655 East 228 Street, The Bronx

A 1939 elevator apartment building on East 228 Street with 31 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

655 East 228 Street is an elevator apartment building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2048310048). The property is zoned R5A, on a 11,452 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 50 residential units. It was built in 1939. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 31 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	2048310048
Borough	The Bronx — Community District 12
Neighborhood	Williamsbridge-Olinville
ZIP code	10466
Zoning district	R5A
Building class	D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	03 — Multi-family elevator buildings
Lot area	11,452 sq ft
Floors	6
Residential units	50
Year built	1939
FAR	4.14 built · 1.5 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

2 open Department of Buildings violations
3 open ECB (OATH) violations
26 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2025-07-07)

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.