245 East 178 Street, The Bronx

A 1937 elevator apartment building on East 178 Street with 66 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

245 East 178 Street is an elevator apartment building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2028110001). The property is zoned R8, on a 13,600 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 55 residential units. It was built in 1937. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 66 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	2028110001
Borough	The Bronx — Community District 5
Neighborhood	Mount Hope
Zoning district	R8
Building class	D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	13,600 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	55
Year built	1937
FAR	4.78 built · 6.02 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

16 open Department of Buildings violations
16 open ECB (OATH) violations — $26,775 in penalties due
34 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2024-02-21)

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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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.