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ppet456

in General Discussion 19 hrs ago

Accountant for 4-unit brownstone?

Hi, all, Can anyone recommend an accountant who could help our small (4 units) building deal with filing HOA taxes, setting up a building reserve…

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huesos

in Heating and Cooling 1 day ago

Gas Boiler Service Company?

We’re looking for a gas boiler service company that can handle emergency repair calls within a reasonable period of time in downtown BK. Any recommendations…

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namahs

in General Discussion 5 days ago

Building Classification discrepancy

Does anyone know what the process to update the DOF building classification when it does not match the DOB Certificate of Occupancy (CO)? Long story…

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BobMarvin

in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 4 months ago

More About Parapet Inspections

This article by Kim Velsey in Curbed/ New York Magazine should reassure homeowners; it looks like most brownstones don’t acyually have parapets: https://www.curbed.com/article/panic-new-parapet-inspection-law-dob.html

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dfreed1

in General Discussion 1 weeks ago

Forum Activity

Have been in the Brownstone Community for some years. It seems to me that since the change to the new format there are a lot…

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namahs

in Utilities 1 weeks ago

DEP water reading

We noticed that starting in Nov, our water reading usage has been off. Sometimes it would not show any daily data and other times it…

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allisoncon

in Renovation 2 weeks ago

Floor contractors?

Planning to get floors refinished and inlaid woodwork repaired before moving into a brownstone co-op. Looking for flooring contractors. TIA!

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countrymouse

in Renovation 2 weeks ago

Carpenter to make trash bin shed?

Looking for someone to build a simple, modern shed for the trash bins out of cedar. Any recommendations?

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kwar

in General Discussion 1 weeks ago

Slate tiles

Hi, I need to get the slate (?) tiles near/below the roof of our brownstone fixed, but don’t even know where to begin. Who does…

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greenwoodgoblin

in General Discussion 2 weeks ago

non-existent garage on our tax assessment

Our tax assessment lists a garage that’s been gone for at least 40 years (it’s present in the 1940 tax photo, gone in the 1980s).…

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