551 Wales Avenue, The Bronx

A 1929 elevator apartment building on Wales Avenue with 93 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

551 Wales Avenue is an elevator apartment building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2026410036). The property is zoned R7-1, on a 15,500 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 73 residential units. It was built in 1929. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 93 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	2026410036
Borough	The Bronx — Community District 1
Neighborhood	Melrose
ZIP code	10455
Zoning district	R7-1
Building class	D7 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	04 — Mixed residential & commercial buildings
Lot area	15,500 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	73
Year built	1929
FAR	4.64 built · 3.44 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

14 open Department of Buildings violations
6 open ECB (OATH) violations — $18,750 in penalties due
73 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

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.