1400 Benson Street, The Bronx

A 1928 elevator apartment building on Benson Street with 86 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

1400 Benson Street is an elevator apartment building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2039840001). The property is zoned R6, on a 12,400 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 67 residential units. It was built in 1928. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 86 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	2039840001
Borough	The Bronx — Community District 10
Neighborhood	Westchester Square
Zoning district	R6
Building class	D6 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	12,400 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	67
Year built	1928
FAR	4.46 built · 2.43 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

1 open Department of Buildings violation
4 open ECB (OATH) violations — $5,000 in penalties due
81 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SWARMP (latest filing 2023-02-21)

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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LL97 carbon exposure by compliance period
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Open permits & construction pipeline
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.