281 West Fordham Road, The Bronx

A 1930 retail store building on West Fordham Road with 28 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

281 West Fordham Road is a retail store building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2032350023). The property is zoned C8-3, on a 11,728 sq ft lot, with 2 floors and 1 residential units. It was built in 1930. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 28 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	2032350023
Borough	The Bronx — Community District 7
Neighborhood	University Heights (North)-Fordham
ZIP code	10468
Zoning district	C8-3
Building class	K2 — retail store building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	05 — Commercial & office buildings
Lot area	11,728 sq ft
Floors	2
Residential units	1
Year built	1930
FAR	2.22 built · 0 max residential · 2 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

26 open Department of Buildings violations
2 open ECB (OATH) violations
0 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

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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.