A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty
points per 10 units; this building carries 60. In ZIP 10451, 29% of residential buildings hold an A and
22% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
C
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
Open HPD violations
10 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 9 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2018-06-13.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5) · Noise (2) · Blocked Driveway (1).
Filed construction activity
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit
costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done
without a permit.
Rent-stabilization signals
Yes
Built before 1974 (1899)
No
Six or more residential units (3)
No
421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit:
request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
Registered with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
MELROSE CLUSTER. LP
Head officer
RAMON A ESCOBAR
Managing agent
MELROSE CLUSTER, LP
Last registered
2025-09-09
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$856,000
$51,360
2026
$1,020,000
$61,200
2027
$1,191,000
$71,460
The city's market estimate has risen
39% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Flood exposure
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps
(cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
Getting around
Subway
161 St-Yankee Stadium — 4 B D · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 3 Av-149 St — 2 5 · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 13-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Morris Av / E 158 St — Bx32 · 550 ft
Citi Bike
E 161 St & Park Ave · 500 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)
Elementary: Elementary schools in this district are not zoned. Confirm with the DOE's school search.
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and
Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
8 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong.
Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints
appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box
on this page.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $10,691,871 on
2007-04-25 (lender: The City Of New York), covering 4 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2008-02-19
Agreement $12,433,307 — from MELROSE CLUSTER, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK
$12,433,307
2007-04-25
Mortgage $10,691,871 — from MELROSE CLUSTER, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK
$10,691,871
2007-04-25
Deed $10,691,871 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to MELROSE CLUSTER, L.P.
$10,691,871
2005-03-08
Mortgage $1,104,892 — from MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to THE BANK OF NEW YORK
$1,104,892
2005-03-08
Mortgage $1,104,892 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC to THE BANK OF NEW YORK
$1,104,892
2005-03-08
Mortgage $10,114,551 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC to THE BANK OF NEW YORK
$10,114,551
2005-03-08
Mortgage $10,114,551 — from MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to THE BANK OF NEW YORK
$10,114,551
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
12
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
1
0
1
2018
0
4
0
4
2019
0
3
0
3
2020
0
0
0
0
2021
0
3
0
3
2022
0
12
0
12
2023
0
4
2
6
2024
0
5
1
6
2025
0
2
0
2
2026
2
9
0
11
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HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOODEN HAND RAIL AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 2nd STORY
2026-08-24
HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQ FT BUT LESS THAN 30 SQ FT AT CEILING
2026-08-24
HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH AT W
2026-08-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOODEN HAND RAIL AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 2nd STORY
2026-08-24HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQ FT BUT LESS THAN 30 SQ FT AT CEILING
2026-08-24HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH AT W
2024-08-26HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOC
2024-08-26HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT THE CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY, 1st APART
2024-04-22HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY
2023
2023-12-06Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-08-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-06-05Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2023-03-29Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-03-16HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2022-02-27311: Residential Disposal Complaint — Trash or Recycling Not Secure
2022-02-26311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2022-02-17HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021
2021-08-03HPD class B: § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). INOPERABLE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY,
2021-08-03HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR INOPERABLE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM W
2021-02-26Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019
2019-10-28HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2019-03-21HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING WOOD BALUSTERS AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 1st STORY
2019-02-21Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2018
2018-06-13HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2, 1st ST
2018-06-13HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... AT CEILING APPROX. 5 SQ. FT. IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED
2017-11-13HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2016
2016-10-28HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2016-06-23HPD class B: § 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNS
2013-04-23HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY, 1st A
2013-04-23HPD class B: SECTION 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EA
2013-04-23HPD class B: SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH
2012
2012-10-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2011
2011-08-01Rodent inspection: Passed
2010
2010-05-10Rodent inspection: Passed
2008
2008-03-12Mortgage satisfied — from MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; FUND COMPANY, INC. to THE BANK OF NEW YORK
2008-03-12Mortgage satisfied — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC; FUND COMPANY, INC. to THE BANK OF NEW YORK
2008-03-12Mortgage satisfied — from FUND COMPANY, INC.; MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to THE BANK OF NEW YORK
2008-03-12Mortgage satisfied — from MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC; FUND COMPANY, INC.; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to THE BANK OF NEW YORK
2008-02-19Agreement $12,433,307 — from MELROSE CLUSTER, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK$12,433,307
2008-02-19Agreement — from MELROSE CLUSTER, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK
2008-02-19TL&R — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC to THE BANK OF NEW YORK
2007
2007-04-26Agreement — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK to MELROSE CLUSTER, L.P.
2007-04-26REL — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to THE CITY OF NEW YORK
2007-04-25PREL — from THE BANK OF NEW YORK to MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP
2007-04-25PREL — from THE BANK OF NEW YORK to MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP
2007-04-25PREL — from THE BANK OF NEW YORK to NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC
2007-04-25PREL — from THE BANK OF NEW YORK to NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC
2007-04-25Mortgage $10,691,871 — from MELROSE CLUSTER, L.P. to THE CITY OF NEW YORK$10,691,871
2007-04-25Deed $10,691,871 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to MELROSE CLUSTER, L.P.$10,691,871
2007-04-25REL — from MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to THE BANK OF NEW YORK
2006
2006-08-02DOB complaint, category ?
2005
2005-06-09Permit EQ — ISSUED
2005-03-08Agreement — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D; THE CITY OF NEW YORK
2005-03-08Agreement — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D; THE CITY OF NEW YORK
2005-03-08Agreement — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to THE CITY OF NEW YORK; DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D
2005-03-08SUBM — from DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D to THE BANK OF NEW YORK
2005-03-08Agreement — from THE CITY OF NEW YORK; DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D to NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP
2005-03-08AL&R — from THE BANK OF NEW YORK to NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC
2005-03-08Mortgage $1,104,892 — from MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to THE BANK OF NEW YORK$1,104,892
2005-03-08DEEDO — from DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND D; THE CITY OF NEW YORK to NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP
2005-03-08Mortgage $1,104,892 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC to THE BANK OF NEW YORK$1,104,892
2005-03-08Mortgage $10,114,551 — from NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP; MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC to THE BANK OF NEW YORK$10,114,551
2005-03-08Mortgage $10,114,551 — from MELROSE PROPERTIES LLC; NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOP to THE BANK OF NEW YORK$10,114,551
1981-10-05Deed — from COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE OF THE CITY OF N; COMMISSIONER OF FINANC EOF THE CITY OF N; COMMIS to CITY OF NEW YORK; THE CITY O FNEW YORK; CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF NY; CITY OF NY; THE CITY
1981-10-05Deed — from COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE OF THE CITY OF N; COMMISSIONER OF FINANC EOF THE CITY OF N; COMMIS to CITY OF NEW YORK; THE CITY O FNEW YORK; CITY OF NEW YORK; CITY OF NY; CITY OF NY; THE CITY
1967
1967-01-11Mortgage assigned — from DELLE CESE ALEXANDER to JANE Z DE CURTIS; MARIO DE CURTIS; ALEXANDER A DELLE CESE
1967-01-11Mortgage — from PEREZ AMALIA P to ALEXANDER DELLE CESE
1967-01-11Deed — from DELLE CESE ALEXANDER to PEREZ, AMALIA P
1967-01-11Deed — from BUZZEO VINCENZO COMM FOR to DELLE CESE, ALEXANDER