Monday Links
Planning to Repaint? Read This First [NY Times] Mortgages: Verifying Borrowers’ Finances [NY Times] Park Domes Fenced Off to Protect Children [NY Times] Woman Rescued From a Trash Chute in Brooklyn [NY Times] More Reductions Proposed in MTA Service [NY Times] Old-School Printing Tradition Lives On In Greenpoint [NY Times] Tavern of Dean Abruptly Loses…
Planning to Repaint? Read This First [NY Times]
Mortgages: Verifying Borrowers’ Finances [NY Times]
Park Domes Fenced Off to Protect Children [NY Times]
Woman Rescued From a Trash Chute in Brooklyn [NY Times]
More Reductions Proposed in MTA Service [NY Times]
Old-School Printing Tradition Lives On In Greenpoint [NY Times]
Tavern of Dean Abruptly Loses Its Lease [NY Times]
Brooklyn Woman Run Over By Q Train [NY Post]
More Abuse Allegations Aimed at Brooklyn Rabbi [NY Daily News]
Sanitation Dept Wants to Toss Ghost Bike Memorials [NY Daily News]
Park Slope Meter Prices to Rise [Brooklyn Paper]
Markowitz Vows To Fight Coney Concert Challenge [Brooklyn Eagle]
Coney Island Mermaid Parade Rings In Summer Early [NY1]
Phun Factory Reopens in Williamburg [NY1]
Photo by cmrbegin
“Did the plaster crumble away when you scraped off the wallpaper?”
Not initially, except in a few spots. However virtually every wall eventually had to be skim coated (30+ years after we moved in). We’ve had that done in almost half of the house in the last few years and will (hopefully) get the rest done in the next year or two.
I’m so envious you have/had unpainted trim, Bob. 🙂
Did the plaster crumble away when you scraped off the wallpaper?
I have a friend with a sprawling UWS apt rent-controlled that was in a Woody Allen movie. Her infant son has lead poisoning, so the management company is removing all the trim in the apartment and throwing it away.
im pretty sure i grew up eating lead paint chips. it’s really NOT that big of a deal
*rob*
“I assume any house that was built before the seventies has lead paint”
Not necessarily; my 1899 house had bare plaster under the wallpaper in all rooms (except the kitchen and bathrooms–so I guess there was a little lead). Still, the trim was never painted and there was white calcimine on all the ceilings.
“but now govt involved.”
And like everything els where it’s involved, it’ll be a giant clusterf*&ck
“The whole lead paint thing, like asbestos, mold, radon, and whatever other wet dream ambulance-chasing attornies can dream up, is totally overblown.
Given that 95%+ of the homes in Brooklyn were built prior to 1978, one would think there would be a lead crisis among children. There is no crisis.”
Completely agree but now govt involved.
I wish BHO was my tenant. He’ll never buy a place.
Use common sense if your house is built prior to 1978. If you don’t have little kids, don’t worry about it. If you do have little kids, don’t do a massive sanding/scraping thing before you paint. If you have to, let them stay at grandma’s for a couple of nights. If your kids are tested with a high lead count, it can be ameliorated.
The whole lead paint thing, like asbestos, mold, radon, and whatever other wet dream ambulance-chasing attornies can dream up, is totally overblown.
Given that 95%+ of the homes in Brooklyn were built prior to 1978, one would think there would be a lead crisis among children. There is no crisis.
Dave, I never raised the rent for my good tenants (NO ONE TELL THIS TO more4less!) and was despondent when, after 4 years, my best tenants (and now close friends) had the nerve to buy an apartment and move out.