Under NYC Local Law 1 (Admin Code §27-2056.5), lead paint is presumed present in common areas and in apartments where a child under 6 resides, in multiple dwellings built before 1960 (this building: built 1939). The presumption stands unless the owner obtained a lead-free or lead-safe exemption from HPD. Those exemption records aren’t published as open data, so we can’t confirm one either way.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 134
- HARRASSMENT 2: 99
- FELONY ASSAULT: 84
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 65
- PETIT LARCENY: 51
- Noise - Residential: 416
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 283
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 228
- Noise - Vehicle: 203
- Water System: 175
- 1510 WATSON AVE
- 1513 WATSON AVE
- 1071 ELDER AVENUE
- 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
- P.s. 093 Albert G. Oliver
- Garrison Park
- 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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