Is 779 Melrose Ave rent stabilized?
779 Melrose Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Melrose, the Bronx (10451). It has about 84 apartments, built in 2008.
Also written as 779 Melrose Avenue — or 779 Melrose Ave, the Bronx, NY 10451.
How this building compares
With about 84 apartments it is larger than 93% of the 244 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Melrose. It went up in 2008, 88 years after the 1920 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 116 open violations here, about 1.4 per apartment — above the 0.9 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 668 violations on record at the address, 207 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 22 of them are still open. HPD issued 188 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | the Bronx |
| Neighborhood | Melrose |
| ZIP | 10451 |
| Year built | 2008 |
| Apartments | 84 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 2024047501 |
Owner & management
| Owner | EL JARDIN DE SELINE LLC 87-14 116TH STREET · RICHMOND HILL, NY 11418 |
| Managing agent | THE WAVECREST MGMT TEAM |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 116 open / 668 total · 188 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 5 open / 773 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 14, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 779 Melrose Ave rent stabilized?
779 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 code is MULTIPLE DWELLING A. 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 779 Melrose Ave?
779 Melrose Ave (BBL 2024047501) has about 84 residential apartments and was built in 2008, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.