1670 Seward Avenue, The Bronx

A 1953 elevator apartment building on Seward Avenue with 16 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

1670 Seward Avenue is an elevator apartment building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2035510001). The property is zoned R5, on a 626,400 sq ft lot, with 7 floors and 775 residential units. It was built in 1953. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 16 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	2035510001
Borough	The Bronx — Community District 9
Neighborhood	Soundview-Clason Point
ZIP code	10473
Zoning district	R5
Building class	D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	626,400 sq ft
Floors	7
Residential units	775
Year built	1953
FAR	0.86 built · 1.5 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

6 open Department of Buildings violations
1 open ECB (OATH) violation
9 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2025-04-16)

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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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.