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79-15 Roosevelt Avenue · Queens · BBL 4012900040 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE

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This building is not graded (non-residential or no residential units on record) — the report below covers its full public record.

Patterns

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

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

$1,280 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

22 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (14) · Consumer Complaint (6) · Street Condition (1) · Drinking (1).

Filed construction activity

$70,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$864,000 $388,800
2026$876,000 $394,200
2027$961,000 $432,450

The city's market estimate has risen 11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
True ColorsLatin AmericanA—

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).

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

Subway82 St-Jackson Hts — 7 · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
74 St-Broadway — 7 E F M R · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 81 St / Roosevelt Av — Q32 · 400 ft
Citi Bike79 St & Roosevelt Ave · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: 222 (K-2), 69 (K-5)
Middle: I.S. 230. 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

79-15 Roosevelt Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

22 311 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: $200,000 on 1998-02-26 (lender: Abacus Federal Savings Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1998-02-26Mortgage $200,000 — from LA FAMOSA REAL ESTATE HOLDING CORP to ABACUS FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK $200,000
1988-04-28Mortgage $100,000 — from VELASCO, HUGO; VELASCO, JEFITZA to RAPP, JOHN $100,000
1986-07-10Mortgage $200,000 — from RAPP, JOHN to ASTORIA FED S&L ASSN. $200,000
1986-07-10Mortgage $100,000 — from RAPP, JOHN to KLAUSMAN, ROSE $100,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
201700516
201851309
201900606
20200016016
202100404
202200909
202303519
2024423110
202500101
20260017118
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The last 12 months — 19 records

DateRecord
2026-08-13311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2026-05-06311: Consumer Complaint — Other Store (Non-Food)
2026-05-02311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-04-11311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2026-04-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-03-29311: Drinking — Underage - Licensed Est
2026-03-27Restaurant inspection: TRUE COLORS — grade A
2026-02-21311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-15311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-13311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-12311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-12311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-08311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-06311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-06311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-05311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2025-12-20311: Street Condition — Pothole

The full timeline

2026
2026-08-13311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2026-05-06311: Consumer Complaint — Other Store (Non-Food)
2026-05-02311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-04-11311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2026-04-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-03-29311: Drinking — Underage - Licensed Est
2026-03-27Restaurant inspection: TRUE COLORS — grade A
2026-02-21311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-15311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-13311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-12311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-12311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-08311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-06311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-06311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-02-05311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2025
2025-12-20311: Street Condition — Pothole
2024
2024-12-16Permit Sidewalk Shed — Permit Issued
2024-12-14Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 300PSF SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. ALL EQUIPMENT SHALL COMPLY WITH CH #33 OF THE NYC CODE 2022. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS $9,000
2024-11-29Permit General Construction — Signed-off
2024-11-26Job filed: APPLICATION FILE FOR FACADE REPAIR WORK AS PER PLAN AND LIFTING OF NYC DOB ISSUED ECB VIOLATION #39129711R. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN THE USE, EGRESS$2,500
2024-11-07DOB complaint, category ?
2024-11-07ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER : NOTED AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED BROKEN/DEFECTIVE/LOOSE MORTAR,MULTIPL$1,280
2024-07-30311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2024-06-01Restaurant inspection: TRUE COLORS — grade A
2024-05-07311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2024-02-08311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2023
2023-11-29FDNY inspection (COM_OCPCY)
2023-11-29FDNY inspection (RISK)
2023-11-29FDNY inspection (COM_OCPCY)
2023-11-09311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2023-05-18Restaurant inspection: TRUE COLORS — grade A
2023-04-11311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2023-03-17311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2023-01-07311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2023-01-07311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2022
2022-12-27311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2022-08-21311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2022-06-19311: Noise - Commercial — Car/Truck Music
2022-06-12311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-06-04311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2022-05-19311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-04-07311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2022-03-27311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-03-06311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2021
2021-05-25311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2021-04-29311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2021-04-29311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2021-04-24311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2020
2020-12-14311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-12-07311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2020-11-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-09-15311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2020-08-26311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2020-07-26311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-07-26311: Outdoor Dining — Sidewalk Zone Blocked
2020-07-20311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-07-19311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-07-12311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-07-07311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2020-07-01311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2020-06-13311: Drinking — In Public
2020-06-11311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2020-06-07311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2020-03-06311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2019
2019-12-31311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2019-12-01311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2019-10-18311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2019-07-22311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2019-06-11311: Consumer Complaint — Employment Agency
2019-02-03311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2018
2018-12-15311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2018-12-07311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2018-12-03311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2018-11-05Permit EW — ISSUED
2018-09-17Permit PL — ISSUED
2018-09-12Permit EW — ISSUED
2018-09-11Job filed: FLOOR TILE RENOVATION, BUILD A BAR STAGE; INSTALL AN ICE RECEPTACLE WITH DRAIN; AND (1) NEW URINALS AND RELOCATING (1), (2) TOILETS AND (2) LAVATORIES$29,500
2018-09-11Job filed: FLOOR TILE RENOVATION, BUILD A BAR STAGE; INSTALL AN ICE RECEPTACLE WITH DRAIN; AND (1) NEW URINALS AND RELOCATING (1), (2) TOILETS AND (2) LAVATORIES$29,500
2018-07-12DOB complaint, category ?
2017
2017-10-24311: Consumer Complaint — Non-Delivery Goods/Services
2017-10-05311: Consumer Complaint — Exchange/Refund/Return
2017-09-25311: Consumer Complaint — Exchange/Refund/Return
2017-03-16311: Consumer Complaint — Non-Delivery Goods/Services
2017-03-08311: Consumer Complaint — Non-Delivery Goods/Services
2017-01-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2016
2016-09-15311: Consumer Complaint — Paid in Advance
2016-05-16311: Consumer Complaint — Exchange/Refund/Return
2016-03-21311: Street Condition — Pothole
2016-03-15311: Consumer Complaint — Exchange/Refund/Return
2016-03-02311: Consumer Complaint — Non-Delivery Goods/Services
2016-01-08311: Consumer Complaint — Non-Delivery Goods/Services
2015
2015-12-08311: Consumer Complaint — Paid in Advance
2015-08-30311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2015-08-21311: Consumer Complaint — Exchange/Refund/Return
2015-06-28311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2015-01-03311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2014
2014-12-20311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2014-12-05311: Consumer Complaint — Exchange/Refund/Return
2014-11-14311: Smoking — Smoking Violation
2014-11-14311: Smoking — Smoking Violation
2014-08-18311: Consumer Complaint — Non-Delivery Goods/Services
2014-07-31311: Consumer Complaint — Exchange/Refund/Return
2014-07-03311: Consumer Complaint — False Advertising
2014-07-01311: Consumer Complaint — Non-Delivery Goods/Services
2014-06-04Rodent inspection: Passed
2014-05-28311: Consumer Complaint — Exchange/Refund/Return
2014-05-03311: Consumer Complaint — Paid in Advance
2014-01-26311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2014-01-26311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2013
2013-11-25Permit AL — ISSUED
2012
2012-10-16311: Consumer Complaint — False Advertising
2012-09-06311: Street Condition — Rough, Pitted or Cracked Roads
2012-05-21311: Construction — Initial - Construction
2012-03-07DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2012-02-24311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2012-01-26Permit PL — ISSUED
2012-01-26Permit EW — ISSUED
2012-01-11311: Noise — Noise: Loud Music/Nighttime(Mark Date And Time) (NP1)
2011
2011-12-29Job filed: FILING MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALT. 2 #420518318 TO AMEND THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, AS PER PLANS HEREWITH SUBMITTED.$100
2011-12-23Job filed: FILING MADE TO REMOVE A SHOWER FROM CELLAR'S EXISTING BATHROOM; REMOVE ILLEGAL PARTITIONS IN THE CELLAR; AND PROPOSE ACOUSTICAL ISOLATION IN THE FIRST$93,090
2011-12-23Job filed: FILING MADE TO REMOVE A SHOWER FROM CELLAR'S EXISTING BATHROOM; REMOVE ILLEGAL PARTITIONS IN THE CELLAR; AND PROPOSE ACOUSTICAL ISOLATION IN THE FIRST$93,090
2011-12-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2011-12-01ECB CLASS - 2 violation: NOTED CERT OF OCCUPANCY #213483 INDICATES LEGAL OCCUPANCY OF CELLAR AS ORDINARY USE BOILER MECH STORAGE AT TIME OF INSP OBSERVED O$1,200
2011-12-01ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT NOTED AT CELLAR INSTALLED WATER WASTE PLUMBING LINES AND FULL HEIGHT PARTITIONS TO CREATE 1/2 BTRM TOILET & SINK$1,600
2011-08-07311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2011-07-30311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2011-06-17311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2011-06-03311: General Construction/Plumbing — Egress - Doors Locked/Blocked/Improper/No Secondary Means
2011-06-03311: General Construction/Plumbing — Egress - Doors Locked/Blocked/Improper/No Secondary Means
2011-06-03DOB complaint, category ?
2011-06-03DOB complaint, category ?
2011-04-26311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2011-04-04311: General Construction/Plumbing — Egress - Doors Locked/Blocked/Improper/No Secondary Means
2011-04-04311: Noise — Noise: Loud Music/Nighttime(Mark Date And Time) (NP1)
2011-04-04DOB complaint, category ?
2011-04-04ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE APPROVED/ACCEPTED PLANS AT JOB SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION NOTED: NO APPROVED PLANS PROVIDED OR AVAILABLE FOR JO$500
2011-04-04ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT - WORK NOTED: (1) AT CELLAR LEVEL FULL HEIGHT PARTITIONS ERECTED RE-CONFIGURING CELLAR INTO OFFICE AREA. (2) WAT$800
2011-04-04ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY THE C OF O #213483 DATE 12-18-90. INDICATE CELLAR ORDINARY USE,1ST FL EATING & DRINKING PLAC$1,200
2011-04-03311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2011-03-15311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2011-03-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2011-03-05DOB complaint, category ?
2011-02-05311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2011-01-03311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2010
2010-12-04311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2010-11-16311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2010-11-07311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2010-11-02311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2010-11-01311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2010-06-17Rodent inspection: Passed
2010-06-04Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2010-02-27311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2008
2008-05-14Mortgage satisfied — from LA FAMOSA REAL ESTATE HOLDING CORP. to ABACUS FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
2003
2003-06-17DOB complaint, category ?
2002
2002-06-06Permit EW — ISSUED
2002-05-24Job filed: To install the Fire Suppression System as per plan submitted. There will be no change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.$1,900
1998
1998-03-27Mortgage satisfied — from RAPP, JOHN to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATI
1998-03-13RTXL — from SUAREZ, JAFITZA V; VELASCO, JAFITZA
1998-02-26Deed — from VELASCO, DANNY (HEIR); VELASCO, JEFFREY (HEIR/TRUSTEE); VELASCO, JAFITZA (HEIR/TRUST/OF); to LA FAMOSA REAL ESTATE HOLDING CORP
1998-02-26Mortgage $200,000 — from LA FAMOSA REAL ESTATE HOLDING CORP to ABACUS FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK$200,000
1996
1996-12-03Permit EW — ISSUED
1990
1990-02-01Permit EW — ISSUED
1988
1988-10-03DOB violation C: C.B
1988-04-28Mortgage satisfied — from RAPP, JOHN to KLAUSMAN, ROSE
1988-04-28Mortgage $100,000 — from VELASCO, HUGO; VELASCO, JEFITZA to RAPP, JOHN$100,000
1986
1986-10-07Deed — from RAPP, JOHN to VELASCO, JEFTZA; VELASCI, HUGO
1986-07-10Mortgage $200,000 — from RAPP, JOHN to ASTORIA FED S&L ASSN.$200,000
1986-07-10Deed — from KLAUSMAN, ROSE to RAPP, JOHN
1986-07-10Mortgage $100,000 — from RAPP, JOHN to KLAUSMAN, ROSE$100,000

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