217 East 161 Street, The Bronx

A 1968 miscellaneous building on East 161 Street with 43 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

217 East 161 Street is a miscellaneous building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2024540001). The property is zoned C4-6, on a 70,400 sq ft lot, with 10 floors and 3 residential units. It was built in 1968. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 43 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	2024540001
Borough	The Bronx — Community District 4
Neighborhood	Concourse-Concourse Village
Zoning district	C4-6
Building class	Z1 — miscellaneous building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	08 — Public facilities & institutions
Lot area	70,400 sq ft
Floors	10
Residential units	3
Year built	1968
FAR	9.8 built · 10 max residential · 3.4 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

38 open Department of Buildings violations
5 open ECB (OATH) violations
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2024-01-09)

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.