# 1601 Nelson Avenue, The Bronx

Apartment building · 113 units · built c. 1926 · Block 2876, Lot 55.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/2028760055/1601-nelson-avenue

More construction in Highbridge and Morris Heights: https://umarelli.org/nyc/bronx/highbridge-and-morris-heights.md

## Building permits

No building permits on file for this lot.

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $2,920,950
- Market value (city estimate): $6,491,000
- Taxable value: $0
- Assessed land: $92,700
- Assessed improvements: $2,828,250

## Zoning

R7-1: floor area ratio 4.66 built, above the 3.44 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

## Board and land use applications

- 1605 Nelson Avenue (HPD ELURP) (City Planning 2027X0226): In Public Review. The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) seeks ELURP approval for a PP disposition of city-owned land to facilitate a substantial rehabilitation of a six-story building formerly occupied by an 81-unit homeless…

## In the news

[Affordable Housing Conversion Announced for 1605 Nelson Avenue in Morris Heights, The Bronx](https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/05/affordable-housing-conversion-announced-for-1605-nelson-avenue-in-morris-heights-the-bronx.html), New York YIMBY, May 16, 2025.

From New York City and Jersey City public records, refreshed within a day of each release. Sources: https://umarelli.org/sources. Methodology and corrections: https://umarelli.org/methodology