420 Melrose Place Residents Still Homeless

More than one month ago, residents evacuated two apartment buildings in Bushwick after nearby excavation work caused dangerous cracks in the building. Turns out eight of those families have not been allowed to return and are not aware of any repair work happening at the building. Bushwick Daily reports that one of the damaged buildings — 420 Melrose Street — now has its own Twitter account and guest column at the blog Bushwick Nation. (The Twitter account states: “I’m an apartment building in Bushwick, Brooklyn, that got damaged by the Procida Construction Company. All my residents are now homeless with no answers! WTF?!”) Apparently neighbors have snuck into the evacuated building and stolen from the evacuated residents. The Twitter was last updated last week and it appears the residents are forming a tenant’s association. The DOB still holds a full vacate order on the property.
420 Melrose Is Still “Broken” but Is Now Tweeting and Blogging [Bushwick Daily]
Bushwick Buildings Evacuated After Cracks Appear [Brownstoner]
Photos via Bushwick Nation