720 Westchester Avenue

720 Westchester Avenue in Melrose, Bronx, has 3 open HPD violations, and its rent-stabilization status could not be verified, as of Oct 26, 2026.

Public housing (NYCHA) · Multi-family elevator · 488 units · Built 1963

Owned by the New York City Housing Authority. Rent is set by household income, and HPD does not enforce the housing code here; conditions are handled through NYCHA and its federal monitor.

StreetSpy grade: Not graded (Not graded)

• Public housing (NYCHA): rent is set by household income, and HPD does not inspect these buildings, so there is no violation record to grade.
• Conditions, repairs and transfers go through NYCHA's Customer Contact Center (718-707-7771) and the federal monitor's reports.

• Repairs: 3 open, records as of Oct 26, 2026
• Heat and hot water: No complaints, 12 mo, records as of Oct 25, 2026
• Pests: No bedbug filing, 3 yr, records as of Oct 28, 2026
• Safety: 9 open DOB violations, records as of Oct 26, 2026
• Registration: Not on file, records as of Oct 6, 2026

How the grade works

Housing code violations (HPD)

3 open violations: 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 1 class A. 0 issued in the last 12 months. 3 on record. Oldest open violation issued 2007-08-16. Newest violation issued 2007-08-16. No new HPD violation has been issued here since 2007. Most of the open count is older violations that were never closed.

HPD recorded no violation closed here in the last 12 months.

• Class B: Leak or water damage, west wall, 4th room from the north, 2nd floor. & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF WATER LEAK AT THE WEST WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2J, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST (apt 2J), issued 2007-08-16. HPD violation 6882541
• Class B: Leak or water damage, ceiling, bathroom, 2nd floor. & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF WATER LEAK AT THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2J, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST (apt 2J), issued 2007-08-16. HPD violation 6882542
• Class A: Peeling paint or plaster, 4th room from the north, 2nd floor. PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH, THE KITCHEN , THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2J, 2nd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST (apt 2J), issued 2007-08-16. HPD violation 6883265

311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months, 0 in 5 years.

Bedbugs

No bedbug filing on record for the last 3 years. HPD's bedbug filings are self-reported by the owner once a year; HPD does not inspect to confirm them.

• 2026: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2025: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2024: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2023: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2022: No bedbug filing on record for this year
• 2021: No bedbug filing on record for this year

Buildings department (DOB)

9 open DOB violations, 6 of them Local Law violations issued before 2000. 10 DOB violations on record. Check on DOB BIS.

Evictions and housing court

5 executed evictions in the last 3 years (7 on record). 0 open HPD cases; 0 harassment findings.

Rent stabilization

Stabilization status could not be verified.

Owner and management

Owner: NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY. This owner has 60 buildings on record, 2 graded D or F. See the full portfolio.

Tax lot and city IDs

BBL 2026540002, HPD building ID 807109. HPD Online, ACRIS, DOB BIS.

Nearest subway

• Jackson Av (2, 5), 2 min walk
• Prospect Av (2, 5), 6 min walk
• E 149 St (6), 7 min walk

How the grade is calculated

Sources: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations, NYC 311 Service Requests, NYC HPD Bedbug Reporting, NYC Marshal Evictions (DOI), NYC HPD Housing Litigations, NYC DOB Violations, NYC DOF tax bills (via JustFix Who Owns What portfolio API, v2), NYC Dept. of City Planning PLUTO (tax-roll owner). Methodology. Report generated 2026-10-28.