144-55 Melbourne Avenue
A 6-story building with 106 apartments, built in 1954, in Queens, NY 11367.
Addresses on the lot: 144-60 Gravett Road, 144-55 Melbourne Avenue.
HPD records as of October 25, 2026
144-55 Melbourne Avenue has 22 open HPD violations, 4 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 2 complaints to HPD in the past year, 2 about heat or hot water. It is registered to Mainstay Cooperative Section 1 Inc.
Does 144-55 Melbourne Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 22 open violations as of October 25, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 4 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 9 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 9 |
It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 2 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 25, 2026, 2 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.
Among NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 144-55 Melbourne Avenue?
144-55 Melbourne Avenue is registered with HPD to Mainstay Cooperative Section 1 Inc. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.
The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building
Housing court and evictions
The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in June 2023. HPD’s record has 1 case here in all, going back to the 1990s.
City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 1% of residential buildings in 11367 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 144-55 Melbourne Avenue rent stabilized?
No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.
How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
- 144-75 Melbourne Avenue108 apartments, built 1954
- 149-24 Melbourne Avenue172 apartments, built 1951
- 150-10 Melbourne Avenue266 apartments, built 1951
- 138-40 Jewel Avenue90 apartments, built 1950
- 69-18 Melbourne Avenue244 apartments, built 1951
- 68-09 138th Street312 apartments, built 1950
HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 25, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 4-06527-0050.