Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
100
out of 100
Lightest record of any building in Melrose
118 open hazardous violations, against a typical 0 nearby.
591 PROSPECT AVENUE · 4 apartments · built 1910 · records to 2026-09-19
In its favor
- Nothing notable in the record.
Against it
- 118 open hazardous violations, against a typical 0 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
118 violations the city still lists as unresolved
118 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 18 years.
- Paint / plaster32
- Disrepair26
- Other17
- Plumbing10
- Structural9
- Pests9
- Water leak6
- Fire & life safety5
- Refuse / sanitation2
- Heat / hot water1
- Lead paint1
A typical building under 6 apartments has 0. This one has more than 100% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 1989-06-20 and remains open on HPD’s records.