Shopping center · Glendale, Queens

90-30 Metropolitan Avenue

Ridgewood, NY

90-30 Metropolitan Avenue is a 2-floor shopping center in Glendale, Queens, built in 1952, with about 60,000 square feet of retail space according to city records.

Also at 90-11 to 90-21 73rd Avenue, 90-12 to 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue and 72-02 to 72-22 Trotting Course Lane.

Retail space
60K SF
Floors
2
Year built
1952
Zoning
M1-1

Retail space next to its nearest neighbors

  1. 75-11 Woodhaven Boulevard3 min walk125K SF
  2. 73-25 Woodhaven Boulevard1 min walk79K SF
  3. 90-30 Metropolitan AvenueThis building60K SF

The 6th largest of the 6 retail buildings we track in Glendale. Compare it with 4 neighbors

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Compared with its neighbors

How 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue compares

Next to the 4 nearest large retail buildings, all within a 11 minute walk, 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue is the smallest by retail floor area. It went up in 1952; the median neighbor dates from 1957. Its estimated property tax, about $13.37 a square foot of floor area before abatements, is above the neighbors' median of $6.21.

90-30 Metropolitan Avenue and the 4 nearest large retail buildings: size, floors, year built, estimated property tax per square foot and last sale
BuildingRetail spaceFloorsBuiltTax / SFLast sale
90-30 Metropolitan AvenueThis building60K SF21952$13.37Sep 2011, $28.8M
73-25 Woodhaven Boulevard1 min walk79K SF21955$7.64n/a
75-11 Woodhaven Boulevard3 min walk125K SF11998$10.29n/a
89-89 Union Turnpike6 min walk111K SF11960$3.97n/a
80-00 Cooper Avenue11 min walk491K SF41922$4.78Jul 2025, $72M
The 6th largest of the 6 retail buildings we track in Glendale: see the full list

Sources: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2 for size, floors and year built; NYC Department of Finance 2026/27 roll for tax (taxable value times the class rate, before abatements, over the whole floor area); ACRIS for the last deed that moved the whole lot for a real price (a price for several lots is their combined price; condominiums sell by the unit and show n/a). Large means at least 50,000 SF of the building's main use. Walking times are straight-line estimates.

NYC tax lot records

Building facts

Other addresses
90-11 to 90-21 73rd Avenue; 90-12 to 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue; 72-02 to 72-22 Trotting Course Lane
ZIP code
11385 (PLUTO); 11374 (Finance roll)
Building type
Shopping center (city class K6)
Total floor area
64,868 SF
Commercial floor area
64,868 SF
Retail
59,868 SF
Industrial and storage
5,000 SF
Height
2 floors
Year built
1952
Last major alteration
2006
Lot area
81,776 SF
Zoning district
M1-1
Built FAR
0.79
Max commercial FAR
1
Tax lot (BBL)
4038840034

Nearest subway

  • Forest Hills-71 Av21 min walk · Accessible station

Nearby large buildings

All 7 large commercial buildings on Metropolitan Avenue

Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-10-03; addresses from the Property Address Directory (PAD) 26b; subway stations from the MTA Subway Stations dataset, pulled 2026-10-03. Floor areas are the city's estimates for the whole building, not available space. Walking times are straight-line estimates. How we build these pages. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.

NYC storefront registry (Local Law 157)

Storefronts and vacancy

Owners registered 4 storefronts at 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and none stood vacant that day.

Storefronts registered for December 31, 2024
4
Vacant that day
0
Share vacant across Glendale
9.5%
Share vacant along Metropolitan Avenue
0.7%
Share vacant citywide
8.7%

Vacant on December 31, by year

  • 20191 of 5
  • 20200 of 4
  • 20211 of 5
  • 20221 of 5
  • 20230 of 5
  • 20240 of 4

Bars show the share of the lot's registered storefronts that stood vacant.

Source: NYC Department of Finance, Storefronts Reported Vacant or Not (Local Law 157), annual filings for 2019 to 2024, pulled 2026-10-03. Owners of buildings with ground- or second-floor storefronts register each one every year with its status on December 31; counts are by tax lot, as the owners filed them. The 2024 filing was due June 3, 2025, so a storefront vacant then may have been leased since. A vacant storefront is not always on the market, and none here is listed on Leasemark unless it shows above.

NYC Department of Finance records

Owner, property tax and assessed value

The Department of Finance lists EQUITY ONE (METROPOLITAN) LLC as the owner of record. For tax year 2026/27 the city values 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue at $18.9 million and assesses it at $8.51 million. After phase-ins and exemptions its taxable value is $8 million; at the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists) that comes to about $867,519 a year before abatements, roughly $13.37 per square foot of floor area. Commercial leases here often pass a tenant's share of tax increases over a base year through as additional rent.

Owner of record
EQUITY ONE (METROPOLITAN) LLC
Tax class
Class 4 (commercial and industrial)
City market value
$18,908,000
Land market value
$8,180,000
Assessed value
$8,508,600
Taxable value (phased in)
$7,997,040
Estimated yearly tax
About $867,519
Tax per SF of floor area
About $13.37

City market value by tax year

  • 2022/23$18 million
  • 2023/24$17.3 million
  • 2024/25$17.6 million
  • 2025/26$19.6 million
  • 2026/27$18.9 million

Market value rose 5% from 2022/23 ($18 million) to 2026/27.

How Glendale compares: property tax per SF across NYC neighborhoods

Source: NYC Department of Finance, Property Valuation and Assessment Data (2026/27 roll; owner names as the roll records them, which cuts some long names short), pulled 2026-10-03; tax rate from the Department of Finance tax rates page, checked 2026-09-28. The estimate is the taxable value times the class rate. It leaves out abatements, payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements and charges, so the actual bill can differ.

NYC property records (ACRIS)

Sales history

90-30 Metropolitan Avenue last sold in September 2011 for $28.8 million, according to the deed recorded with the city. DPSW FOREST HILLS LLC sold it to EQUITY ONE (METROPOLITAN) LLC. That comes to about $444 per square foot of floor area.

Last sale (deed date)
September 1, 2011
Price
$28,783,000
Price per SF of floor area
About $444
Seller
DPSW FOREST HILLS LLC
Buyer
EQUITY ONE (METROPOLITAN) LLC
Deed recorded
September 16, 2011
ACRIS document
2011090900498001
All 4 building sales in Glendale since 2016

Source: NYC Department of Finance, ACRIS, Real Property Master, Legals and Parties, pulled 2026-10-03; prices as the deeds state them, names as recorded (companies and public bodies only). Shown are deeds that move the whole lot for a real price. Transfers between related companies for a nominal sum, sales of partial interests, land sales before the building went up and sales of the company that owns a building are left out.

NYC energy benchmarking (Local Law 84)

Energy use and emissions

90-30 Metropolitan Avenue's 2024 Local Law 84 benchmarking filing got no ENERGY STAR score (no single use that ENERGY STAR scores covers more than half of the floor area), and Local Law 33 letter grades come from that score, so the filing does not yield an A to D grade. Its site energy use came to 108.7 kBtu per square foot, 10% above the national median of 98.7 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 638 metric tons of CO2e (10.66 kg per square foot).

ENERGY STAR score (2024)
None given
Property type (Portfolio Manager)
Strip Mall
Site energy use intensity
108.7 kBtu/SF
National median for the type
98.7 kBtu/SF
Greenhouse gas emissions
638 t CO2e
Emissions per SF
10.66 kg CO2e
Floor area in the filing
59,826 SF

Energy sources in 2024

  • Electricity72%
  • Natural gas28%

Share of the energy used on site, as filed.

Source: NYC Department of Buildings and Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, NYC Building Energy and Water Data Disclosure for Local Law 84 (2024 filing), pulled 2026-10-03; grade cutoffs from the Department of Buildings energy grades page. Figures are as the owner filed them in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.

NYC Department of Buildings permits

Work permits and build-outs

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in June 2025. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 2 floors (floors 1 and 2). The newest build-out, on floors 1 and 2 and the roof, was first permitted in June 2025 (construction, plumbing, structural; filed cost estimate $1.4 million).

New jobs, last 12 months
0
Initial permits, last 12 months
0
Newest job first permitted
June 2025
Interior build-outs, last 24 months
1
Floors with interior work, last 24 months
1 and 2

Recent build-outs

  • Floors 1 and 2, roofJune 2025Construction, Plumbing, Structural; est. $1.4 million; signed off

New jobs by year

  • 20210
  • 20220
  • 20230
  • 20241
  • 20251
  • 2026 to date0

Source: NYC Department of Buildings, DOB NOW: Build Approved Permits, pulled 2026-10-03 (permits issued through 2026-10-01). A job counts once, when its first permit is issued; renewals are not new work. A build-out groups jobs on the same floors first permitted within 120 days of each other. Costs are the estimates filed with the jobs. Jobs filed before DOB NOW (in the older BIS system) are not counted. A permit is approval to do the work; it does not say who the work is for or whether it is finished.

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Questions about 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue

How big is 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue?

90-30 Metropolitan Avenue has about 65,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 60,000 square feet of retail and 5,000 square feet of industrial and storage space, according to NYC PLUTO 26v2. These are the city's estimates for the whole building, not space that is available.

When was 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue built?

City records list 1952 as the year built, with a major alteration recorded in 2006. The building is 2 floors tall.

What other addresses does 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue have?

City records list 90-11 to 90-21 73rd Avenue, 90-12 to 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue and 72-02 to 72-22 Trotting Course Lane on the same tax lot (BBL 4038840034) as 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

What is the ZIP code of 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue?

City records give two ZIP codes for this tax lot: 11385 in NYC PLUTO 26v2 and 11374 on the Department of Finance's assessment roll. Some large New York buildings have a ZIP code of their own beside the area's, so check with the building's management which one it uses before you rely on either.

What is the zoning at 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue?

The lot is in the M1-1 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 0.79 and a maximum commercial FAR of 1 for this lot.

What subway station is closest to 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue?

The closest subway station to 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue is Forest Hills-71 Av (the E, F, M and R trains), about 1.0 miles away in a straight line, roughly 21 minutes on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

Who owns 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue?

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists EQUITY ONE (METROPOLITAN) LLC as the owner of record of 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue (BBL 4038840034). Big buildings are usually held through a company set up for that one property, so the name on the roll can differ from the landlord's brand or the managing agent. Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.

When was 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue last sold?

90-30 Metropolitan Avenue last sold in September 2011 for $28.8 million, according to the deed recorded with the city. DPSW FOREST HILLS LLC sold it to EQUITY ONE (METROPOLITAN) LLC. That comes to about $444 per square foot of floor area. The deed is ACRIS document 2011090900498001 (BBL 4038840034) in the city's property records. A sale of the company that owns a building is not recorded as a deed, so it would not show there.

Does 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue have an energy grade?

90-30 Metropolitan Avenue's 2024 Local Law 84 benchmarking filing got no ENERGY STAR score (no single use that ENERGY STAR scores covers more than half of the floor area), and Local Law 33 letter grades come from that score, so the filing does not yield an A to D grade. Its site energy use came to 108.7 kBtu per square foot, 10% above the national median of 98.7 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 638 metric tons of CO2e (10.66 kg per square foot).

Is there construction at 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue?

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in June 2025. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 2 floors (floors 1 and 2). The newest build-out, on floors 1 and 2 and the roof, was first permitted in June 2025 (construction, plumbing, structural; filed cost estimate $1.4 million). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 4038840034. A permit is approval to do the work; it does not say who the work is for or whether it is finished.

What are the property taxes at 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue?

The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists a taxable value of $8 million for 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $867,519 a year, roughly $13.37 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 4038840034 show the actual bill.

What is the assessed value of 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue?

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue at $18.9 million ($8.18 million of it land) and its assessed value at $8.51 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 5% from 2022/23 ($18 million) to 2026/27.

Are there vacant storefronts at 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue?

Owners registered 4 storefronts at 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue for December 31, 2024, the newest annual filing the city has published, and none stood vacant that day. These are the owners' filings with the Department of Finance under Local Law 157, so a storefront may have come free since. Owners and brokers can list a storefront on Leasemark for free.

Is there retail space for lease at 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue?

No space at 90-30 Metropolitan Avenue is listed on Leasemark right now. Owners and brokers can list space here for free, and tenants can post a requirement to be matched when space opens up.

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