Throgs Neck mold help, built around flood-prone houses
Throgs Neck is a neighborhood of one and two family houses on a flood-exposed peninsula, so water that came in and has not yet gone out deserves the first look.
Which side of the city line
Inside New York City: the Bronx
Housing inspectors score a mold violation by the size of the patch, and every class carries its own deadline. The city also bars an owner, a managing agent and their staff from doing mold work over ten square feet in a building with ten or more apartments, so a state-licensed firm has to.
Past the line: Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Pelham, New Rochelle
Common questions
Why does Throgs Neck have so many flood claims?
The records show 1,184 claims in ZIP 10465 and a Zone VE coastal designation at the Edgewater Park shoreline, which is where breaking waves are expected. The data does not explain every claim, but the exposure is real.
I own a two-family house here. Does the city make me deal with mold?
Not automatically. The city duty covers buildings of three or more apartments, and buildings of any size where a tenant has moderate or severe persistent asthma. Otherwise it is your decision, though state law still makes every residential lease promise a habitable home.
The four jobs in Throgs Neck
Every page below deals with a single job in a Throgs Neck house, from the first look at a stained wall to the paperwork afterwards.
Local notes for Throgs Neck
The numbers on Throgs Neck are lopsided. Of all the flood insurance claims ever filed in Bronx County, 1,945 in total, ZIP code 10465 accounts for 1,184, more than every other Bronx ZIP code together. FEMA returns Zone VE, the coastal high hazard designation used where breaking waves are expected, at the Edgewater Park shoreline, with the base flood elevation set at 16 feet.
The housing is the other half. 73.2 percent of units are in one or two unit buildings, and just 12.9 percent are in buildings with ten or more apartments, while 43.4 percent of occupied units are rented, which means some tenants here rent a floor or a basement in a house. The city's owner duty for tenants' homes covers buildings of three or more apartments, and smaller buildings only if a tenant has moderate or severe persistent asthma. Outside that, a house owner decides the pace of repairs, but a rented floor still carries the state's habitability promise, so waiting for a notice is a poor plan.
The neighborhood is inside the city line, so city filing rules apply to the few large buildings.
- Median year built
- 1958
- Old buildings
- 23.4 percent of housing units built in 1939 or earlier (ZIP 10465)
- Renters
- 43.4 percent of occupied units are renter occupied (ZIP 10465)
- Larger buildings
- 12.9 percent of units are in buildings of ten or more apartments (ZIP 10465)
Source: American Community Survey 2020 to 2024 5-year estimates, US Census Bureau
Who handles it here
In Throgs Neck 73.2 percent of units in ZIP code 10465 are in one and two unit buildings, which sit outside the city duty that covers buildings of three or more apartments unless a tenant has moderate or severe persistent asthma, while buildings of three or more apartments answer to the city's Housing Preservation and Development department. Source: American Community Survey 2020 to 2024 5-year estimates, US Census Bureau, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
What makes buildings wet
ZIP code 10465 has had 1,184 flood insurance claims, more than every other Bronx ZIP code together, and FEMA returns Zone VE with a base flood elevation of 16 feet at the Edgewater Park shoreline. Source: OpenFEMA NFIP redacted claims, Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Flood Hazard Layer, Federal Emergency Management Agency