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 42 open violations here, about 1.7 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 140 violations on record at the address, 26 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 137 HPD complaints at the address, 18 of them 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 | 42 open / 140 total · 34 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 137 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 28, 2025 |