Is 689 Melrose Ave rent stabilized?
689 Melrose Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Melrose, the Bronx (10455). It has about 25 apartments, built in 1903.
Also written as 689 Melrose Avenue — or 689 Melrose Ave, the Bronx, NY 10455.
How this building compares
With about 25 apartments it is larger than 63% of the 244 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Melrose. It went up in 1903, 17 years before the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 45 open violations here, about 1.8 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 143 violations on record at the address, 27 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 13 of them are still open. HPD issued 37 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | the Bronx |
| Neighborhood | Melrose |
| ZIP | 10455 |
| Year built | 1903 |
| Apartments | 25 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING B, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 2024010023 |
Owner & management
| Owner | Melrose Park HDFC 920 Prospect Avenue · Bronx, NY 10459 |
| Managing agent | South Bronx Community Management Co, Inc. |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 45 open / 143 total · 37 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 137 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 28, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 689 Melrose Ave rent stabilized?
689 Melrose Ave in Melrose, the Bronx is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization codes are MULTIPLE DWELLING B and GARDEN COMPLEX. Registration is recorded for the building, not for each apartment in it, so an individual unit here can still have been deregulated — ask the landlord or DHCR for that apartment's rent history before relying on it.
How many apartments are at 689 Melrose Ave?
689 Melrose Ave (BBL 2024010023) has about 25 residential apartments and was built in 1903, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.