Melrose is primarily a residential neighborhood geographically located in the southwestern section of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. Predominantly German-American in the 19th century it is home to the Haffen Building and was home to Haffen Brewing Company. The German population waned especially post-WWII. The neighborhood until the 1960s was mostly Irish and Italian. It is now primarily Latino and African American. It adjoins the business and one-time theater area known as the Hub.