Crown Hts Makes the Buildings Dept Hit List of Worst Buildin

capt. planet

In today's NY Times article about the list of the 200 worst buildings in NYC, 227 Troy Avenue made the number one spot in Brooklyn. Located in Crown Heights bet. Sterling Place and St. Johns Place, this building has 273 violations and has emergency repair liens of $37,925. Remarkably it has only 12 apartments. The landlord is breaking new ground to get so many violations with so few apartments. My hat is off to his ingenuity.

The place is owned by 227 Troy Ave Estates LLC. The Secretary of State's database of LLC's shows a mailing address for this entity of 320 ROEBLING ST. PMB #121 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11211. Whew, at least the owners don't live in Crown Heights!

lilbangladesh

Well, that's the *mailing* address.

But yeah, I don't think the owners want to deal with a pitchfork mob.

Anyone wanna join in?

wirenut

Question

I have read several similar news articles about landlords that "don't keep up the building" or "don't make necessary repairs".

These articles usually make mention that if the landlord ignores the violations, NYC HPD will make the repairs and bill the landlords tax account.

If these "problem" properties have large amount owed to HPD for repairs - meaning HPD has performed numerous repairs that the landlord did not -why are the buildings still considered in dis-repair?

homeowner

wirenut wrote:
If these "problem" properties have large amount owed to HPD for repairs - meaning HPD has performed numerous repairs that the landlord did not -why are the buildings still considered in dis-repair?

I think that the answer is that HPD will make emergency repairs and not necessarily complete repairs. For example, if there is a problem with a boiler, they will come in and get the boiler running again. However, if the problem stems from the fact the boiler is old and needs to be replaced, they will not replace the boiler. They will give the tenants heat, tell the landlord he needs a new boiler and then bill him for the repair.

Same thing with leaks. They fix the pipes, but don't necessarily close holes or replace walls damaged by leaks. Or, they will put up new sheetrock but not finish and paint. The result is that the buildings are habitable (there is heat, water, electricity, etc), but many times HPD is repairing the same things over and over again because the landlord refuses to invest in the property the way he should by making large repairs.