1265 Nelson Avenue, The Bronx

A 2001 elevator apartment building on Nelson Avenue with 39 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

1265 Nelson Avenue is an elevator apartment building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2025180031). The property is zoned R7-1, on a 36,991 sq ft lot, with 7 floors and 82 residential units. It was built in 2001. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 39 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	2025180031
Borough	The Bronx — Community District 4
Neighborhood	Highbridge
ZIP code	10452
Zoning district	R7-1
Building class	D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	36,991 sq ft
Floors	7
Residential units	82
Year built	2001
FAR	1.92 built · 3.44 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

5 open Department of Buildings violations
3 open ECB (OATH) violations — $6,875 in penalties due
31 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2023-02-01)

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.

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Distress signal convergence
Air rights & transferable development rights
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Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.