DOB Shuts Down Sweater Factory
That Greenpoint Blog whose name cannot be spoken brings us news that another illegal artist loft building has been shut down by the Department of Buildings. This time, it was a building at 239 Banker Street known as the Sweater Factory. The beleaguered past of the Sweater Factory, used as residential lofts, includes violation of…
That Greenpoint Blog whose name cannot be spoken brings us news that another illegal artist loft building has been shut down by the Department of Buildings. This time, it was a building at 239 Banker Street known as the Sweater Factory. The beleaguered past of the Sweater Factory, used as residential lofts, includes violation of its zoning as a transient hotel, lack of certificate of occupancy, stop work orders, violations of stop work orders, a $5,000 fine from the DOB, etc. Yesterday afternoon the DOB took off the kid gloves and vacated the building. According to That Greenpoint Blog (TGB), the fire department was not present, and the DOB’s vacate order declared that “occupancy is perilous to life.” The Red Cross was on hand to help find housing for displaced tenants and their pets, and TGB mentioned that the landlord was on site as well. GMAP P*Shark DOB
The Sweater Factory Gets DOBed Again [NY Shitty]
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Mr Joist, you’ve GOT to be kidding, right?
*rob*
How do some of you know the racial-socio-economic makeup of the entire tenant population of this building? Oh wait, you don’t.
Chill out re: the “trust fund hipsters got what they deserved†… they’re still homeless tonight. Sucks regardless.
“Greenpoint Conversion Mystery on MESSerole Ave”
What an appropriate typo.
eeeewww, biff, you are disgusting. but we already knew that. : )
okay and why is the red cross aiding a bunch of trust fund brats on taxpayer nickel? cant they just get daddy to send them money for a new deposit overnight via western union? NO Sympathy for these type of people, at ALL
*rob*
Ha. My old roommate, who is/was a shitbag, moved here touting “yeah, it’s great, we like, don’t have to pay rent.”
True, homeless people don’t pay rent.
I live in a live/work building with a, er, sketchy CO, but everything is up to code and an application has been in (for 9 years) for an amendment to the CO, thus, we have never had problems.
I have been to this building, and in short, I’m amazed it took this long for a forced vacation.
i hear illegal space divisions included sheetrock covering sprinkler heads and all that kind of stuff
why i won’t help people find ‘live/work’
this vacate trend will accelerate in prep for condo upswing in 3-4 years… caveat emptor
“hopefully, biff, not curtains for cashmere.”
Re-write:
“hopefully, biff, not meat curtains for cash.”
This is no shocker. Heather on NYShitty brought up umpteen times that this place had no C of O. A simple google search of “sweater factory lofts” would probably uncover this.
Due diligence hipsters!!