570 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 471 311 service requests, 25 DOB job filings, 19 DOB permits.
Full record, year by year Support this site
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
40 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (27) · Obstruction (3) · Street Light Condition (2) · Consumer Complaint (1) · Non (1) · Curb Condition (1).
$121,100 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (6 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.
| Registered owner(s) | METRO HOUSE REALTY LLC |
| Head officer | JEFFREY M FARKAS |
| Managing agent | FARKAS MANAGEMENT, LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-06 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $885,000 | $398,250 |
| 2026 | $830,000 | $373,500 |
| 2027 | $995,000 | $447,750 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloom Botanical Bistro | New American | Grade Pending | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Worker Illness) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
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 | Forest Hills-71 Av — E F M R · 0.8 mi straight-line (about a 20-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Metropolitan Av / 71 Rd — Q54 · 250 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 101 School in the Gardens Middle: J.H.S. 190 Russell Sage. 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.
103-19 Metropolitan Avenue
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
40 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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 FARKAS MANAGEMENT, LLC — 10 buildings, 319 units. Grades across the portfolio: A8 · B1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93-10 Queens Boulevard | QN | 108 | A |
| 85-10 120 Street | QN | 71 | A |
| 227 West 105 Street | MN | 40 | A |
| 89-10 63 Drive | QN | 36 | A |
| 423 West Broadway | MN | 26 | A |
| 1311 3 Avenue | MN | 16 | A |
| 2135 Broadway | MN | 12 | A |
| 1593 York Avenue | MN | 8 | A |
| 265 Bleecker Street | MN | 2 | B |
| 103-19 Metropolitan Avenue | QN | 0 | — |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,000,000 on 2016-03-11 (lender: Ames Enterprises, INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-01 | Deed $1,970,000 — from AMES ENTERPRISES, INC. to METRO HOUSE REALTY LLC | $1,970,000 | |
| 2016-03-11 | Mortgage $1,000,000 — from METRO HOUSE REALTY LLC to AMES ENTERPRISES, INC. | $1,000,000 | |
| 2016-03-11 | AL&R $1,000,000 — from METRO HOUSE REALTY LLC to AMES ENTERPRISES, INC. | $1,000,000 | |
| 2016-03-01 | Sold for $1,970,000 | $1,970,000 | $394,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 0 | 2 | 81 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2019 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 78 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2023 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 35 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
Every one of the 570 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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