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Rooftop parties are great--especially if it's not your roof. — Brooklynian

Rooftop parties are great--especially if it's not your roof.

erikka
erikka
edited November -1 in Park Slope

Subject: Rooftop parties are great--especially if it's not your roof.

We live in a building with no rooftop access and have been having a somewhat strange problem--people are throwing parties/hanging out on our roof and walking back and forth late at night, which is incredibly f-ing loud. I wouldn't really care if we weren't on the top floor and if there was the tiniest bit of insulation, but, like I said, I can't even use my own roof so it's shitty that some random people are. I think what's happening is that people are walking across our roof to visit people on the other side rather than just going downstairs to street level. It's gotten so bad that when people walk across the roof our glass lighting fixtures have fallen down, which is dangerous since either myself or my roommate could have been injured. I would go up there and confront them but, like I said, no access and exit door is locked and alarmed. Our super has been unresponsive and after hearing a few hours of THUMP, THUMP, THUMP stomping footsteps until after 2 am I'm at the end of my rope. Is this a 311 issue? Just call the police? How can I get these fuckers off my roof?

edited to add: people on roof are not tenants of building.

Comments

  • caaahyoko
    caaahyoko
    Sounds like you should call the police on this one. They are definitely trespassing (at the very least).
  • rose
    rose
    If your light fixtures are falling down, I would be worried that the structural integrity of the building is being compromised -- since the roof is clearly not designed to support the weight of people walking across it. If the super is not concerned, I would hope that the building's owner might be.
  • MOD
    MOD
    Call the police and tell them you think there are burglars on the roof.
    That will get their attention.
  • idlewild
    idlewild
    Does your landlord know and/or care? And how do you not have rooftop access? I thought having access is a law in NYC for escaping fire.
  • quig
    quig
    <Putting> I agree with Rose about contacting the landlord. They'll be the one having to replace the roof 5 years too early. Do you know which building they are coming from?
  • erikka
    erikka
    quig wrote: <Putting> I agree with Rose about contacting the landlord. They'll be the one having to replace the roof 5 years too early. Do you know which building they are coming from?
    I have my suspicions on who they might be, BUT--I know that my landlord has beef with people in nearby buildings (issues of a personal nature), so I'm not sure anything aside from putting up a fence would do much. I considered asking for the keys to go up and put up the orange snowdrift fencing with a polite note requesting they not trespass. But, from what I can hear, people are drinking and being very loud so I don't know if politeness would matter at this point.

    And, to make matters worse, we've been having ceiling leakage/staining when it rains--which may or may not be related, but hopefully I can use that to leverage how much we need something to be done so I can spin it to be in his best interest to deal with the problem.
  • seven24
    seven24
    My landlord also has forbidden us to be on the roof by placing an alarm on the roof door...a screeeching loud alarm that needs a key to shut it off.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    I'm sure the landlord would love to know even if the super doesn't. lazy super.
  • rose
    rose
    It worries me that you can't get out to the roof in an emergency. An alarm is one thing but having it locked is another. Do you have a fire escape from your apartment? You might want to ask the fire department to do an inspection.
  • MOD
    MOD
    Funny, I just saw this on brownstoner.
    http://brownstoner.com/forum/archives/2007/07/unwanted_guests.php


    One comment made me laugh:
    I had a problem with people bar-b-que-ing up there, which hasn't happened in a while. However, recently I heard noises up there and actually caught people having sex on the roof! I asked them to please leave and the guy told me he lived next door. I was stunned -- can't he have sex on his own roof??

    Posted by: Anonymous at July 6, 2007 8:51 AM
  • erikka
    erikka
    Rose wrote: It worries me that you can't get out to the roof in an emergency. An alarm is one thing but having it locked is another. Do you have a fire escape from your apartment? You might want to ask the fire department to do an inspection.
    We have a floor through with front/rear fire escapes. There's actually a ladder but it is creaky and scary.

    Thus far, management office unresponsive. Fuckers.
  • raulism
    raulism
    If someone falls off the roof, the owners of the building are responsible for all damages. That should freak 'em out.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Next time you hear people up there, set off the roof alarm. Repeat each time it happens until the building management does something.
  • kosherdave
    kosherdave
    Carnivore wrote: Next time you hear people up there, set off the roof alarm. Repeat each time it happens until the building management does something.
    I like this idea. As annoying as it will be to hear that alarm, it just might work.
    Otherwise, call the police.
  • daver
    daver
    I like the alarm thing. Just stupid enough to work. In a good way. And I like the quote about people having sex on their own damn roof too, that was pretty funny.
  • treetopview
    treetopview
    On the bright side, at least you do not have a skylight.
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