550 Balcom Avenue, The Bronx

A 1952 elevator apartment building on Balcom Avenue with 24 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

550 Balcom Avenue is an elevator apartment building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2055640001). The property is zoned R4, on a 856,440 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 1,020 residential units. It was built in 1952. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 24 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	2055640001
Borough	The Bronx — Community District 10
Neighborhood	Throgs Neck-Schuylerville
Zoning district	R4
Building class	D3 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	856,440 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	1,020
Year built	1952
FAR	1.37 built · 1 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

21 open Department of Buildings violations
2 open ECB (OATH) violations — $1,250 in penalties due
1 open Housing Preservation & Development violation
Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2025-10-20)

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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LL97 carbon exposure by compliance period
Flood coverage percentage & base flood elevation
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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.