The owner of famed H&H Bagels hasn’t been giving the IRS its share of the dough, officials say.
Bagel baron Helmer Toro and his Third Toro Real Estate Corp. was just hit with a federal property lien in the amount of $2.335 million.
Listed on the document is Toro’s apartment on West 70th Street.
The Puerto Rican-born, Bronx-raised Toro, 58, founded H&H with his brother-in-law, Hector Hernandez, in 1972 at its original location on Broadway and 80th Street. It became the largest bagel manufacturer in the world with the addition of a 25,000-square-foot bakery at 46th Street and 12th Avenue, producing a half-million bagels a day.
Toro and Hernandez started the business with $5,000 in cash and a $50,000 loan from the Small Business Administration.
Toro then bought out Hernandez in 1985 and made his endodontist wife, Dr. Amy Dukoff-Toro, a partner.
He was the first to enlist rabbinical authorities to make his bagels kosher. The company became a household name after being featured in hit TV shows such as “Seinfeld” and “Friends” and movies like “You’ve Got Mail.”
Toro could not be reached for comment.