Some concerns
Worth seeing, with questions
84
out of 100
Heavier than 36% of buildings in Melrose
23 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, 23 apartments here are rent stabilized.
644 WALES AVENUE · 24 apartments · built 1906 · records to 2026-09-19
In its favor
- 23 apartments here are rent stabilized
- 2/5 train about 3 minutes away
Against it
- 23 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
23 violations the city still lists as unresolved
23 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 28 years.
- Lead paint19
- Pests3
- Fire & life safety1
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 71% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 1988-06-28 and remains open on HPD’s records.