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56-12 Metropolitan Avenue · Queens · BBL 4033660032 · 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.

What 311 hears from this address

5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5).

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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$676,000 $304,200
2026$658,000 $296,100
2027$696,000 $313,200

The city's market estimate has risen 3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
CarvelFrozen DessertsA—

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

SubwayForest Av — M · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 15-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Metropolitan Av / Forest Av — Q54 · 100 ft
Citi BikeBleecker St & Forest Ave · 800 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 071 Forest
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.

Report a problem to 311

56-12 Metropolitan Avenue

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

5 311 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: $450,000 on 1994-09-12 (lender: Gunderson, William K and Viggiano, John A). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1994-09-12Mortgage $450,000 — from KIM, TAE WON; KIM, CHONG CHA to GUNDERSON, WILLIAM K; VIGGIANO, JOHN A $450,000

Ten-year activity

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20240314
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The last 12 months — 3 records

DateRecord
2026-05-10311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2026-02-19311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2025-11-06Restaurant inspection: CARVEL — grade A

The full timeline

2026
2026-05-10311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2026-02-19311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2025
2025-11-06Restaurant inspection: CARVEL — grade A
2024
2024-11-17311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Traffic
2024-10-05311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2024-09-26311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2024-04-10Restaurant inspection: CARVEL — grade A
2021
2021-06-09FDNY inspection (RISK)
2020
2020-10-27311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Driver Complaint - Non Passenger
2020-09-13311: Dirty Conditions — E3 Dirty Sidewalk
2020-06-26311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2020-06-20311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2020-05-13311: Drinking — In Public
2020-05-07311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2020-05-07311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Talking
2020-05-05311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Other (complaint details)
2020-05-04311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Talking
2020-05-02311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2019
2019-10-13311: Sidewalk Condition — Broken Sidewalk
2018
2018-09-09311: Drinking — In Public
2018-07-16311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2018-02-07311: Street Condition — Pothole
2018-01-29311: Street Condition — Pothole
2017
2017-10-12FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017-07-14311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2017-04-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2013
2013-07-04311: Food Establishment — Pet/Animal
2013-06-06311: Food Establishment — Food Worker Hygiene
2013-05-18311: Sewer — Catch Basin Sunken/Damaged/Raised (SC1)
2012
2012-02-29Rodent inspection: Passed
2011
2011-11-10311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2010
2010-07-10311: Food Establishment — Food Contaminated
2005
2005-07-21PSAT — from KIM, CHONG CHA; KIM, TAE WON to GUNDERSON, WILLIAM K; VIGGIANO, JOHN A
2005-06-23PSAT — from KIM, CHONG CHA; KIM, TAE WON to GUNDERSON, WILLIAM K; VIGGIANO, JOHN A
2000
2000-02-22Mortgage assigned — from GUNDERSON, WILLIAM K to WILLIAM GUNDERSON &CECELIA GUNDERSON REV; GUNDERSON, CECELIA (TRUSTEES); GUNDERSON, WILLIA
1994
1994-09-12Mortgage $450,000 — from KIM, TAE WON; KIM, CHONG CHA to GUNDERSON, WILLIAM K; VIGGIANO, JOHN A$450,000
1994-09-12Deed — from GUNDERSON, WILLIAM; VIGGIANO, JOHN A; GUNDERSON, WILLIAM K to KIM, CHONG CHA; KIM, TAE WON
1989
1989-02-01ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DEFECT IS: WOOD FENCE IS BROKEN, MISSING AND DEFECTIVE. REMEDY: MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS FORTHWITH.
1989-01-26DOB complaint, category ?
1980
1980-12-05Deed — from 56-12 METROPOLITAN AVENUE CORP to JOHN A VIGGIANO; WILLIAM GUNDERSON
1980-04-14Agreement — from BANK OF NEW YORK to 56-12 METROPOLITAN AVENUE CORP
1979
1979-08-07Mortgage — from 56-12 METROPOLITAN AVENUE CORP to BANK OF NEW YORK
1979-08-07Deed — from VIGGIANO JOHN A; GUNDERSON WILLIAM to 56-12 METROPOLITAN AVENUE CORP
1976
1976-05-25Mortgage — from VIGGIANO JOHN A; GUNDERSON WILLIAM to STEPHEN TASSINI
1976-05-25Deed — from TASSINI STEPHEN to WILLIAM GUNDERSON; JOHN A VIGGIANO

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