1291 Lafayette Avenue, The Bronx

An elevator apartment building on a 27,670 sq ft The Bronx lot on Lafayette Avenue, zoned R6, built in 1989.

1291 Lafayette Avenue is an elevator apartment building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2027620001). The property is zoned R6, on a 27,670 sq ft lot, with 7 floors and 93 residential units. It was built in 1989. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 6 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	2027620001
Borough	The Bronx — Community District 2
Neighborhood	Hunts Point
ZIP code	10474
Zoning district	R6
Building class	D9 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	27,670 sq ft
Floors	7
Residential units	93
Year built	1989
FAR	2.41 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

3 open Department of Buildings violations
1 open ECB (OATH) violation — $2,500 in penalties due
2 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNFILED

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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Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.