What can I do about a vacant problem house in my neighborhood? (354 Stuyvesant Avenue – http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/2007\/12\/29\/2007-12-29_brooklyn_fire_echoes_past_tragedy.html)<\/p>\n
I’ve seen people going in and out and the building is obviously not fit for occupancy. They have loud parties and I’m pretty sure there is drug dealing (and consumption) going on there.<\/p>\n
I’ve called the police to report the illegal occupancy and breaking and entering but they don’t ever seem to do anything about it. Last time, they said that because nobody was available to verify ownership of the house, they weren’t able to do anything about it (doncha just love the 81st Precinct?).<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What can I do about a vacant problem house in my neighborhood? (354 Stuyvesant Avenue – http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/2007\/12\/29\/2007-12-29_brooklyn_fire_echoes_past_tragedy.html) I’ve seen people going in and out and the building is obviously not fit for occupancy. They have loud parties and I’m pretty sure there is drug dealing (and consumption) going on there. I’ve called the police to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28029,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[429],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-46176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/07\/abandoned-build-1\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Abandoned Building with Squatters\/Drug Dealers","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/07\/abandoned-build-1\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/07\/abandoned-build-1\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Legal","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"stuyvesantheights"}],"creator":["stuyvesantheights"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-07-09T18:39:24Z","datePublished":"2010-07-09T18:39:24Z","dateModified":"2010-07-10T11:25:12Z"},"rendered":"