Doings at the Dilapidated 7th Ave & 2nd St Building?
Last time we checked in on 187 7th Avenue, the Park Slope building on the corner of 2nd Street that’s been in decline for many years, the DOB was trying to get its owner to show up for a hearing regarding some of its code violations. According to DOB records, other violations have been served…
Last time we checked in on 187 7th Avenue, the Park Slope building on the corner of 2nd Street that’s been in decline for many years, the DOB was trying to get its owner to show up for a hearing regarding some of its code violations. According to DOB records, other violations have been served since then, and it doesn’t appear that 187’s owner has done anything about them. Anyhow, a sign that’s been taped up on the side of the building caught the eye of a Brooklynian poster a few days ago. The sign cryptically advertises a number to call “for info,” which the Brooklnian poster did, but no information was forthcoming. We did the same, and the woman who answered the phone asked whether we were “interested in apartments or office space” and said the property’s “project manager” would call us back, which he did not. The woman also said that she worked for a real estate firm called “Hello.” Anyone know what gives?
Falling Down Building on 2nd St and 7th Ave [Brooklynian]
Slope Ruin Gets Served [Brownstoner] GMAP DOB
Jack, I agree.
If the stupid family are not going to take care of the property, and obviously after all these years, they haven’t, the City should take the property away and re-hab it.
The family should be ashamed of themselves for letting this property become aneyesore and dangerous to-boot…
Folks, the family who owns this mold/pigeon colony are nuts. The way I understand it there is the mom, and her two daughters and. The father/husband is the person who originally owned the building and ran the Landmark Tavern back in the day when it was a real tavern. Then he passed away, and the remaining family is responsible for this sad state of affairs.
When I first moved to Park Slope in 1992, I went to the place a few times since it seemed cool in a junky way. Within minutes, I started to feel fleas bite my legs and the mom was pushing the daughters to get us to buy beers at $6 a bottle that they clearly bough next door from the Met Food for $6 a six-pack.
As far as entertainment goes, just imagine generic open-mic stuff, but not even close to real talent. Old hippies strumming on guitars or whatever oddball instrument they had. And a few bad stand up comics.
The most memorable incident that nailed home the point this family was crazy is in the middle of someone’s act, one of the daughters took out a videotape, stuck in in the VCR up front and started to yell at everyone about what was on it. It was a homemade videotape of the whole family waiting outside the studios of the Jon Stewart Show (the show he had before “The Daily Show”) showing the family basically waiting outside to stalk him and chase him down. Literally. One of the daughters starts telling the crowd “That’s Jon Stewart. I am going to marry him. Don’t believe me?” And then start to rant and yell at people. BS like “What do you know? Who do you know?” and etc, etc…
After that night, I avoided the place like the plague. On the side of the building are relics of crazy small businesses the daughters tried to run. A boutique and a real estate office I believe.
I moved away from NYC in 1995 but friends kept me up to date on the family’s shenanigans. Like incidents of going into the boutique and being yelled at for not buying anything. Or spotting the daughters around NYC at various parties, shows and openings acting crazy.
So flash forward to 2008. I moved back to NYC in 2000 and in 2008 I’m walking down 4th Avenue near Pacific Street and I hear this loud shrilly voice yelling “Do you know who I know? I can destroy you!” nonsense into a cell phone. It was none other than one of the daughters coming out of the subway and yelling at someone.
Folks, don’t feel sorry for some old lady who is in a bad situation. This is not a case of that. These folks are crazy and deliberate in their behavior. And as far as the daughters go, I find it disturbing they are still spotted floating around some social, art and fashion scenes in NYC. I mean back in 1992 they were well known for their rep/behavior, and now they are still at it? Amazing!
That said, let them do whatever they want. Lord knows NYC is filled with all types. Even crazy stalker types! But the neglect of their property is a public danger/hazard and the city should seize their property. Tear it down and plant some trees. That’s the best use of those neglected hunks of junk.
Hey, all you complainers, get off your butt and organize a
a group to protest in front of the buildings for two or three weekends and you’ll get the attention of the politicians and many others.
Why did she let the building get to the point it is now? It must be like this for decades.
If it were re-habed,seems like a gold mine in real estate to me.
I can’t figure out why there hasn’t been a huge civil lawsuit against the family by the neighboring buildings. Her decaying building is affecting their property values and threatening the safety and structural integrity of their buildings. This building isn’t her primary home and isn’t protected from being seized in bankruptcy, right? So sue her into bankruptcy.
if you go to nyc.gov & look at property taxes for 187 7th ave , you’ll see the mother or 501 2nd st holding corp owes a little shy of $300,000 in property taxes & emergency repairs ($36000 & counting ) and the last payment was made in july 2005 for about $16,700…they also owe almost $20,000 on the 2nd st property , having arranged a payment schedule which they are in default …anybody familiar with tax liens…now may be the time to act …..
ooohhhhh, Slopefarm.
Got it.
I thought we had the daughter here in the flesh with us!
I thought I had heard the people who run Barrio had taken ownership of the brownstone next door, but I guess that was just a false rumor.
11217,
I think IMBY cut and pasted the old comment ironically. Look at IMBY’s next comment — not the comment of someone who’s drunk the Kool-Aid.
It’s a truly nutty situation. Hard to tell how much is due to genuine craziness, or whether this is a Chin Gigante-like “crazy act.” But this has been a slow motion disaster for 30 years, and if the lease/fraud stories in the two threads are truly, it could well be the latter. I think the brownstone on 3rd Street near 7th that some have mentioned is less complicated — too much disrepair that, when combined with enormous tax liens, makes the place not worthwhile to reno and flip.
Since there’s no good involved, our local pols won’t get involved. As noted earlier, the owner has lawyers out the yin-yang, greasing the Brooklyn political skids. Local community board? Ha! Doing anything with this building doesn’t have anything with making rules and running for office. So it sits. Until some brick falls off the building and some politically connected attorney’s daughter’s noggin is split open by it. Markowitz [Borough President for Life] and his cronies won’t do jack unless someone dies. And even then …