501 East 161 Street, The Bronx

A 2008 elevator apartment building on East 161 Street with 62 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

501 East 161 Street is an elevator apartment building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2023660022). The property is zoned R8, on a 15,167 sq ft lot, with 11 floors and 78 residential units. It was built in 2008. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 62 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	2023660022
Borough	The Bronx — Community District 3
Neighborhood	Morrisania
Zoning district	R8
Building class	D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	15,167 sq ft
Floors	11
Residential units	78
Year built	2008
FAR	6.7 built · 6.02 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

0 open Department of Buildings violations
0 open ECB (OATH) violations
62 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: SAFE (latest filing 2022-08-30)

Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.

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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.