A long-held three-family home with a minimal direct paper trail, set on a busy Morris Park strip.
A three-family brick residential building from 1915 that has stayed in the Zippo family across generations since 1969. The property carries a minimal direct city trail, but the immediate street context shows heavy parking congestion and surrounding code calls. Three things to know:
Decades under the same family owner. The Zippo family acquired the property in 1969 and updated the title setup in 2015. Over 50-plus years of continuous family control, the building has remained off the operational radar.
Driveway and curb access calls are frequent nearby. Within three blocks, neighbours logged 68 blocked driveway calls — mostly total drive blockages — and 59 illegal parking complaints over the last year, with 28 specifically for blocked hydrants. Curb friction is high along this corridor.
Surrounding blocks carry mold, pest, and noise reports. Within three blocks, surrounding properties generated 37 unsanitary condition reports over the past year — including 15 for mold and 13 for pests — alongside 31 residential noise calls.
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516 Morris Park Avenue is a 3-unit building in Bronx, New York City (BBL 2040160007). This building is associated with Joseph Zippo. Brix tracks 4 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1915, this walk-up apartment building sits in Bronx and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on August 11, 2015, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 46/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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