685 East 228 Street, The Bronx

A 1929 walk-up apartment building on East 228 Street with 217 open violations on record across city enforcement files.

685 East 228 Street is a walk-up apartment building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2048310018). The property is zoned R5A, on a 7,039 sq ft lot, with 5 floors and 33 residential units. It was built in 1929. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 217 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.

Property facts

BBL	2048310018
Borough	The Bronx — Community District 12
Neighborhood	Williamsbridge-Olinville
ZIP code	10466
Zoning district	R5A
Building class	C1 — walk-up apartment building (what’s a building class?)
Land use	02 — Multi-family walk-up buildings
Lot area	7,039 sq ft
Floors	5
Residential units	33
Year built	1929
FAR	4.05 built · 1.5 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR?
Flood zone	Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area

Public records

34 open Department of Buildings violations
3 open ECB (OATH) violations — $13,125 in penalties due
180 open Housing Preservation & Development violations

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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.