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612 Metropolitan Avenue · Brooklyn · BBL 3027620010 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE

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Where the penalty points come from

ComponentWhat it coversPoints
Housing codeHPD violations by class, complaints, emergency repairs, litigation, vacate orders, AEP0
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
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 11211, 58% of residential buildings hold an A and 7% 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

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

3 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (2) · Consumer Complaint (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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1899)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
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)612 METROPOLITAN LLC
Head officerJAMES TENAGLIA
Managing agentJAMES TENAGLIA
Last registered2026-04-02

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$2,815,000 $168,900
2026$2,951,000 $177,060
2027$3,204,000 $192,240

The city's market estimate has risen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Northern BellAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

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

Hurricane evacuation zone 6 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

SubwayLorimer St — G L · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Metropolitan Av / Leonard St — B24 · 150 ft
Citi BikeDevoe St & Lorimer St · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 132 The Conselyea School. 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

612 Metropolitan Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

3 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $499,000 on 2006-01-18 (lender: The Hemisphere National Bank) (recorded via MERS). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2006-01-18Mortgage $499,000 — from TENAGLIA, JAMES to THE HEMISPHERE NATIONAL BANK; MERS $499,000
2005-03-02Deed $590,000 — from MENAFARO, MICHAEL; MENAFARO, DECEASED, ANGELINA to HAMPTON PLAZA, LLC $590,000
2002-05-07Mortgage $56,000 — from MENAFARO, ANGELINA to CHAMPION MORTGAGE $56,000
1996-03-21Mortgage $12,000 — from MENAFARO, ANGELINA; MENAFARO, MICHAEL to MONEY STORE; TMS MORTGAGE INC $12,000

Ten-year activity

1050
2017
2018
2019
6
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Housing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170000
20181001
20192002
20206006
20211102
20222114
20233003
20240011
20251012
20263014
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The last 12 months — 5 records

DateRecord
2026-06-16Restaurant inspection: NORTHERN BELL — grade A
2026-05-24311: Consumer Complaint — Restaurant
2026-05-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-05-09311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2025-11-19Restaurant inspection: NORTHERN BELL

The full timeline

2026
2026-06-16Restaurant inspection: NORTHERN BELL — grade A
2026-05-24311: Consumer Complaint — Restaurant
2026-05-14Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2026-05-09311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2025
2025-11-19Restaurant inspection: NORTHERN BELL
2025-08-25311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2024
2024-07-03Restaurant inspection: NORTHERN BELL — grade A
2023
2023-10-01311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-08-07311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2023-05-18311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022
2022-11-04Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-10-29311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2022-06-03311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2022-03-03Deed — from TENAGLIA, JAMES to 612 METROPOLITAN LLC
2021
2021-12-28Deed transfer (nominal price)
2021-02-01311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020
2020-05-28311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2020-05-16311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2020-05-16311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2020-05-12311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2020-05-09311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2020-05-09311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2019
2019-10-05311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2019-03-06311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2018
2018-06-12311: Derelict Bicycle — 14B Derelict Bicycle
2015
2015-03-04311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2014
2014-10-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2014-07-27311: Street Condition — Pothole
2014-07-25311: Street Condition — Pothole
2014-06-17311: Sidewalk Condition — Metal Protruding - Sign Stump
2014-06-07311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2014-05-24311: Noise - Commercial — Car/Truck Music
2013
2013-12-11Permit EW — ISSUED
2013-11-14Job filed: COSMETIC WORK - REMOVAL OF EXISTING COSMETIC INTERIORS AND REPLACEMENT WITH NEW FURNISHINGS AND FLOORING. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY$40,000
2013-08-27Mortgage satisfied — from TENAGLIA, JAMES to MERS
2012
2012-03-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2011
2011-12-14Job filed: APPLICATION FILED TO PROVIDE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR RENOVATION AT FIRE DAMAGED REAR WALL ON 2ND AND 3RD FLOORS - ALL AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH.$46,250
2011-12-14Job filed: APPLICATION FILED TO PROVIDE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR RENOVATION AT FIRE DAMAGED REAR WALL ON 2ND AND 3RD FLOORS - ALL AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH.$46,250
2011-11-07DOB violation C:
2011-11-05311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2011-11-05DOB complaint, category ?
2011-07-21311: Industrial Waste — Grease In Sewer/Catch Basin (IDG)
2006
2006-02-24Deed — from HAMPTON PLAZA, LLC to TENAGLIA, JAMES
2006-01-18Mortgage $499,000 — from TENAGLIA, JAMES to THE HEMISPHERE NATIONAL BANK; MERS$499,000
2005
2005-03-02Deed $590,000 — from MENAFARO, MICHAEL; MENAFARO, DECEASED, ANGELINA to HAMPTON PLAZA, LLC$590,000
2005-02-28Mortgage satisfied — from MENAFARO, ANGELINA; MENAFARO, MICHAEL to CHAMPION MORTGAGE A DIVISION OF KEY BANK
2002
2002-05-07Mortgage $56,000 — from MENAFARO, ANGELINA to CHAMPION MORTGAGE$56,000
2002-02-12Mortgage satisfied — from MENAFARO, MICHAEL; MENAFARO, ANGELINA to MONEY STORE; TMS MORTGAGE INC
2000
2000-10-18Permit EW — ISSUED
2000-09-25Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$2,000
2000-09-25Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$2,000
1997
1997-07-09Mortgage assigned — from TMS MORTGAGE INC; MONEY STORE to BANK OF NEW YORK
1996
1996-03-21Mortgage $12,000 — from MENAFARO, ANGELINA; MENAFARO, MICHAEL to MONEY STORE; TMS MORTGAGE INC$12,000
1993
1993-07-06Permit PL — ISSUED
1993-07-06Permit PL — ISSUED
1992
1992-09-02Permit EQ — ISSUED
1992-09-02Permit AL — ISSUED
1992-09-02Permit EQ — ISSUED
1992-09-02Permit PL — ISSUED
1983
1983-05-10Mortgage satisfied — from MENAFARO, CARMELA to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK
1983-01-06VAC — from NEW YORK CITY to VACATE ORDER
1982
1982-08-18Deed — from COMMISSIONER FINANCENY to NEW YORK CITY

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