159 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 41 311 service requests, 32 rodent inspections, 24 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 69% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 41. In ZIP 11211, 58% of residential buildings hold an A and 7% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 3 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1999-07-23. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
6 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 6).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (3) · ELECTRIC (2) · Dead Animal (1) · DOOR/WINDOW (1) · PLUMBING (1) · General Construction/Plumbing (1).
$5,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (6) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | G & G VENTURES LLC |
| Head officer | FRED GELFAND |
| Managing agent | BEDFORD MANAGEMENT COMPANY |
| Last registered | 2025-10-21 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,396,000 | $628,200 |
| 2026 | $1,117,000 | $502,650 |
| 2027 | $1,102,000 | $495,900 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 21% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 4 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | Grand St — L · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Grand St / Morgan Av — Q54 Q59 · 750 ft |
| Citi Bike | Sharon St & Olive St · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 132 The Conselyea School. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
979 Metropolitan Avenue
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Anything else | Anything else |
10 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 3 of them about heat or hot water.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.
Managed by BEDFORD MANAGEMENT COMPANY — 66 buildings, 530 units. Grades across the portfolio: A33 · B21 · C10 · D1. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 66 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $750,000 on 2020-05-29 (lender: Cross County Savings Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-29 | AL&R $750,000 — from G & G VENTURES LLC to CROSS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK | $750,000 | |
| 2020-05-29 | Mortgage $750,000 — from G & G VENTURES LLC to CROSS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK | $750,000 | |
| 2004-08-10 | Mortgage $310,000 — from G&G VENTURES LLC to CROSS COUNTY FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $310,000 | |
| 2000-03-10 | Mortgage $269,750 — from G & G VENTURES LLC to APEX MORTGAGE CORPORATION | $269,750 | |
| 1996-02-13 | Mortgage $75,000 — from MARTINEZ, MANUEL A to GREENPOINT BANK | $75,000 | |
| 1990-12-19 | Mortgage $75,000 — from MARTINEZ, MANUEL A to GREEN POINT SAVS BANK | $75,000 | |
| 1987-05-27 | Mortgage $60,000 — from KLUGER, JACK to ZOROTY CORPORATION | $60,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Every one of the 159 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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