The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 78% 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 3.8. 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
8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (7) · Lead (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 (8)
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 FLATS LLC
Head officer
CHARLES SCHWARTZ
Managing agent
BEDFORD ENTERPRISE LLC.
Last registered
2025-07-23
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
$1,430,000
$643,500
2026
$1,285,000
$578,250
2027
$1,542,000
$693,900
The city's market estimate has risen
8% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
Subway
Grand St — L · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Kingsland Av / Maspeth Av — B24 · 550 ft
Citi Bike
Sharon St & Olive St · 600 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.
8 311 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: $3,415,193 on
2020-02-11 (lender: Citi Real Estate Funding INC.), covering 6 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.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2020-02-11
Mortgage $3,415,194 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; METROPOLITAN PARK NY LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; ME to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.
$3,415,194
2020-02-11
Agreement $38,000,000 — from BRIDGE HOLDINGS NY LLC; METROPOLITAN PARK NY LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; LE to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.
$38,000,000
2020-02-11
AL&R $38,000,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC; METROPOLITAN PARK NY LLC; BRIDGE HOLDINGS NY LLC; METROPOLITAN PAR to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.
$38,000,000
2020-02-11
AL&R $38,000,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC; METROPOLITAN PARK NY LLC; BRIDGE HOLDINGS NY LLC; METROPOLITAN PAR to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.
$38,000,000
2020-02-11
Mortgage $3,415,194 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; METROPOLITAN PARK NY LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; ME to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.
$3,415,194
2020-02-11
Agreement $38,000,000 — from BRIDGE HOLDINGS NY LLC; METROPOLITAN PARK NY LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; LE to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.
$38,000,000
2017-07-07
Agreement $3,900,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$3,900,000
2017-07-07
Mortgage $1,900,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$1,900,000
2017-07-07
AL&R $3,900,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
$3,900,000
2016-02-24
Mortgage $1,750,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC to BROOKLYN CAPITAL GROUP LLC
$1,750,000
2016-02-24
AL&R $1,750,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC to BROOKLYN CAPITAL GROUP LLC
$1,750,000
2014-12-30
AL&R $250,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC to BROOKLYN CAPITAL GROUP LLC
$250,000
2014-12-30
Mortgage $250,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC to BROOKLYN CAPITAL GROUP LLC
$250,000
2014-12-11
Deed $1,375,000 — from 854 METROPOLITAN AVENUE LLC to METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC
$1,375,000
2005-01-31
Mortgage $499,600 — from CESTARO, JOHN to MERS
$499,600
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
25
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
1
4
4
7
2
18
2018
0
0
10
0
0
10
2019
0
0
1
0
0
1
2020
0
2
11
12
0
25
2021
0
1
14
0
0
15
2022
0
0
3
0
0
3
2023
0
0
7
0
1
8
2024
0
0
8
0
3
11
2025
0
1
1
1
0
3
2026
0
0
0
0
0
0
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2021-04-12HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2020-07-13Mortgage assigned — from CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC to WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ; WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
2020-07-13Mortgage assigned — from CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC to WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ; WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
2020-07-01311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-06-15AALR — from CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC., A NEW YOR; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC., A NEW YOR to WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ; WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
2020-06-15AALR — from CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC., A NEW YOR; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC., A NEW YOR to WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ; WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
2020-04-03311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2020-02-11Mortgage $3,415,194 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; METROPOLITAN PARK NY LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; ME to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.$3,415,194
2020-02-11Mortgage assigned — from SIGNATURE BANK to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.
2020-02-11Agreement $38,000,000 — from BRIDGE HOLDINGS NY LLC; METROPOLITAN PARK NY LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; LE to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.$38,000,000
2020-02-11AL&R $38,000,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC; METROPOLITAN PARK NY LLC; BRIDGE HOLDINGS NY LLC; METROPOLITAN PAR to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.$38,000,000
2020-02-11AL&R $38,000,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC; METROPOLITAN PARK NY LLC; BRIDGE HOLDINGS NY LLC; METROPOLITAN PAR to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.$38,000,000
2020-02-11Mortgage $3,415,194 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; METROPOLITAN PARK NY LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; ME to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.$3,415,194
2020-02-11TL&R — from SIGNATURE BANK to METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC
2020-02-11Agreement $38,000,000 — from BRIDGE HOLDINGS NY LLC; METROPOLITAN PARK NY LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; BERRY ESTATES LLC; LE to CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.; CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.$38,000,000
2020-01-21FDNY inspection (RISK)
2019
2019-11-19311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-10-18HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2018-06-24311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2018-02-15Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2018-02-15Tenant complaint: GENERAL — VENTILATION SYSTEM
2018-02-15311: GENERAL — VENTILATION SYSTEM
2018-02-15311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2017
2017-11-27HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2017-08-21311: Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint
2017-07-07Agreement $3,900,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$3,900,000
2017-07-07Mortgage assigned — from BROOKLYN CAPITAL GROUP LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
2017-07-07TL&R — from BROOKLYN CAPITAL GROUP LLC
2017-07-07Mortgage assigned — from BROOKLYN CAPITAL GROUP LLC to SIGNATURE BANK
2017-07-07Mortgage $1,900,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$1,900,000
2017-07-07TL&R — from BROOKLYN CAPITAL GROUP LLC
2017-07-07AL&R $3,900,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC to SIGNATURE BANK$3,900,000
2017-06-27FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017-05-22Rodent inspection: Passed
2017-04-29311: Noise - Residential — Loud Talking
2017-04-24Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2017-03-21FDNY inspection (STRUC_INT)
2017-01-12Certificate of occupancy Final
2017-01-10FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017-01-09FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017-01-03311: Dead/Dying Tree — Planted More Than 2 Years Ago
2016
2016-12-21311: Noise — Noise: Jack Hammering (NC2)
2016-12-21311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2016-12-20FDNY inspection (ALT)
2016-12-20FDNY inspection (STRUC_INT)
2016-12-13311: Street Condition — Blocked - Construction
2016-12-13Permit AL — ISSUED
2016-12-06Rodent inspection: Passed
2016-11-16311: Sidewalk Condition — Blocked - Construction
2016-11-11FDNY inspection (ALT)
2016-11-10HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2016-10-06311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2016-09-27Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2016-08-16Permit EW — ISSUED
2016-08-11311: Other Enforcement — E10 Street Obstruction
2016-07-14311: Asbestos — Asbestos Complaint (B1)
2016-07-07311: Industrial Waste — Concrete In Catch Basin (IEA)
2016-07-07DOB complaint, category ?
2016-06-03311: Emergency Response Team (ERT) — After Hours Work - Illegal
2016-06-03DOB complaint, category ?
2016-05-16311: General Construction/Plumbing — Sidewalk Shed/Pipe Scafford - Inadequate Defective/None
2016-05-16DOB complaint, category ?
2016-05-10FDNY inspection (OTHER)
2016-05-06Permit EQ — ISSUED
2016-05-04DOB complaint, category ?
2016-05-04Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH 2014 BUILDING CODE CHAPTER 33. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.
2016-05-04Job filed: INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH 2014 BUILDING CODE CHAPTER 33. NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.
2016-05-02311: General Construction/Plumbing — Cons - Contrary/Beyond Approved Plans/Permits
2016-05-02DOB complaint, category ?
2016-04-06311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2016-04-05Permit PL — ISSUED
2016-02-24Mortgage $1,750,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC to BROOKLYN CAPITAL GROUP LLC$1,750,000
2016-02-24AL&R $1,750,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC to BROOKLYN CAPITAL GROUP LLC$1,750,000
2016-02-23311: Construction Safety Enforcement — Excavation Tracking Complaint
2016-02-23DOB complaint, category ?
2016-02-22ECB CLASS - 2 violation: BC3301.2 FAILURE TO PROVIDE 3FT 6IN GUARDRAIL OR EQUIVALENT AROUND (AL) FL PERIMETER OPENING.@ THE TIME OF INSPECTION IT WAS OBSER
2016-02-22ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE APPROVED/ACCEPTED PLANS @ JOBSITE @ TIME OF INSPECTION.@ THE TIME OF INSPECTION THERE WAS MISSING DETAILS OF TH
2016-02-11311: General Construction/Plumbing — Cons - Contrary/Beyond Approved Plans/Permits
2015
2015-12-28Permit AL — ISSUED
2015-11-17FDNY inspection (STRUC_INT)
2015-10-13HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2015-09-01Permit AL — ISSUED
2015-08-25Permit EQ — ISSUED
2015-07-20311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2015-07-20311: Noise — Noise: Construction Equipment (NC1)
2015-07-20Job filed: FILING SPRINKLER APPLICATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT 1 APPLICATION 321022638$83,583
2015-07-15Permit EW — ISSUED
2015-07-09Job filed: FILING FN APPLICATION HEREWITH INCONJUCTION WITH ALT 1 APPLICATION.
2015-07-09Permit EQ — ISSUED
2015-07-08Permit EW — ISSUED
2015-07-02Job filed: INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC SMOKE/HEAT DETECTION & SPRINKLER FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOB #321022638$4,800
2015-07-01Job filed: FILING SHED APPLICATION HEREWITH INCONJUNCTION WITH ALT 1 APPLICATION.
2015-06-24Job filed: HEREWITH FILING BPP APPLICATION IN-CONJUNCTION TO ALT 1 APPLICATION 321022638
2015-06-24Job filed: HEREWITH FILING BPP APPLICATION IN-CONJUNCTION TO ALT 1 APPLICATION 321022638
2015-06-24Job filed: HEREWITH FILING BPP APPLICATION IN-CONJUNCTION TO ALT 1 APPLICATION 321022638
2015-06-08CERT — from SUCCESSFUL ABSTRACT LLC
2015-06-08ZONE — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC
2015-03-08311: Street Condition — Pothole
2015-02-26Job filed: FILING STRUCTURAL APPLICATION HEREWITH ; IN-CONJUNCTION WITH ALT APPLICATION # 321022638.
2015-02-25311: Snow — E9 Snow / Icy Sidewalk
2015-02-05311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2015-02-03Job filed: SPRINKLER APPLICATION FILED HEREWITH IN-CONJUNCTION WITH ALT 1 APPLICATION 321022638$10,000
2015-02-02Job filed: PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF EXISTING 3 STORY WOOD FRAMED BUILDING. APPLICATION IN-CONJUNCTION WITH ALT 1 APPLICATION # 321022638.$10,000
2015-02-02Job filed: SPRINKLER APPLICATION FILED HEREWITH IN-CONJUNCTION WITH ALT 1 APPLICATION 321022638$10,000
2015-01-30Job filed: INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC SMOKE DETECTION AND SPRINKLER FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN-CONJUNCTION WITH ALT 1 APPLICATION # 321022638.$2,000
2014
2014-12-30AL&R $250,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC to BROOKLYN CAPITAL GROUP LLC$250,000
2014-12-30Mortgage $250,000 — from METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC to BROOKLYN CAPITAL GROUP LLC$250,000
2014-12-18Mortgage satisfied — from CESTARO, JOHN to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS; GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.
2014-12-17Mortgage satisfied — from CESTARO, JOHN to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS
2014-12-11Deed $1,375,000 — from 854 METROPOLITAN AVENUE LLC to METROPOLITAN FLATS LLC$1,375,000
2014-11-12Job filed: A1$455,125
2014-11-06311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2014-02-07311: Snow — E9 Snow / Icy Sidewalk
2012
2012-06-12311: Damaged Tree — Tree Leaning/Uprooted
2011
2011-07-11311: Damaged Tree — Entire Tree Has Fallen Down