Is 896 Melrose Ave rent stabilized?
896 Melrose Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Morrisania, the Bronx (10451). It has about 16 apartments, built in 1925.
Also written as 896 Melrose Avenue — or 896 Melrose Ave, the Bronx, NY 10451.
How this building compares
With about 16 apartments it sits near the middle of the 275 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Morrisania, where the median building has 20. Its 1925 construction date sits close to the 1923 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 63 open violations here, about 3.9 per apartment — above the 1.0 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 139 violations on record at the address, 24 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 9 of them are still open. HPD issued 8 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | the Bronx |
| Neighborhood | Morrisania |
| ZIP | 10451 |
| Year built | 1925 |
| Apartments | 16 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 2023830003 |
Owner & management
| Owner | MELROSE CLUSTER LP 2432 GRAND CONCOURSE #504 · BRONX, NY 10458 |
| Managing agent | MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 63 open / 139 total · 8 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 12 open / 132 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 9, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 896 Melrose Ave rent stabilized?
896 Melrose Ave in Morrisania, 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 896 Melrose Ave?
896 Melrose Ave (BBL 2023830003) has about 16 residential apartments and was built in 1925, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.