The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11211, 58% of residential buildings hold an A and
7% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no
pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
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
9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Graffiti (5) · Noise (2) · Traffic (1) · Food Establishment (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
Yes
Built before 1974 (1910)
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 with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
METROPOLITAN AVENUE ASSOCIATES
Head officer
MANJULA MUKHOPADHYAY
Managing agent
REM RESIDENTIAL
Last registered
2025-09-18
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$2,177,000
$979,650
2026
$2,612,000
$1,175,400
2027
$3,134,000
$1,410,300
The city's market estimate has risen
44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Pet/Animal), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Flood exposure
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.
Getting around
Subway
Lorimer St — G L · 1,050 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Metropolitan Av / Havemeyer St — Q59 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
Grand St & Havemeyer St · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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.
9 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $471,676 on
2016-05-24 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2016-05-24
Mortgage $471,676 — from METROPOLITAN AVENUE ASSOCIATES INC. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
$471,676
2016-05-24
Agreement $2,000,000 — from METROPOLITAN AVENUE ASSOCIATES INC. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
$2,000,000
2014-01-02
Mortgage $845,736 — from METROPOLITAN AVENUE ASSOCIATES INC. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
$845,736
2014-01-02
Agreement $1,600,000 — from METROPOLITAN AVENUE ASSOCIATES INC. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
$1,600,000
2005-03-30
Mortgage $881,250 — from METROPOLITAN AVENUE ASSOCIATES INC. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA
$881,250
2005-03-30
Agreement $881,250 — from METROPOLITAN AVENUE ASSOCIATES INC. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA
$881,250
2005-03-30
Mortgage $475,395 — from METROPOLITAN AVENUE ASSOCIATES INC. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA
$475,395
2002-04-11
Mortgage $427,000 — from METROPOLITAN AVENUEASSOCIATES INC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
$427,000
1998-04-20
Mortgage $1,000,000 — from MUKHOPADHYAY, RAMA P; METROPOLITAN AVENUEASSOCIATES INC to GREENPOINT BANK
$1,000,000
1989-01-24
Mortgage $250,000 — from MELZER, MARTIN; MELZER, NANCY; JACOBSON, SHERRY; GROSKY, SAMUEL/EST OF; GROSKY, JEFFREY; J to SOUTH SHORE RLTY INC
$250,000
1989-01-24
Mortgage $100,000 — from GROSKY, SAMUEL/EST OF; JACOBSON, ADAM; JACOBSON, SHERRY; GROSKY, JEFFREY to MELZER, MARTIN; MELZER, NANCY
$100,000
1988-07-01
Mortgage $143,000 — from MELZER, NANCY; MELZER, MARTIN; JACOBSON, ADAM to SOUTH SHORE RLTY INC; PETER KASTAN SALES CP/PP; MELZER, JACK; BAUER, EVELYN; ROBERT MELZER
$143,000
Ten-year activity
20100
2017
12
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
0
0
2018
1
10
1
12
2019
0
2
2
4
2020
0
4
1
5
2021
0
2
1
3
2022
0
7
1
8
2023
0
3
2
5
2024
0
4
4
8
2025
0
5
3
8
2026
0
2
2
4
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2023-05-24Restaurant inspection: COURT STREET GROCERS — grade A
2023-03-08Boiler inspection
2022
2022-12-09Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022-09-30311: Food Establishment — No Permit or License
2022-09-01Boiler inspection
2022-03-10City emergency repair (OMO): nyc hpd emergency operations division - ''essential work service'' arrange and make self closing the doors at the vestib$250
2022-02-09HPD class C: § 27-2005, 2007, 204.1 HMC CODE: ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS AT VESTIBULE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2022-02-06311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-02-06Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2022-02-04311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2021
2021-12-28Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-05-14Boiler inspection
2021-04-30Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020
2020-12-23Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-09-15Boiler inspection
2020-06-01311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-05-28311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-02-06Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2019
2019-11-01311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2019-06-24311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2019-05-14Boiler inspection
2019-01-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2018
2018-11-05311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2018-11-01HPD class B: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE AT VESTIBULE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st ST
2018-11-01HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES
2018-10-29311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2010-04-19311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2010-04-19DOB complaint, category ?
2010-01-15311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2009
2009-03-31HPD class B: § 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNS
2005-12-16Job filed: INSTALL NEW (3) COMPARTMENT SINKS, (1)GREASE TRAP,(1) LAVATORY BASIN AND RELOCATE (1) COMPARTMENT SINK ON FIRST FLOOR. INSTALL (1) NEW GAS WATER HEATE$8,600
2005-12-16Job filed: INSTALL NEW (3) COMPARTMENT SINKS, (1)GREASE TRAP,(1) LAVATORY BASIN AND RELOCATE (1) COMPARTMENT SINK ON FIRST FLOOR. INSTALL (1) NEW GAS WATER HEATE$8,600
2005-12-05Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-03-30Mortgage $881,250 — from METROPOLITAN AVENUE ASSOCIATES INC. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA$881,250
2005-03-30Agreement $881,250 — from METROPOLITAN AVENUE ASSOCIATES INC. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA$881,250
2005-03-30Mortgage assigned — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA
2005-03-30TL&R — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
2005-03-30Mortgage $475,395 — from METROPOLITAN AVENUE ASSOCIATES INC. to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA$475,395
2005-03-02City emergency repair (OMO): public area: remove the 2x4 and sheetrock open area on ceiling in public hallway, tape, compound, prime and paint approx$494
2005-02-02HPD class A: § 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON
2005-02-02HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR EAST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1R
2002-04-11Mortgage assigned — from METROPOLITAN AVENUEASSOCIATES INC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
2002-04-11REL — from METROPOLITAN AVENUEASSOCIATES INC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
2002-04-11Mortgage $427,000 — from METROPOLITAN AVENUEASSOCIATES INC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA$427,000
2001
2001-08-21Permit EW — ISSUED
2001-08-20Job filed: Install fire suppression system, as shown on plan. No change in use, occupancy, or egress.$2,000
2001-08-20Job filed: Install fire suppression system, as shown on plan. No change in use, occupancy, or egress.$2,000
2001-08-20Job filed: Install fire suppression system, as shown on plan. No change in use, occupancy, or egress.$2,000
1999
1999-08-26HPD class B: § 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNS
1998
1998-07-31Permit EW — ISSUED
1998-04-20Mortgage satisfied — from GROSKY, ELLA; GROSKY, JEFFREY; GROSKY, SAMUEL/ESTATE OF; JACOBSON, ADAM; JACOBSON, SHERRY; to SOUTH SHORE REALTY INC
1998-04-20Mortgage satisfied — from JACOBSON, ADAM; MELZER, NANCY; MELZER, MARTINE to MELZER, JACK
1998-04-20Mortgage $1,000,000 — from MUKHOPADHYAY, RAMA P; METROPOLITAN AVENUEASSOCIATES INC to GREENPOINT BANK$1,000,000
1998-04-20Mortgage satisfied — from GROSKY, JEFFREY; JACOBSON, SHERRY; JACOBSON, ADAM; GROSKY, SAMUEL/ESTATE OF to MELZER, NANCY; MELZER, MARTIN
1998-04-20Mortgage assigned — from BAUER, EVELYN to MELZER, MARTIN
1998-04-20Mortgage assigned — from METROPOLITAN AVENUEASSOCIATES INC; MUKHOPADHYAY, RAMA P to GREENPOINT BANK
1998-04-20Mortgage satisfied — from MELZER, MARTIN; MELZER, NANCY; JACOBSON, ADAM to PETER KASTAN SALES CORP; MELZER, JACK; SOUTH SHORE REALTY INC; BAUER, EVELYN; ROBERT MELZE
1992
1992-03-26Deed — from JACOBSON, ADAM to METROPOLITAN AVE ASSOCS
1989
1989-01-24PAT — from JACOBSON, SHERRY to JACOBSON, ADAM
1989-01-24PAT — from GROSKY, ELLA to JACOBSON, ADAM
1989-01-24PAT — from GROSKY, JEFFREY to JACOBSON, ADAM
1989-01-24Mortgage $250,000 — from MELZER, MARTIN; MELZER, NANCY; JACOBSON, SHERRY; GROSKY, SAMUEL/EST OF; GROSKY, JEFFREY; J to SOUTH SHORE RLTY INC$250,000
1989-01-24Mortgage $100,000 — from GROSKY, SAMUEL/EST OF; JACOBSON, ADAM; JACOBSON, SHERRY; GROSKY, JEFFREY to MELZER, MARTIN; MELZER, NANCY$100,000
1989-01-24Deed — from MELZER, MARTIN; MELZER, NANCY; JACOBSON, ADAM to JACOBSON, ADAM
1988
1988-07-01Mortgage $143,000 — from MELZER, NANCY; MELZER, MARTIN; JACOBSON, ADAM to SOUTH SHORE RLTY INC; PETER KASTAN SALES CP/PP; MELZER, JACK; BAUER, EVELYN; ROBERT MELZER$143,000
1988-07-01Deed — from MONE, PASQUA/EXEC OF to MELZER, NANCY; MELZER, MARTIN; JACOBSON, ADAM