1677 Townsend Avenue
Class B
Class C
12 months to Sep 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through March 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- No open HPD violations — cleaner than 91% of buildings in this ZIP
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (4 vs ~24)
- Built in 2022 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 35 of 35 units
About this building
City records list 2022 as the year built — newer than 95% of the 590 buildings we cover in ZIP 10453. At 7 floors, the tallest of the 4 buildings we cover on this block. 35 apartments — the most of any building we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 7 times the size of its lot: 23,173 sq ft of building on a 3,325 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 21, 2026.
1677 Townsend Avenue
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- City records show no open HPD violations here — ask what was most recently repaired and how maintenance requests are handled, since a clean record isn’t a guarantee of upkeep.
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 35 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.
1677 Townsend Avenue sits in Bronx, ZIP 10453. The closest subway is 174-175 Sts (B,D) (3-minute walk), served by the 4, B, and D lines.
Building Condition
- 2026-07-03 · Apt 4A · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-07-03 · Apt 2A · EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
- 2026-02-26 · Apt 2E · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-06-16
- 2026-06-16
- 2026-04-01
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2022, after the 1978 federal ban on lead paint in residential use. Owners must still address any lead hazard that is later identified.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 185
- HARRASSMENT 2: 168
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 129
- FELONY ASSAULT: 112
- PETIT LARCENY: 102
- Blocked Driveway: 116
- Illegal Parking: 103
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 92
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 76
- Noise - Residential: 67
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- P.S. 236 Langston Hughes
- P.S. 070 Max Schoenfeld
- I.S. 117 Joseph H. Wade
- I.S. 232
- I.S. X303 Leadership & Community Service
- Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327
- 174-175 Sts
- Mt Eden Av
- 176 St
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- Grand Concourse Library
- Jennie Jerome Playground
- Featherbenches
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- Kipp Bronx Charter School Iii
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Optimum Cable Up to 940 Mbps down · 35 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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