See building permits, safety reports, and zoning data for Wakefield and Williamsbridge, the northernmost Bronx communities bordering Yonkers with a strong Caribbean and African-American heritage.
Search this neighborhoodWakefield and Williamsbridge form Bronx Community District 12, the northernmost community district in the Bronx, bordering Yonkers to the north and Mount Vernon to the northeast. The district encompasses Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Baychester, and Edenwald—neighborhoods that have historically been working-class residential communities with a strong Caribbean-American and African-American presence.
The district's housing stock is a mix of one- and two-family detached and semi-detached homes, particularly in Wakefield, alongside larger apartment buildings in Edenwald and near the White Plains Road commercial corridor. Metro-North's Harlem Line serves the district at Wakefield station, providing a rail option into Manhattan, alongside the 2 and 5 subway lines that run to their Bronx terminals near the district's western edge.
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View safety data→Wakefield and Williamsbridge see regular DOB alteration permits for the district's detached and semi-detached housing stock, with occasional new residential construction filings along the White Plains Road and Boston Road corridors.
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View new construction→The district is predominantly R3 and R4 low-density residential in Wakefield's single- and two-family home areas, with R6 multi-family zones near transit and C1/C2 commercial overlays along White Plains Road, Boston Road, and Gun Hill Road.
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View schools→Location reports for Wakefield and Williamsbridge addresses surface DOB permit history, HPD violation records, 311 residential complaints, and zoning context near the White Plains Road commercial strip.
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