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137-20 257 Street

60Records
8City systems
10Open violations
0Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11422 · Neighborhood: Rosedale
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60 recorded events, 1995–2025, from 8 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 15 DOB complaints, 11 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 11 HPD housing violations.

BoroughQueens 11422
Built1995
Floors2
Res. units2
ClassB2
Owner (PLUTO)ROBERT SCHMITT LLC
BBL4136300023
BIN4449044, 4528789

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11422, 89% 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 violations10 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2000-11-29.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

1 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (1).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

Rent-stabilization signals

NoBuilt before 1974 (1995)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

0 of 3 signals present. None of the common signals are present — stabilization is unlikely (though never impossible). 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)ROBERT SCHMITT LLC
Head officerROBERT A SCHMITT
Managing agentSELF
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$1,133,000 $67,980
2026$1,133,000 $67,980
2027$1,110,000 $66,600

The city's market estimate has fallen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 2 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.

Getting around

BusNearest boarding stop: 147 Av / Francis Lewis Blvd — Q111 · 900 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S./M.S. 138 Sunrise
Middle: 355, 356. 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

137-20 257 Street

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

1 311 service request 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by SELF — 22 buildings, 79 units. Grades across the portfolio: A6 · B6 · C5 · D3 · F2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
92 Parrott Place BK12 B
1416 Bay Ridge Avenue BK6 A
332 Leonard Street BK5 C
112 East 37 Street MN5 B
152 Carroll Street BK5 B
146 Hewes Street BK4 C
322 State Street BK4 B
902 Foster Avenue BK4 C
801 40 Street BK3 B
147-33 Ferndale Avenue QN3 A
378 8 Avenue MN3 D
1686 Nostrand Avenue BK3 F
48-06 28 Avenue QN3 D
43-26 54 Street QN3 C
541 11 Street BK3 A
137-20 257 Street QN2 A
3863 Hylan Boulevard SI2 F
1131 Virginia Avenue BX2 A
1405 East 103 Street BK2 C
95-03 103 Street QN2 B
432 Shepherd Avenue BK2 D
1228 82 Street BK1 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $250,000 on 2007-10-11 (lender: Emigrant Mortgage Company, INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2007-10-11Mortgage $250,000 — from ROBERT SCHMITT, LLC to EMIGRANT MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. $250,000
1999-10-18Mortgage $198,000 — from ROBERT SCHMITT LLC to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI $198,000

Ten-year activity

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Housing & tenantsOwnership & money
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YearHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
2017202
2018101
2019022
2020000
2021000
2022000
2023011
2024000
2025101
2026000
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The full timeline

Construction 5Enforcement 25Housing & tenants 19Ownership & money 11

Every one of the 60 recorded events, 1995–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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