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119-30 Metropolitan Avenue

184Records
11City systems
7Open violations
110.7Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11415 · Neighborhood: Kew Gardens
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184 recorded events, 1993–2025, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 99 311 service requests, 23 HPD complaints, 19 DOB complaints.

BoroughQueens 11415
Built1931
Floors2
Res. units1
ClassS1
Owner (PLUTO)WAGNER, THEODORE
BBL4092310011
BIN—

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 110.7. In ZIP 11415, 81% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations7 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2006-05-15.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · APPLIANCE (2) · SAFETY (1) · Noise (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Blocked Driveway (1).

Filed construction activity

$2,000 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1931)
NoSix or more residential units (1)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)119 METRO LLC
Head officerJOSEPH COHEN
Managing agent119 METRO LLC
Last registered2025-07-22

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$856,000 $51,360
2026$949,000 $56,940
2027$0 $0

The city's market estimate has fallen 100% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

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.

Getting around

Subway121 St — J Z · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Kew Gardens-Union Tpke — E F · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 14-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Metropolitan Av / Lefferts Blvd — Q54 · 150 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.

Report a problem to 311

119-30 Metropolitan Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

8 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by 119 METRO LLC — 2 buildings, 2 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
119-28 Metropolitan Avenue QN1 A
119-30 Metropolitan Avenue QN1 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $499,999 on 2003-09-04 (lender: Wagner, Theodore), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2003-09-04Deed $499,999 — from WAGNER, THEODORE to 119 METRO, LLC $499,999
2003-09-04Mortgage $499,999 — from 119 METRO, LLC to WAGNER, THEODORE $499,999

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
2017209011
201800202
20190513018
202000505
202100303
202201102
202300707
20240019120
202500426
202600000
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The full timeline

Construction 10Enforcement 27Housing & tenants 139Ownership & money 8

Every one of the 184 recorded events, 1993–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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