97-12 Metropolitan Avenue · Queens · BBL 4038920004 · 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 | 3 |
| Pests | Bedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s | 0 |
| Displacement | Marshal evictions executed | 0 |
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 87% 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 20. In ZIP 11375, 92% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% 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.
$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (1) · Noise (1).
$180,557 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1920) |
| No | Six or more residential units (1) |
| 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) | BIDDY CHAU; JOHN CHAU |
| Managing agent | BIDDY CHAU |
| Last registered | 2025-09-08 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $938,000 | $56,280 |
| 2026 | $992,000 | $59,520 |
| 2027 | $1,048,000 | $62,880 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunkin' | Coffee/Tea | 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 Hills-71 Av — E F M R · 0.9 mi straight-line (about a 24-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Metropolitan Av / 69 Av — Q54 · 150 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 144 Col Jeromus Remsen Middle: J.H.S. 190 Russell Sage. 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.
97-12 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 |
2 311 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.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-01-19 | Deed $635,000 — from DUDZIK, MARIA to CHAU, BIDDY; CHAU, JOHN | $635,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Date | Record | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | DOB complaint, category ? | |
| 2026-09-28 | ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE-COMPLAINT MANNER. NOTE: AT TIME INSPECTION, OBSERVED & NOTED: AT REAR YARD COMMUNITY EASEMEN | |
| 2026-08-25 | Restaurant inspection: DUNKIN' — grade A | |
| 2026-06-10 | Job filed: Renovation of an existing "Dunkin" store on 1st floor. Install new non-load bearing partitions, Install new floor, ceiling tiles, wall finishes, & lig | |
| 2026-04-24 | 311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Talking | |
| 2025-11-14 | FDNY inspection (RISK) |