Bronx County
Mold Removal in Mott Haven, South Bronx
Finding the water source matters more here than repainting the wall, and finding it is the part we organize first. Child asthma emergency visits in the Hunts Point and Mott Haven area ran at 266.2 per 10,000 in 2023, the highest of any Bronx neighborhood group, and one home in four reported an active leak.
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Mott Haven's postwar towers fail differently from prewar Bronx stock
Mott Haven fails in a different way from prewar Bronx neighborhoods and that changes where an assessor looks first. The stock in 10454 and 10455 is postwar concrete, median years of 1966 and 1963 with about three quarters of units in buildings of ten apartments or more, so the usual culprits are a riser, a roof or a through wall air conditioner sleeve rather than a crumbling masonry joint. More than one home in five here reports needing extra heat, and a cold wall plus a leak is the exact pair that grows mold, so both halves belong in the complaint rather than just the stain. It is not the rivers either: 24 flood claims have ever been filed in 10454 and nine in 10455 despite waterfront on two sides, because the housing sits back from an industrial shoreline. Fresh paint over a damp patch is the one response federal guidance rules out, and paint that peels again is evidence the problem was covered rather than fixed. Tenants in a building of three apartments or more should call 311 rather than pay for anything.
Damp in a child's bedroom in Mott Haven?
Tell us where it is and we will get the source traced, not painted.
What we arrange in Mott Haven
Mold Inspection and Assessment
Find out what is growing, how far it reaches and what water is feeding it, in writing, before anyone quotes a dollar to remove it.
Mold Assessment in Mott Haven →Mold Remediation and Removal
Get the mold and the material it is living in out of the building, to a plan somebody independent wrote, with the work checked afterwards by that same independent party.
Mold Remediation in Mott Haven →Water Damage Drying and Dry Out
Get the building dry inside the window where wet material is still just wet material, before a water problem turns into a licensed mold project.
Water Damage Drying in Mott Haven →Mold Violation Response for Building Owners
Work out exactly what a dated mold violation, or a tenant complaint you have not answered yet, requires you to do, in what order, and who is allowed to do it.
Violation Response in Mott Haven →What Mott Haven's health and leak record changes about the job
In the Hunts Point and Mott Haven neighborhood the asthma emergency department visit rate for children aged 5 to 17 was 266.2 per 10,000 in 2023, the highest of any Bronx neighborhood group, against a Bronx average of 239.8 and a citywide average of 143.7. The adult rate was 193.5 per 10,000 against 66.4 citywide.
Source: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Environment and Health Data Portal, accessed 2026-09-16
In the Hunts Point and Mott Haven neighborhood 24.6 percent of homes reported leaks in 2017 against 13.4 percent citywide, 22.7 percent reported cracks or holes against 12.3 percent, and 22.1 percent reported needing supplemental heat against 13.3 percent.
Source: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Environment and Health Data Portal, accessed 2026-09-16
In ZIP codes 10454 and 10455 the median year of construction is 1966 and 1963, 93.2 percent and 90.9 percent of occupied units are rented, and roughly three quarters of units sit in buildings of ten or more apartments. Only about a quarter of units date from 1939 or earlier, a much smaller prewar share than Fordham's 61.0 percent.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, accessed 2026-09-16
24 National Flood Insurance Program claims have ever been filed in ZIP code 10454 and 9 in 10455, despite the Harlem River and East River waterfront on two sides.
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency, OpenFEMA NFIP redacted claims, accessed 2026-09-16
The EPA directs that moldy surfaces are not to be painted or caulked, that the mold should be cleaned up and the surfaces dried before any painting, and that paint applied over a moldy surface is likely to peel.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed 2026-09-16
The CDC states that recent studies have suggested a potential link between early mold exposure and the development of asthma in some children, particularly among children who may be genetically susceptible to asthma.
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, accessed 2026-09-16
Tell us what keeps coming back
Recurring mold is a moisture source nobody has found yet.