640 West 249 Street, The Bronx

A 1930 house of worship on West 249 Street with 12 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

640 West 249 Street is a house of worship in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2059140315). The property is zoned R1-1, on a 101,365 sq ft lot, with 2 floors and 2 residential units. It was built in 1930. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 12 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	2059140315
Borough	The Bronx — Community District 8
Neighborhood	Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil
ZIP code	10471
Zoning district	R1-1
Building class	M9 — house of worship (what’s a building class?)
Land use	08 — Public facilities & institutions
Lot area	101,365 sq ft
Floors	2
Residential units	2
Year built	1930
FAR	0.4 built · 0.75 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

10 open Department of Buildings violations
2 open ECB (OATH) violations — $6,250 in penalties due
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.