1,776 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 646 HPD complaints, 580 311 service requests, 141 DOB complaints.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 51% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 24.5. In ZIP 11415, 81% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 9 total — 4 class C (immediately hazardous), 3 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2016-11-01. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
30 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 10 · winter 2024–25: 10 · winter 2025–26: 10). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
2 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
55 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (18) · HEAT/HOT WATER (15) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (7) · Elevator (4) · Street Condition (3) · PLUMBING (2).
$222,645 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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 (1928) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (84) |
| 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) | Imperial Associates LLC |
| Head officer | JACOB EISENSTEIN |
| Managing agent | DAVID EISENSTEIN REAL ESTATE |
| Last registered | 2025-10-03 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,292,000 | $2,381,400 |
| 2026 | $5,494,000 | $2,472,300 |
| 2027 | $6,189,000 | $2,785,050 |
The city's market estimate has risen 17% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 68/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
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.
6 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2016 (0 in the last three years).
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | 121 St — J Z · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Kew Gardens-Union Tpke — E F · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 14-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Metropolitan Av / Lefferts Blvd — Q54 · 400 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: 51 (K-1), 56 (2-5) Middle: M.S. 137 America's School of Heroes. 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.
118-40 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 |
55 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 15 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 DAVID EISENSTEIN REAL ESTATE — 136 buildings, 4,843 units. Grades across the portfolio: A34 · B42 · C35 · D20 · F3. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 136 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $2,991,946 on 2016-10-07 (lender: Capital One NA). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-07 | AL&R $10,000,000 — from IMPERIAL ASSOCIATES LP to CAPITAL ONE NA | $10,000,000 | |
| 2016-10-07 | Agreement $10,000,000 — from IMPERIAL ASSOCIATES LP to CAPITAL ONE NA | $10,000,000 | |
| 2016-10-07 | Mortgage $2,991,947 — from IMPERIAL ASSOCIATES LP to CAPITAL ONE NA | $2,991,947 | |
| 2011-10-11 | Mortgage $18,416 — from IMPERIAL ASSOCIATES, LP to SOVEREIGN BANK | $18,416 | |
| 2011-10-11 | Agreement $7,400,000 — from IMPERIAL ASSOCIATES, LP to SOVEREIGN BANK | $7,400,000 | |
| 2008-07-09 | Mortgage $4,191,112 — from IMPERIAL ASSOCIATES, L.P. to SOVEREIGN BANK | $4,191,112 | |
| 2008-07-09 | Agreement $7,500,000 — from SOVEREIGN BANK to IMPERIAL ASSOCIATES, L.P. | $7,500,000 | |
| 1998-09-09 | Mortgage $3,534,905 — from IMPERIAL ASSOCIATES,LP to CAPITAL COMPANY OF AMERICA LLC | $3,534,905 | |
| 1990-06-22 | Mortgage $559,688 — from DEUTSCHMANN, FRANK to QUEENS CNTY SAVS BANK | $559,688 | |
| 1986-12-17 | Mortgage $715,728 — from BARRY MGMT CO to QUEENS COUNTY SAV BK | $715,728 | |
| 1983-12-19 | Mortgage $519,373 — from KEW MANAGEMENT CO to EAST RIVER SAVINGS BK | $519,373 | |
| 1982-01-05 | Mortgage $27,216 — from SEBB REALTY CORP. to GONSHOREK, SYLVIA | $27,216 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 49 |
| 2018 | 0 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 42 |
| 2019 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 51 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| 2021 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 46 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 42 |
| 2023 | 0 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 73 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 64 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 38 |
Every one of the 1,776 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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