70 Lefferts Hostel Gets Partial Vacate Order
Earlier this year a tipster told us the big yellow house at 70 Lefferts was operating as a hostel; they’ve followed up to tell us it has been since vacated. DOB shows a partial vacate order and full stop work order for “illegally converted rooms into transient hostel without providing required means of egress, fire…
Earlier this year a tipster told us the big yellow house at 70 Lefferts was operating as a hostel; they’ve followed up to tell us it has been since vacated. DOB shows a partial vacate order and full stop work order for “illegally converted rooms into transient hostel without providing required means of egress, fire alarm.” The hostel’s website is still up but you can’t book a date. If you recall, this home was landmarked after the threat of demolition and just hung out on the market after that. Who knows what’s next….
70 Lefferts Place Operating as a Hostel [Brownstoner] GMAP DOB
“But do we say go ahead and burn up some Spaniards as some sort of recompense?”
Damn! Hahahaha! Ok, that’s not really funny, but it did make me laugh. And good point, by the way.
Really? Fires in a transient hotel are rare? Or is it that it was targeted at European backpackers rather than day laborers or “night” workers? Seems reasonable to me to enforce safety regulations here. Sure, the person who bought the building at an inflated price prior to landmarking got kind of screwed. But do we say go ahead and burn up some Spaniards as some sort of recompense?
Interesting. So lis pendens already filed and owner was likely just pocketing the cash from the hostel and not paying debt service. Hopefully owner can find another (illegal?) way to make some money off of it so he donest trash it before Sun Trust gets him out of there.
>ave felt if there’d been a fire and a bunch of european backpackers had died because of inadequate sprinkler…
Yes how about if there was an earthquake and the building collapsed and the gas main under it leaked and caused a major firestorm and killed 500 people ?
Let’s not use very-rare scenarios to justify snitching. 20 people in a house that large is no danger.
DH, doubt any mortgage is being paid since Lis Pendens was filed back in 2009, signaling that foreclosure is on the way…You’d have to ask SunTrust Mortgage about that though.
“Thing is, this operating as a hostel kept it occupied and its mortgage paid. Now, if the building starts decaying again it’ll be pretty sad.”
Bingo
Watch as this thing slowly falls into disrepair.
I know that there were complaints filed at DOB. I read that in the initial posts. And I don’t have an issue with concerned neighbors going thru the proper channels to file a complaint.
Not a proponent of “Don’t Snitch” and have never tried to be cool. But, I still stand by the feeling that something about the zeroing in on this owner feels out of place.
Do you know they had inadequate sprinkler systems? Thing is, this operating as a hostel kept it occupied and its mortgage paid. Now, if the building starts decaying again it’ll be pretty sad.
I been to the hostel before and known people who stayed there, its okay. I guess they lack some paper work and some other things.