twenty foot tall fence?

Post a picture of the boiler.

Posted by: IMBY at November 6, 2009 10:34 PM in response to Heating system not auto filling

In order to make the DOB's radar, the site has to have recent 311 complaints about hazardous conditions/unsafe fence/excessive debris/bad housekeeping AND have expired permits. 333 Carroll St. has neither complaints nor expired permits. The fence and shed are good until February 2010.

The Scribd feature is cool.

Posted by: IMBY at November 6, 2009 9:57 PM in response to DOB's Stalled Site List Passes 500 Mark; BK Still on Top

In order to make the DOB's radar, the site has to have recent 311 complaints about hazardous conditions/unsafe fence/excessive debris/bad housekeeping AND have expired permits. 333 Carroll St. has neither complaints nor expired permits. The fence and shed are good until February 2010.

Posted by: IMBY at November 6, 2009 9:56 PM in response to DOB's Stalled Site List Passes 500 Mark; BK Still on Top

DIBS, As my lawyer likes to say, " Did there ever come a length of time when you were in possession of the underpants before said washing?"

Posted by: IMBY at November 6, 2009 10:09 AM in response to Open Thread

We never met in person. The garments were passed on to me through a series of anonymous intermediaries. For the record, "they" were washed in luke warm water using Woolite w/ color-guard.

Posted by: IMBY at November 6, 2009 10:05 AM in response to Open Thread

Claim to fame: I have personally hand washed Madonna's underwear...

Posted by: IMBY at November 6, 2009 9:58 AM in response to Open Thread

Snappy and Brokeback Developer going fishing this weekend?

Posted by: IMBY at November 6, 2009 9:55 AM in response to Open Thread

Time to sell my fillings!

Posted by: IMBY at November 6, 2009 9:53 AM in response to Open Thread

For comparison.

In Charleston, SC they just finished building (2005) the longest cable-stayed bridge in the western hemisphere at 4km in length. Eight lanes wide with pedestrian/bike lanes. Total cost $700 million. Not only came in under cost but also sooner than predicted. Swedish construction company Tidewater Skanska built it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ravenel_Jr._Bridge

Don't we need some kind of panel of experts to discuss planning of the new bridge for a few years before we attempt to build this thing? Say at a cost of $700 million?

Posted by: IMBY at November 6, 2009 9:48 AM in response to New Kosciuszko Bridge Won't Come Cheap

They build along side old bridge and remove it after new bridge is finished.

Posted by: IMBY at November 6, 2009 9:17 AM in response to New Kosciuszko Bridge Won't Come Cheap

For my fellow south slopers try this local car rental service
Express Car Rental

496 7th Avenue

(718) 369-6465

Posted by: IMBY at November 5, 2009 5:10 PM in response to Subway Service on Weekends Is F@#%ed

"Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty
Wi bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee,
Wi' murdering pattle."

Havelc, I do not leave my home under any conditions.

The following mice have restraining orders against me:

Minnie, Miss Bianca, Gus, Jaq, Jerry, Stuart Little, and Pearl Pureheart. Also entire cast of Ratatouille. Currently on parole after conviction for class B misdemeanor of "Stalking in the Fourth Degree". Clarabelle Cow, please forgive me.

Posted by: IMBY at November 5, 2009 3:16 PM in response to Mouse Infestation - Help!

If you give a mouse a cookie...

Kind sir, are you in possession of a shovel and a bag of lime?

Posted by: IMBY at November 5, 2009 2:51 PM in response to Help with Demanding Tenant?

"Now remember: When things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is."
-Josey Wales

Posted by: IMBY at November 5, 2009 9:53 AM in response to Mouse Infestation - Help!

Every fall, as soon as the weather turns cold, the mice return... Every year. To win you have to think like a mouse. Be the mouse...Be the mouse...Be the mouse.

Don't ever relax. Vigilance sir. Know your enemy.
Recon will pay off. I like to sit in a chair, absolutely still and wait. After the rest of your family has gone to bed the mice will come out. Don't move, just watch, and take mental notes on everything they do, where they come and go from, what they eat, who they associate with... Camouflage yourself if necessary. I like to cover myself in a pile of dirty laundry with a pair of womens underwear over my head peeping through the leg holes.

The adults will be hard to catch but their children are easy prey.

Posted by: IMBY at November 4, 2009 6:44 PM in response to Mouse Infestation - Help!

AMEN The 4 of you go out and find another loft space, pack up and leave John holding the empty bag. Better still, don't give him any notice. It's a renters market. Quit swallowing the poison.

Posted by: IMBY at November 4, 2009 12:16 PM in response to Sublet/Share Legal Issue

Nice block.

Posted by: IMBY at November 3, 2009 6:47 PM in response to 11th Street Firehouses

There are some serious rewards if you provide information leading to an arrest for illegal dumping. Sanitation confiscates the vehicle as well. Check sanitation's web site.

Posted by: IMBY at November 3, 2009 6:43 PM in response to Illegal Dumping, Drugs, Rats

If you have a passenger they can roll down the window and use the power of the "arm" to point where you want to go.

For some reason I always allow cars with out of state plates to cut in, If i'm feeling especially generous I will allow folks from New Jersey.

Posted by: IMBY at November 3, 2009 10:53 AM in response to Squadron Helps Drivers Get Off (The FDR)

The same situation exists on the Brooklyn side of the bridge for cars exiting on the right for the BQE. Long line of cars waiting, second shorter line in middle lane waiting to cut in front leaving only remaining lane on the left for traffic to pass.

Posted by: IMBY at November 3, 2009 10:47 AM in response to Squadron Helps Drivers Get Off (The FDR)

When I read "Squadron" I assumed you meant deploying a permanent military presence in that region of the FDR.

Brownstoner Poll: For those drivers out there. Do you wait in the long line or do you cut to the front? For those who queue up... What type of person do you allow to squeeze in front of your car, if any?

Posted by: IMBY at November 3, 2009 10:33 AM in response to Squadron Helps Drivers Get Off (The FDR)

I would make one of these...Or something similar.
http://www.slatmat.com/

Posted by: IMBY at November 3, 2009 8:52 AM in response to Creative Use of Leftover Floor?

POO MIST

Posted by: IMBY at November 3, 2009 8:38 AM in response to Uncertainty, Skepticism Around Arena Bond Offering

Con Ed? Bunch of dicks. Next thing you know they will be cutting off your service because they detected stray voltage...And then not coming back to change the lines until you remove that 4" piece of asbestos in your boiler room.

What eman1234 said. Wait till they start salting the streets this winter.

Posted by: IMBY at November 2, 2009 10:16 PM in response to Water Leak in Basement

I would be more worried about the lack of egress.

Just from a logistics point of view I can't see being far away from a toddlers bedroom.

Posted by: IMBY at November 2, 2009 10:10 PM in response to Air Quality Assessment

Did you check the screen at the end of the faucet for debris? It might be clogged. Unscrew the end cap and check. Not the first time I have fixed a low pressure problem simply by cleaning out the water saver and screen.

Posted by: IMBY at November 2, 2009 10:01 PM in response to Plumbing Issue

I bet the new owner is looking for commercial/manufacturing space. Make a great warehouse.

Posted by: IMBY at November 1, 2009 6:07 PM in response to Mattress Company Out, CoHousing Up In the Air

I think you said it yourself. "The job did not have to be done..."

Rain shower heads are not to everyone's liking. They are more for a second bathroom providing an alternative experience (read luxury) and not a rental.

Providing upgrades like this should be done for economic reasons and you should not expect a thank you when it comes to a rental.

As for your new tenant wanting a reduction, there is nothing wrong with him asking. There is nothing wrong with you saying no either. Don't make it personal. Just say no.

Posted by: IMBY at November 1, 2009 6:00 PM in response to Tenant Compensation?

Mopar

Butterfly Carting did my asbestos removal. Came by with a Home Depot shopping cart, were prompt, polite, and very reasonably priced.

Posted by: IMBY at October 28, 2009 7:54 PM in response to Dumpster Details?

Gabby, It's actually King David Arch. not David King according to the DOB permit info.

Karl's got quite a few projects taking their time getting finished in the SSlope. Maybe the developer has farmed this out to King David's construction management services.

Posted by: IMBY at October 28, 2009 4:21 PM in response to Development Watch: Fischer Out at 572 5th Avenue

I don't know... That's a pretty nice tree. It managed to shield our eyes from both this new building and The Vue down the street.

Posted by: IMBY at October 28, 2009 4:10 PM in response to Development Watch: Fischer Out at 572 5th Avenue

I know this is slightly off topic, but a friend of mine just had a similar problem and the utility company contractor wouldn't fix the problem until he remove a few feet of near by asbestos pipe insulation they said was friable. They required air monitoring before and after...Cost him more than 5 K.

Posted by: IMBY at October 27, 2009 8:17 AM in response to Gas Leak

>Rob, story,

I didn't prof reed my last post.

Posted by: IMBY at October 26, 2009 11:21 AM in response to NYT: Food Co-op Exile's Story Demands 2,000 Words

Why didn't the writer start an good old fashioned bare knuckled fist fight when the she was forbidden entry? I thought that's how they settled things at the coop.

Posted by: IMBY at October 26, 2009 11:19 AM in response to NYT: Food Co-op Exile's Story Demands 2,000 Words

George Taylor Specialities, Inc
76 Franklin Street
212 226 5369

Chris John Valerie Jason

They have the best customer service and will take the time to answer all questions.

Posted by: IMBY at October 26, 2009 11:14 AM in response to Claw Foot Tub Overflow

Rob thinks "Thanksgiving dinner". 8)

Posted by: IMBY at October 26, 2009 11:01 AM in response to Monday Links

$10.9 million almost covers their legal bills...

Posted by: IMBY at October 26, 2009 10:46 AM in response to Mendel Brach Barred from Condo Business

Awful brick color with awful artificial squiggle marks like the kind you find in suburban steakhouse interiors.

Posted by: IMBY at October 23, 2009 4:29 PM in response to From Flicks to Fischer on 15th Street

When I worked for a management company we would see this kind of think frequently.
We had several buildings with cat people who instisted that their cats would only drink from a running faucet so they left their faucets running 24 hours a day. We calculated this cost the owner $200 per month in water and sewer charges, and that was cold water.

We had an elderly tenant who would run the water for her bath and then forget and change her mind and go shopping or visit friends for the weekend not knowing that she had left the water on.

Something similar to your situation a guy would leave his hot water blasting. We found out when the waste line failed flooding out the tenant below. I remember the enamel had eroded clean off his cast iron tub from doing this for months/years.

If you want to check for "leaks" your water meter has a small rotating dial that indicates even the smallest of water flowing. Check it in the middle of the night.

Posted by: IMBY at October 23, 2009 4:07 PM in response to Tenant Leaving Water On

Sweet Sixteen?

Posted by: IMBY at October 23, 2009 12:46 PM in response to Condominium Boards Abuse

I don't know if it is the same program as the one you mention but awhile ago I submitted my application to a DoT/Parks program to repair tree damaged sidewalks and an inspector from Parks came out, took a look, and and gave me a score (I got a 86 out of 100). The higher the score the higher the priority. More than a year passed without any word when a contractor posted a permit on out gate for sidewalk repair. They came, ripped out the old damaged sidewalk, and replaced it with new. They did about 18' total. No charge. A few days later a guy from DoT came out and inspected... A few days later a trucks from Parks came by and threw down some mulch on top.
I understood that this program had run out of funds. There was a similar program for free iron tree pit guards but I missed that deadline.

Posted by: IMBY at October 23, 2009 12:41 PM in response to Trees & Sidewalks

Wait, You mean the rain in movies is not real?

Posted by: IMBY at October 22, 2009 2:17 PM in response to Matt Damon Does Red Hook

futball on the telly

Posted by: IMBY at October 22, 2009 2:13 PM in response to StreetLevel: Black Horse Pub Finally Opens

Parts of the south slope looked exactly like this particular block of St. Marks just a decade ago. I'm thinking of 15th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues which was made up of single story garages, light manufacturing, auto repair shops, a few 5 story walk ups. Not very pretty. There are now numerous condo/rental buildings standing in their place.
I don't doubt that if this new development is successful, the rest of the block's nonresidential buildings will fall like dominoes.
The big question mark for St. Marks between Washington and Underwood is the HUGE open parking lot. When the owners of that land decide to cash out everything will change.

5 minute walk to Tom's Diner, if that makes a difference.

Posted by: IMBY at October 22, 2009 9:54 AM in response to 324 St. Marks Launches

Spend the money better on window gates, put remaining into NY State's 529 College Saving Plan and outlet covers.

Posted by: IMBY at October 22, 2009 12:34 AM in response to Replacing Radiators

Use google link at top of post and turn it around to see the two buildings side by side.

303 is a two family= Triplex with studio apartment and one car garage.

305 is/was a three family with courtyard facing back building duplex. (Being used today as one family?) Both very high end buildings.

Posted by: IMBY at October 21, 2009 6:17 PM in response to 324 St. Marks Launches

Snark
Right across the street
303 St. Marks $1.8
305 St. Marks $2.4

Both sold within months, during construction of 324. Corcoran maybe, if I remember right.

Posted by: IMBY at October 21, 2009 5:45 PM in response to 324 St. Marks Launches

Private homes across the street sold for 1.8 and 2.4 not long ago...

Posted by: IMBY at October 21, 2009 2:49 PM in response to 324 St. Marks Launches

Halloween?

Posted by: IMBY at October 21, 2009 10:41 AM in response to Stolen Statue

I have seen toilets plumbed with hot water...

Posted by: IMBY at October 21, 2009 10:19 AM in response to Water in Tub

You could have a bad low water cut off/water feeder or the boiler is surging (usually due to dirty water, sometimes due to incorrect piping) and pushing the water out as it runs and the pressure rises. If that were the case, the boiler would shut off and the water would return slowly.

Pic would help.

Posted by: Master Plvmber at November 7, 2009 6:34 AM in response to Heating system not auto filling

if your low water cutoff/ automatic water feed is a float type control, the float is probably stuck in the full position...flush out the water 3-4 times in rapid succession while rapping the side of the float sharply with the wooden handle of a hammer..that should free up the float...
it may also be that the switch has fused and needs to be replaced... if you have a probe typelwco, it needs to be cleaned or replaced
the bigger question is where is the water going?...is it leaking out of the return lines or pouring out of the main vents..you should have your system checked out by a heating pro, since it is ill advised to endlessly add water to a steam boiler..you are treating the symptoms, not addressing the underlying problem

Posted by: eman1234 at November 7, 2009 9:21 AM in response to Heating system not auto filling