1491 Westchester 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
- 10 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1913) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 10 units registered
About this building
City records list 1913 as the year built — older than 88% of the 276 buildings we cover in ZIP 10472. The building’s floor space is 3.3 times the size of its lot: 14,000 sq ft of building on a 4,280 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 Westchester Avenue
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- City records show 22 open HPD violations, 10 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 1993 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 10 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: Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinge in the entrance.
- 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 Westchester Avenue sits in Bronx, ZIP 10472. The closest subway is Elder Av (6) (2-minute walk), served by the 6 line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: June 1993 · Most recent: September 2021. 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.
- 2026-10-22
- 2021-09-06
- 2021-09-06
- 2021-09-06
- 2021-09-06
- Class C · 10 open · penalty 150 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 4 open · penalty 20 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 8 open · penalty 8 · (1/ea)
- 2026-05-16 · Apt 3 · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2000-02-07
- 1999-03-16
- 1993-05-17
7 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2016). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
1 earlier hazard cited and remediated.
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 1913). 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: 112
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 65
- HARRASSMENT 2: 65
- FELONY ASSAULT: 61
- PETIT LARCENY: 54
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 458
- Water System: 189
- Illegal Parking: 114
- PLUMBING: 111
- Noise - Commercial: 95
- 1488 WESTCHESTER AVE
- 1481 WESTCHESTER AVE
- 1498 WESTCHESTER AVENUE
- P.S. 195
- P.S. 196
- P.S. 197
- Mott Hall V
- Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School
- J.H.S. 123 James M. Kieran
- Mott Hall V
- Pan American International High School at Monroe
- The Cinema School
- Elder Av
- Morrison Av-Soundview
- Whitlock Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- The Cinema School
- Mott Hall V
- The Metropolitan Soundview High School
- Starlight Park
- P.s. 195
- P.s. 196
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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