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656 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn • Block 02763 • Lot 0014 • Zip: 11211

Condition

What the city currently has open against this building, counted from its own records.

Address

Primary address: 656 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn
Borough: Brooklyn
Zip code: 11211
Block: 02763
Lot: 0014
BBL: 3027630014
Unified address ID: 3027630014

Land use and zoning

Land use: Multi-Family Walk-Up Buildings
Zoning: R7A (Residential)
Lot type: Inside
Lot area: 5,000 sq ft
Lot dimensions: 50 ft x 100 ft
Built FAR: 4.35
Max residential FAR: 4
Max facility FAR: 4
School district: 14

Building

Building class: Walk-up Apartments - Old Law Tenements (C4)
Year built: 1920
Last altered: 1920
Floors: 5
Total units: 31
Residential units: 29
Building area: 21,750 sq ft
Building dimensions: 50 ft x 87 ft
Basement: Below grade full basement
Owner: 656 METRO LLC

Latest assessment

Assessment year: 2018/19
Tax class: Apartments
Market value: $2,379,000
Total assessment: $1,070,550
Land assessment: $166,500
Exempt total: $0
Assessment owner: 656 METRO LLC

Neighborhood

The area this lot falls inside, and the commute Hoodkit measures from it.

Neighborhood Williamsburg
District Brooklyn

Getting around

Estimated 4 days ago
Nearest station

About 5 minutes on foot · 308 m

  • Union Square 19 min 5 walking, 14 riding
  • Downtown Brooklyn 28 min 5 walking, 23 riding
  • Grand Central 30 min 5 walking, 25 riding
  • Times Square 31 min 5 walking, 26 riding
  • Fulton Street 32 min 5 walking, 27 riding
  • Penn Station 33 min 5 walking, 28 riding

Around this address

Transit and places within 0.5 miles of the lot.

Activity

Sales, filings, permits and violations from every dataset, in one order.

2026

  1. HPD violation May 7, 2026

    Class B

    § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT PLASTER AT CEILING AT...

  2. HPD violation May 7, 2026

    Class B

    § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER THE CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 5th STORY

  3. ECB violation Feb 13, 2026 $2,500

    CLASS - 1

    FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER NO COMPLIANCE ON FILE FOR ANNUAL PARAPET OBSERVATION REPORT.VIO#10132...

  4. ECB violation Jan 7, 2026 $6,280

    CLASS - 1

    FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER #193125PI30103HZ AND CONTROL #348358 DATED 10/31/2025. NO COMPLIANCE ...

2025

  1. DOB NOW filing Nov 12, 2025 $30,000

    Alteration

    On Hold – Administrative Action

  2. HPD violation Nov 5, 2025

    Class C

    § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE DEVICE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SELF-CLOSING CONSISTING OF KICK STAND DOOR STOP PER...

  3. HPD violation Nov 5, 2025

    Class C

    § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 30SQ FEET AT ALL WA...

  4. DOB NOW filing Nov 3, 2025 $1,000

    Alteration

    Permit Entire

  5. DOB violation Oct 31, 2025

    C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL

    FTC W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#348287 VIO#091125PI30102HZ DATED 09/11/25 REQUIRING OWNER TO PROVIDE A CORRECTIVE ...

  6. DOB violation Oct 31, 2025

    C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL

    FTC W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#348286 VIO#091125PI30101HZ DATED 09/11/25 REQUIRING OWNER TO PROVIDE THE ANNUAL PA...

  7. ECB violation Oct 30, 2025 $0

    CLASS - 2

    ATOI AS PER DOB FILES PERMIT B01184696- I1-GC ISSUED ON 03/19/2025 ANDEXPIRING ON 01/02/2026 NOT POSTED ON SITE, POST...

  8. ECB violation Oct 30, 2025 $0

    CLASS - 2

    ATOI AS PER DOB DATABASE PERMIT B00781709-I1-GC EXP 09/30/2023 FOR RENOVATION OF APT 1E HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED OFF. APT ...

  9. ECB violation Sep 11, 2025 $1,250

    CLASS - 2

    FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER.I OBSERVED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS-MISSING MORTAR AROUND ORNAMONTA...

  10. DOB violation Sep 11, 2025

    C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL

    CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN REQ'D-OBSVD @ FRONT FACADE ORNAMENTAL STOME WORK MISSING MORAR IN BTWN CRACKED STONE WORK DISL...

  11. DOB violation Sep 11, 2025

    C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL

    FTM BLDG IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER-@ ROOFTOP LEVEL DISLODGE BRICKS & MISSING MORTAR @ BOTH CORNER EDGE OF THE BLDG. @ ...

  12. ECB violation May 6, 2025 $10,000

    CLASS - 1

    FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH TPP. ATOI OBSERVED TPP UNDER JOB#B01184696 STATES "DEBRIS, DIRT AND DUST TO BE KEPT TO A MINIM...

  13. DOB NOW filing Feb 24, 2025 $87,840

    Alteration

    LOC Issued

  14. HPD violation Jan 28, 2025

    Class B

    § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR. IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED A...

  15. HPD violation Jan 21, 2025

    Class B

    § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED...

2023

  1. DOB NOW filing Jun 9, 2023 $25,000

    Alteration

    Approved

2022

  1. DOB NOW filing Sep 13, 2022 $1,000

    Alteration

    Permit Entire

  2. DOB NOW filing Jul 27, 2022 $26,183

    Alteration

    LOC Issued

2021

  1. Permit issued Jan 14, 2021

    EW / MH

    DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION TECH

  2. Permit issued Jan 14, 2021

    EW / OT

    DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION TECH

  3. Permit issued Jan 14, 2021

    PL / PL

    L.L.G. PLBG & HTG INC

  4. DOB filing Jan 14, 2021 $70,000

    Alteration Type II

    INSTALLATION OF NON-EMERGENCY GAS FIRED GENERATOR WITH RELATED GAS BOOSTER AND RELATED DUNNAGE ON ROOF. INSTALLATION ...

  5. Permit issued Jan 8, 2021

    EW / MH

    DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION TECH

  6. DOB filing Jan 8, 2021 $30,000

    Alteration Type II

    REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING CONDENSING UNITS ON ROOF. REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING CONDENSING UNIT ON GRADE. REPLACEMENT OF EX...

  7. DOB violation Jan 6, 2021

    AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE

    FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

2020

  1. DOB violation Sep 2, 2020

    AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE

    FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

  2. DOB filing Aug 19, 2020 $35,355

    Alteration Type II

    PROPOSED INTERIOR RENOVATION TO THREE (3) DWELLING UNITS OF AN EXISTING MIXED USE BUILDING. RENOVATION INCLUDES DEMOL...

2019

  1. Permit issued Apr 30, 2019

    PL / PL

    KISHAN PLBG & HEATING INC

  2. Permit issued Apr 9, 2019

    EW / OT

    CAVALRY LLC

2018

  1. DOB filing Jul 9, 2018 $70,000

    Alteration Type II

    INSTALLATION OF NON-EMERGENCY GAS FIRED GENERATOR WITH RELATED GAS BOOSTER AND RELATED DUNNAGE ON ROOF. INSTALLATION ...

2017

  1. DOB filing Jan 13, 2017 $3,300

    Alteration Type III

    MODIFICATION TO EXISTING ANTENNA SITE.REPLACE EXISTING ANTENNAS AND INSTALL RELATED RRH UNITS ON THE ROOF. ALL WORK I...

2016

  1. DOB filing Aug 9, 2016 $76,000

    Alteration Type III

    INSTALLING TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABINET WITH RELATED DUNNAGE AND RELATED ANTENNAS ON ROOF. ALL IN CONFORMANCE WITH TPPN...

2014

  1. Sale Aug 20, 2014 $0

    Changed hands

    656 METROPOLITAN AVENUE, 29

The most recent 6 events from each dataset, so no one source takes the axis. Each tab holds the full record.

Property Contacts

Contact information aggregated from multiple government sources

1

Registration Contracts

Contact information from multiple dwelling registrations

CorporateOwner
656 Metro LLC
884 BEDFORD AVE 2R
Brooklyn, NY, 11205
Agent
656 Metro LLC
884 BEDFORD AVE 2R
Brooklyn, NY, 11205
HeadOfficer
jacob RUBIN
884 BEDFORD AVE 2R
Brooklyn, NY, 11205
Officer
jacob RUBIN
884 BEDFORD AVE 2R
Brooklyn, NY, 11205
Shareholder
jacob RUBIN
884 BEDFORD AVE 2R
Brooklyn, NY, 11205
SiteManager
jacob RUBIN
2

Building Permits

Owner information from Department of Buildings filings

Owner
656 METRO REALTY CORP.
JACOB RUBIN
Owner
656 METRO REALTY CORP
JACOB RUBIN
Owner
656 METROPOLITAN REALTY CORP.
JACOB RUBIN
Owner
656 REALTY CORP
GEORGE HENDRINOS
3

Recent Building Permits

Owner information from recent DOB NOW filings

Owner
PR
FLUSHING, NY, 11355
Owner
SUPREME INSTALLATIONS CORP
JAMAICA, NY, 11423
Owner
T-MOBILE
FAIRFIELD, NJ, 07004
Owner
AT&T
LEBANON, NJ, 08833
Owner
METRO PROP
PURLING, NY, 12470
4

Deed Records

Parties from ACRIS deed and mortgage records

PARTY ONE/MORTGAGOR
543 BEDFORD AVENUE, SUITE 123
BROOKLYN, NY, 11211
PARTY 2
68 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD
MELVILLE, NY, 11747
PARTY ONE
68 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD
MELVILLE, NY, 11747
PARTY 1
543 BEDFORD AVENUE, SUITE 123
BROOKLYN, NY, 11211
PARTY TWO
543 BEDFORD AVENUE, SUITE 123
BROOKLYN, NY, 11211
PARTY ONE/MORTGAGOR
543 BEDFORD AVENUE, SUITE 123
BROOKLYN, NY, 11211
ASSIGNOR/OLD LENDER
89-02 JAMAICA AVEUE
WOODHAVEN, NY, 11421
MORTGAGOR/BORROWER
858 BEDFORD AVENUE
BROOKLYN, NY, 11205
PARTY 2
89-07 JAMAICA AVENUE
WOODHAVEN, NY, 11421
ASSIGNOR/OLD LENDER
1407 BROADWAY
NEW YORK, NY, 10018

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Property Records

Owner information from assessment and PLUTO records

Assessment Owner
PLUTO Owner