2197 Barnes Avenue, The Bronx

A 1929 elevator apartment building on Barnes Avenue with 203 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

2197 Barnes Avenue is an elevator apartment building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2043210042). The property is zoned R7-1, on a 20,874 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 85 residential units. It was built in 1929. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 203 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	2043210042
Borough	The Bronx — Community District 11
Neighborhood	Pelham Parkway-Van Nest
Zoning district	R7-1
Building class	D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	20,874 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	85
Year built	1929
FAR	4.36 built · 3.44 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

11 open Department of Buildings violations
17 open ECB (OATH) violations — $35,623 in penalties due
175 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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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.