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Comment from my2cents
Time: November 18, 2008, 4:05 pm

Somehow I doubt those mature trees will stay “intact.”

Comment from natalie
Time: November 18, 2008, 8:10 pm

Oh thank goodness. We desperately need the parking in the area. Many of the tenants in this building are professional rent cheats. They have not payed their rents in years. can you imagine that? years? They take advantage of the rent protection laws and act like victims etc etc. They are sad. But if a new garage is built there, in the back yard of these buildings, I will use it. I am happy. Sorry, I need my car. It is not like smoking or drinking, it is not a vice, it is a necessity for me. We are not all so lucky as to work in Manhattan. I think what the neighborhood needs is more public parking and less rent-control tenant griping. Fair?

Comment from anon
Time: November 18, 2008, 9:43 pm

They’ll have to make Joralomon a two-way street down there, otherwise people will make that left turn off Furman illegally en masse and someone’s going to get killed. That corner is already a mess with the trash, MTA equipment and the rats that brazenly attack the trash in front of that building. This is going to make that stretch a mess for years.

Comment from Alex
Time: November 19, 2008, 10:09 am

What about the many tenants in the building who aren’t “professional rent cheats”?

Comment from anon
Time: November 19, 2008, 11:43 am

I wonder what percentage of the tenants pay their rents?

Comment from my2cents
Time: November 19, 2008, 11:43 am

anon, that’ll be even better when they route the BQE traffic down furman while rebuilding the cantilevers. :-)

Comment from Ari
Time: November 19, 2008, 2:13 pm

I am a rent paying tenant of the building.

And, I make that illegal turn up Joralemon all the time :)

The tenant’s group is screaming mayday about this.

There’s a meeting at Willow Town tonight at 7pm. Squadron will be there

Comment from Homer Fink
Time: November 19, 2008, 2:16 pm

ari can you send us info on meeting etc - webmaster at brooklynheightsblog dot com

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Comment from gen
Time: November 19, 2008, 3:43 pm

I pay 1366 for a 1 bedroom in that building, not sure where the info came from that most tenants are rent cheats. I wish I lived in a world where I could cheat on rent.

Comment from Alex
Time: November 19, 2008, 4:26 pm

I too am a rent-paying tenant.

Comment from nazimova
Time: November 20, 2008, 9:25 am

Are these the old “vaseline flats” at the bottom of Joralemon St.??.So named because (well i won’t go there) . If so, unless they have been renovated to the core there is probably good reason not to pay rent.. They had character (and characters!!) but basically were vermin and roach infested dumps with a landlord who could care less the rent was cheap even for those days..They call them Riverside now?

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