Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Nicole Johnson [https://twitter.com/nikreport/status/806587202662756353] / twitter)Yesterday, two children were killed after a radiator valve apparently burst and shot steam into the room where they were taking a midday nap. The Bronx building shares an owner with 2010 Newkirk Avenue [/?s=2010+newkirk+avenue], a
News
Collapsed ceiling at apartment 2D, 2010 Newkirk Avenue. (Photo: Altagrace Aime)A Ditmas Park building, whose owner has been on Public Advocate Letitia James’ “Worst Landlord” list [http://gothamist.com/2015/11/25/worst_landlords_nyc_2015.php], was the scene of another emergency last night as FDNY emergency crews
Central Brooklyn
Collapsed ceiling at apartment 2D, 2010 Newkirk Avenue. (Photo: Altagrace Aime)A Ditmas Park building, whose owner has been on Public Advocate Letitia James’ “Worst Landlord” list [http://gothamist.com/2015/11/25/worst_landlords_nyc_2015.php], was the scene of another emergency last night as FDNY emergency crews
Neighbors
2010 Newkirk Avenue, after a March, 2015 fire. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner) Justice may finally be coming for the long-suffering tenants of a building in our area. Legal Services NYC’s Brooklyn program [http://www.legalservicesnyc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=
Central Brooklyn
2010 Newkirk Avenue, after a March, 2015 fire. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner) Justice may finally be coming for the long-suffering tenants of a building in our area. Legal Services NYC’s Brooklyn program [http://www.legalservicesnyc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=
2010 Newkirk Avenue
Ovando Darty points to his apartment’s wall that, for months, has felt hot. Standing in the room that, just hours ago, was his kitchen, Ovando Darty looked around his apartment, his eyes moving from the piles of shattered glass littering the floor to the charred dining room table perched
East 18 Street
The tenants of 125 East 18th Street have, for years, lived in a nightmare. They have raised families under ceilings that have collapsed; they have paid hundreds of dollars out of their own pockets to get rid of the black mold giving them health problems; they have pleaded, time and
119 e 19th st
About a month ago, we took a look inside 119 E 19th Street [/blog/news/tenants-of-119-e-19th-st-nycc-demand-repairs-from-landlord-moshe-piller] (between Beverley and Albemarle Roads), and discussed allegations made by tenants against the building’s landlord, Moshe Piller. At the time, tenants were collaborating with New York Communities for Change [http://www.nycommunities.org]