Let's Hope They Have Cheap Rent
Last Sunday sixty people were evacuated from a couple of buildings at 345 and 347 West 16th Street because of a fire. And then, after the FDNY extinguished the blaze, they discovered that sections of the buildings were crumbling. Now the tenants have to wait till the building's shored up before they can move back in. (What about the pets?!)
Now residents are telling the local news that the landlord--Benedict Properties of Great Neck, N.Y., according to PropertyShark--hasn't been providing adequate heat nor hot water. Most tenants won't even speak on the record, fearing retribution from the landlord.
According to PropertyShark, there are literally hundreds of building violations for these two properties. Granted, some of them date to 1977, but recent ones include failure to provide hot water, faulty smoke detectors and fire escapes, and "vermin mice" and "vermin roaches."
Ah, Chelsea! Good to know you're not totally going yuppie.
(Via BlogChelsea, CBS 2)
-Matthew Grace
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yes that is very true that they dont provide heat &hot water, and they get away with it too. Because if you reprot it to the city 311 HPD , or anyone. They are contacted weeks before the inspector come to check it out. So they turn the heat back on. And then off again when no ones whiching . Frederick Turner
Benedict Properties of Great Neck , N.Y. are horrible!!!
They are known for ignoring their tenants phone calls and screening the calls. They have broke in to my apartment last year through the fire escape window guard. I believe they were trying to get into my neighbors unit to change the locks on them because they have been paying for several months. But instead broke into mine. They damaged personal property and touched my things. then they left with leaving my front door wide open. The super called me at work and said"your front door is wide open" I rushed back to deiscover what happened.
After that day "Scott" the building manager from Benedict Properties of Great Neck began to ignor my calls, complaints, and my messages that I want to no longer live there. For two months they had screened my calls and played phone tag with me.
I left the premises, left the key with the super "who was aware of everything and told me himself that they are horrible company". I have moved and signed a new lease. Now, almost a year after afterthing they decide to sue me for months of rent that they claim I owe. The last time I spoke to "Scott" he has threatened me, saying that if I proceed legally to get my security deposit back "which I have never recieved" they will destroy me and make me pay a lot of money. I have many more stories about Benedict Properties of Great Neck , N.Y. if anyone wants to know. They should be shut down!! I am persuing legal action against them.