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119-28 Metropolitan Avenue · Queens · BBL 4092310010 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE

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Where the penalty points come from

ComponentWhat it coversPoints
Housing codeHPD violations by class, complaints, emergency repairs, litigation, vacate orders, AEP0
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11415, 81% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations3 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 1 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2005-02-14.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (2).

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

YesBuilt before 1974 (1931)
NoSix or more residential units (1)
No421-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 with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)119 METRO LLC
Head officerJOSEPH COHEN
Managing agent119 METRO LLC
Last registered2025-07-22

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$856,000 $51,360
2026$949,000 $56,940
2027$966,000 $57,960

The city's market estimate has risen 13% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Cookies and Cream Pastry ShopBakery Products/DessertsAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 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

Subway121 St — J Z · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Kew Gardens-Union Tpke — E F · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 14-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Metropolitan Av / Lefferts Blvd — Q54 · 150 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: 51 (K-1), 56 (2-5)
Middle: M.S. 137 America's School of Heroes. 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

119-28 Metropolitan Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by 119 METRO LLC — 2 buildings, 2 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · D1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
119-28 Metropolitan Avenue QN1 A
119-30 Metropolitan Avenue QN1 D

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $50,001 on 2003-09-04, covering 2 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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2003-09-04Mortgage $50,001 — from 119 METRO, LLC $50,001
2003-09-04Mortgage $499,999 — from 119 METRO, LLC to WAGNER, THEODORE $499,999
2003-09-04Deed $499,999 — from WAGNER, THEODORE to 119 METRO, LLC $499,999

Ten-year activity

20100
2017
14
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201701001
20180140014
201910001
202002002
202102002
202201001
202304015
202401113
202502013
202601023
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The last 12 months — 5 records

DateRecord
2026-07-30Restaurant inspection: COOKIES AND CREAM PASTRY SHOP · mice evidence
2026-04-04311: Noise — Noise: lawn care equipment (NCL)
2026-01-20Restaurant inspection: COOKIES AND CREAM PASTRY SHOP — grade A
2025-12-19Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-12-11Restaurant inspection: COOKIES AND CREAM PASTRY SHOP · mice evidence

The full timeline

2026
2026-07-30Restaurant inspection: COOKIES AND CREAM PASTRY SHOP · mice evidence
2026-04-04311: Noise — Noise: lawn care equipment (NCL)
2026-01-20Restaurant inspection: COOKIES AND CREAM PASTRY SHOP — grade A
2025
2025-12-19Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2025-12-11Restaurant inspection: COOKIES AND CREAM PASTRY SHOP · mice evidence
2025-07-15311: Noise — Noise: Manufacturing Noise (NK1)
2024
2024-12-10Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2024-09-04Restaurant inspection: COOKIES AND CREAM PASTRY SHOP — grade A
2024-06-26CTOR — from 119 METRO, LLC to WONG METROPOLITAN TRUST; LEE, GAT JIN; LEE, LE HENG
2023
2023-12-11Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-10-13Restaurant inspection: COOKIES AND CREAM PASTRY SHOP — grade A
2023-10-02311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-05-24311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2023-01-04Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2022
2022-10-26311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2021
2021-12-28Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2021-06-30311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020
2020-12-22Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2020-06-30311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2019
2019-10-03FDNY inspection (RISK)
2018
2018-11-26311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-11-11311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-11-01HPD 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
2018-10-12311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-09-09311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-09-07311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-06-30311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-06-28311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-06-27311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-06-22311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-06-01311: Street Sign - Missing — Street Cleaning - ASP
2018-05-07311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Music
2018-04-12311: Homeless Person Assistance
2018-01-10HPD 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
2017
2017-10-30311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2015
2015-08-27FDNY inspection (OTHER)
2015-05-28311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2012
2012-08-29311: Investigations and Discipline (IAD) — Electrical - Unlicensed/Illegal/Improper Work In Progress
2012-08-29DOB complaint, category ?
2011
2011-07-14311: Smoking — Smoking Violation
2010
2010-01-13Mortgage satisfied — from 119 METRO LLC to WAGNER, THEODORE
2008
2008-01-22DOB complaint, category ?
2007
2007-02-01DOB complaint, category ?
2007-01-20DOB complaint, category ?
2007-01-20DOB complaint, category ?
2006
2006-08-19DOB complaint, category ?
2006-04-28Permit AL — ISSUED
2006-04-10Job filed: CANOPY-INSIDE PROPERTY LINE LETTERING- KEW GARDEN FARMS NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY$3,000
2005
2005-04-29Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-04-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-03-31Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-03-29City emergency repair (OMO): empire used boiler to register equipment and pay fine at dob. inconjuction with omo e523881.$465
2005-03-28Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-03-26Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-03-22Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-03-18Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-03-07HPD litigation: Heat and Hot Water
2005-03-07City emergency repair (OMO): supply and install a new meter bar and gas piping to seperate the boiler. approx. 75 l.f. restore heat and hot water. no$2,390
2005-02-24City emergency repair (OMO): con edison provides gas to boiler/hot water heater.
2005-02-19HPD class C: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING PAD LOCK AT METAL SECURITY GATE, VESTIBULE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
2005-02-17Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-02-14Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-02-14HPD class B: SECTION 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE
2005-02-14HPD class C: SECTION 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY
2005-02-13Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-02-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-02-09Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2003
2003-09-04Mortgage $50,001 — from 119 METRO, LLC$50,001
2003-09-04Mortgage $499,999 — from 119 METRO, LLC to WAGNER, THEODORE$499,999
2003-09-04Deed $499,999 — from WAGNER, THEODORE to 119 METRO, LLC$499,999
1996
1996-10-03Deed — from WAGNER, STELLA (EX/OF); LUDMER, ESTHER ZUREL to WAGNER, THEODORE
1996-07-02RTXL — from WAGNER, STELLA; WAGNER, ESTHER
1993
1993-06-28DOB violation LL6291:
1974
1974-08-26Deed — from WAGNER STANLEY M to STELLA WAGNER
1970
1970-12-30Deed — from WAGNER ESTHER; WAGNER STELLA to STANLEY M WAGNER

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