279 East 203 Street, The Bronx
A 1937 elevator apartment building on East 203 Street carrying 2.05 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its R8 zoning.
279 East 203 Street is an elevator apartment building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2033090084). The property is zoned R8, on a 9,442 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 38 residential units. It was built in 1937. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 11 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 2033090084 |
|---|---|
| Borough | The Bronx — Community District 7 |
| Neighborhood | Bedford Park |
| ZIP code | 10458 |
| Zoning district | R8 |
| Building class | D9 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 9,442 sq ft |
| Floors | 6 |
| Residential units | 38 |
| Year built | 1937 |
| FAR | 3.97 built · 6.02 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
- 0 open ECB (OATH) violations
- 10 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2025-09-30)
Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.
Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.
The complete dossier also covers:
- Buildable floor area (residential & commercial)
- Recorded ownership & last sale
- Recorded mortgages & open debt stack
- LL97 carbon exposure by compliance period
- Flood coverage percentage & base flood elevation
- Climate projections for this lot
- Open permits & construction pipeline
- Distress signal convergence
- Air rights & transferable development rights
- Comparable sales (Pro)
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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.