56-13 Metropolitan Avenue · Queens · BBL 4026460017 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE
| Component | What it covers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Housing code | HPD violations by class, complaints, emergency repairs, litigation, vacate orders, AEP | 3 |
| Structural & safety | DOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class | 0 |
| Pests | Bedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s | 0 |
| Displacement | Marshal evictions executed | 8 |
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% 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 36.7. In ZIP 11385, 73% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
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.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
No 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1920) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | DORA TORRES; GUILLERMO TORRES |
| Head officer | GUILLERMO TORRES |
| Managing agent | GUILLERMO TORRES |
| Last registered | 2025-09-23 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,199,000 | $71,940 |
| 2026 | $1,348,000 | $80,880 |
| 2027 | $1,366,000 | $81,960 |
The city's market estimate has risen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Cocina De Mama | Latin American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
| Subway | Forest Av — M · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 16-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Metropolitan Av / Forest Av — Q54 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | Amory Ct & Metropolitan Ave · 900 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: A.C.E. Academy for Scholars at the Geraldine Ferraro Campus Middle: I.S. 093 Ridgewood. 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.
56-13 Metropolitan Avenue
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
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: $262,500 on 2001-09-27 (lender: Flushing Savings Bank FSB). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-07-31 | DEEDO $500,000 — from ZULINSKI, KAZIMIERZ to TORRES, GUILLERMO; TORRES, DORA | $500,000 | |
| 2001-09-27 | Mortgage $262,500 — from ZULINSKI, KAZIMIERZ to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK FSB | $262,500 | |
| 2000-01-14 | Mortgage $125,000 — from ALL METRO CORP to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSN | $125,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Record | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | Restaurant inspection: LA COCINA DE MAMA — grade A |