1296 Shakespeare Avenue, The Bronx
A 1901 walk-up apartment building on Shakespeare Avenue carrying 2.59 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its R7-1 zoning.
1296 Shakespeare Avenue is a walk-up apartment building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2025060117). The property is zoned R7-1, on a 2,280 sq ft lot, with 2 floors and 3 residential units. It was built in 1901. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 13 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 2025060117 |
|---|---|
| Borough | The Bronx — Community District 4 |
| Neighborhood | Highbridge |
| ZIP code | 10452 |
| Zoning district | R7-1 |
| Building class | C0 — walk-up apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 02 — Multi-family walk-up buildings |
| Lot area | 2,280 sq ft |
| Floors | 2 |
| Residential units | 3 |
| Year built | 1901 |
| FAR | 0.85 built · 3.44 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 0 open Department of Buildings violations
- 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 13 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
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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- Buildable floor area (residential & commercial)
- Recorded ownership & last sale
- Recorded mortgages & open debt stack
- LL97 carbon exposure by compliance period
- Flood coverage percentage & base flood elevation
- Climate projections for this lot
- Open permits & construction pipeline
- Distress signal convergence
- Air rights & transferable development rights
- Comparable sales (Pro)
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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.