# 144-55 Melbourne Avenue, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4065270050/144-55-melbourne-avenue-queens).
BBL 4065270050 · BIN 4450395 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 27 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 4 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 9 active DOB violation(s)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1954, 6 floors, 106 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

1 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 11 on record.
1 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
1 open violations are rent-impairing.
This tax lot has 2 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

9 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 28 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 5 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

2 in the last 12 months; 17 on record.
Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (6), HEAT/HOT WATER (5), WATER LEAK (3), UNSANITARY CONDITION (2), ELECTRIC (1).

## Bedbugs

6 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: Mainstay Cooperative Section 1 Inc.
- Agent: HIGHRISE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
- HeadOfficer: MICHELLE ABUBO

The same owner is linked to 20 other buildings (MICHELLE ABUBO at 19-02 WHITESTONE EXPY).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4065270050/144-55-melbourne-avenue-queens