A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 110.7. 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 violations
7 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2006-05-15.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · APPLIANCE (2) · SAFETY (1) · Noise (1) · Illegal Parking (1) · Blocked Driveway (1).
Filed construction activity
$2,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (1 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.
Rent-stabilization signals
Yes
Built before 1974 (1931)
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 with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
119 METRO LLC
Head officer
JOSEPH COHEN
Managing agent
119 METRO LLC
Last registered
2025-07-22
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$856,000
$51,360
2026
$949,000
$56,940
2027
$0
$0
The city's market estimate has fallen
100% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
Subway
121 St — J Z · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Kew Gardens-Union Tpke — E F · 0.6 mi straight-line (about a 14-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Metropolitan Av / Lefferts Blvd — Q54 · 150 ft
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.
8 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 of them about heat or hot water.
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: $499,999 on
2003-09-04 (lender: Wagner, Theodore), 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.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2003-09-04
Deed $499,999 — from WAGNER, THEODORE to 119 METRO, LLC
$499,999
2003-09-04
Mortgage $499,999 — from 119 METRO, LLC to WAGNER, THEODORE
2024-08-02HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADMIN. CODE: PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT SECOND, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT F
2024-08-02HPD class B: § 27-2073 ADM CODE - PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES GAS RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT SECOND, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTM
2024-08-02HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH
2024-08-01Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2024-08-01Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-08-01311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-08-01311: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2024-06-26CTOR — from 119 METRO, LLC to WONG METROPOLITAN TRUST; LEE, GAT JIN; LEE, LE HENG
2024-04-29HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE KITCHEN LOCAT
2024-04-26HPD class C: § 27-2073 ADM CODE - PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT SECOND, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTME
2024-04-26HPD class A: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 1 SQUARE FOOT AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN L
2024-04-26HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HOT WATER EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 13O DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AT ALL HOT WAT
2024-04-26HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 1 SQUARE FOOT AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN L
2024-04-25Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2024-04-25Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2024-04-25311: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2024-04-25311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023
2023-12-11Bedbug filing: 0 infested units
2023-04-22HPD class C: § 27-2073 ADM CODE - PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FR
2023-04-21Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2023-04-21Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2019-09-20311: General Construction/Plumbing — Site Conditions Endangering Workers
2019-09-20DOB complaint, category ?
2019-09-19DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2019-09-12311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Other (complaint details)
2019-09-08311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2019-09-08311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2019-09-07ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VIOLATION#39004748L ISSUED ON 06/28/19 AND TO FILE A CERTIFIC
2019-08-09311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2019-07-25311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2019-07-12311: Other Enforcement — E10 Street Obstruction
2019-06-28ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN-CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED AT EXPOSURE 2, SECTION OF LOOSE BRICKS WITH
2019-06-26311: General Construction/Plumbing — Site Conditions Endangering Workers
2013-01-09Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2013-01-09311: HEATING — HEAT
2011
2011-03-15Permit PL — ISSUED
2010
2010-11-06Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2010-11-06311: Water System — No Water/Low Pressure (WA5)
2010-11-06311: HEATING — HEAT
2010-11-05Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2010-11-05311: PLUMBING — WATER-SUPPLY
2010-03-02Permit PL — ISSUED
2010-02-12Permit EW — ISSUED
2010-01-13Mortgage satisfied — from 119 METRO LLC to WAGNER, THEODORE
2009
2009-03-30DOB complaint, category ?
2009-02-10DOB complaint, category ?
2009-02-09ECB CLASS - 1 violation: PLUMBING WORK W/O A PERMIT STOP WORK ORDER DEMOLITION ALTERATION NEW INSTALLATION OF GAS WASTE VENT WATER PIPING THROUGHOUT BSMT A$800
2009-02-05DOB complaint, category ?
2009-01-16Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008
2008-11-19Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008-11-19DOB complaint, category ?
2008-09-10Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-06-11DOB complaint, category ?
2007
2007-11-11Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2007-06-28Permit EW — ISSUED
2006
2006-05-18Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2006-05-15HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD CASING AT WINDOWS IN EAST ROOM LOCATED AT AP
2006-05-15HPD class B: SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRING AT CEILING IN KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORY
2006-04-18Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — RADIATOR
2006-04-18Tenant complaint: GENERAL — WINDOWS
2006-04-18Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005
2005-12-03Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2005-12-03Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2005-12-03Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-11-29Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-11-29Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2005-11-03DOB complaint, category ?
2005-11-03DOB complaint, category ?
2003
2003-09-04Deed $499,999 — from WAGNER, THEODORE to 119 METRO, LLC$499,999
2003-09-04Mortgage $499,999 — from 119 METRO, LLC to WAGNER, THEODORE$499,999
2003-05-06DOB complaint, category ?
2003-05-06DOB complaint, category ?
2003-05-02DOB complaint, category ?
2002
2002-12-06Permit DM — ISSUED
2002-11-21Job filed: DM
2002-11-18ECB Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT,WORK NOTED.GARAGE DEMOLISHED AT REAR OF PREMISESREMEDY:OBTAIN ALL NECESSARY PERMITS.
2002-04-05DOB complaint, category ?
2002-03-28DOB complaint, category ?
2002-03-28DOB complaint, category ?
2001
2001-05-08Mortgage satisfied — from MAMBERG BUILDING CORP to NEW YORK TITLE & MORTGAGE CO
2001-01-09Deed — from HANDELMAN, JOEL; HANDELMAN, BETTY; FORMAN, SHARON to WAGNER, THEODORE
1996
1996-06-10Permit AL — ISSUED
1993
1993-08-02ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT WORK NOTED: CURB CUT APPROX 30' WIDE REMEDY: OB-TAIN A PERMIT IF FEASIBLE OR RESTORE PREMISES TO PRIOR LEGAL