Is 28-17 38th Ave rent stabilized?
28-17 38th Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens (11101). It has about 20 apartments, built in 1931.
Also written as 28-17 38th Avenue — or 28-17 38th Ave, Queens, NY 11101.
How this building compares
With about 20 apartments it sits near the middle of the 161 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, where the median building has 12. Its 1931 construction date sits close to the 1932 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 64 open violations here, about 3.2 per apartment — above the one for every 6 apartments median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 135 violations on record at the address, 48 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 143 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Queens |
| Neighborhood | Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills |
| ZIP | 11101 |
| Year built | 1931 |
| Apartments | 20 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 4003700032 |
Owner & management
| Owner | MELFAL LLC 34-15 86 ST · JACKSON HTS, NY 11372 |
| Managing agent | NICHOLAS MELISSINOS |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 64 open / 135 total · 3 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 143 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 24, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 28-17 38th Ave rent stabilized?
28-17 38th Ave in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files. 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 28-17 38th Ave?
28-17 38th Ave (BBL 4003700032) has about 20 residential apartments and was built in 1931, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized, and the DHCR files this site is built on register the building rather than its individual apartments.
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