17 Comments

1. dquintero August 6th, 2009 at 6:45 pm

   now you white bitches know how our comunity feels your getting yours now i dont hate white poeple but im sick of you doing this to us so now you know

2. bkbroadway August 6th, 2009 at 9:32 pm

   Accusations of illegal residences are not uncommon especially when landlords want to capitalize on the growing trend of a neighborhood and take advantage of young tenants. They might divide up a commercial zoned building into apartments and don’t want to wait out the bureaucracy of converting the buildings. Whatever the reason for this particular case, being pleased that “white bitches” now know how the community feels is pretty low considering this building isn’t a fancy condo tower but a regular building over retail spaces. I know there is disconnect with local residents and new residents but don’t be happy when someone experiences hardship in the neighborhood – as it means that there hasn’t been much improvements for anyone. Being happy that someone knows your hardship is close to self-victimization. Be happy when someone doesn’t have to deal with what you have had to put up with. I’m Asian and I have lived here for 3 years, and for whatever reason, I am always mistaken for working at the laundromat near my apartment. While yes, new residents should learn the neighborhood they’re living in, perhaps locals can also learn a bit about their new neighbors instead of assuming they are white bitches or the Asian girl who can fix the dryer.

3. Diego August 6th, 2009 at 11:56 pm

   that tv reporter has one shiny jacket

4. Tony Torres August 7th, 2009 at 12:23 am

   dquintero, you say you don’t hate White people but begin your fractured sentence with the words “white bitches”? God I hope to hell you’re not Puerto Rican.

5. a white bitch August 7th, 2009 at 4:36 am

   Im truly sorry you have so much hatred your heart for people who you dont even know based on the color of their skin. I was one of those “whites” kicked out on the street after being a part of that community for 10 years, along with my black roommate,even homeless I feel blessed that at least Im not you.

6. justinplayer August 7th, 2009 at 6:58 am

   dquintero, thank you for that comment. It seems you didn’t do your homework (and this is probably not the first time you’ve skipped doing your homework, right?) and watch the video, because if you did you would know that it was in fact a mixed group of folks who got evicted.

   Thank you for so clearly pointing out that race-baiters like you are stupid, lazy, uninformed, and most importantly, simply factually wrong!

   Here the phone ringing? That’s Al Sharpton. He needs more race-baiters for his staff…. why don’t you call him up for a job and try and go rob people with him.

7. chillinoncentral August 7th, 2009 at 7:11 am

   I suppose that even city inspectors have quotas to meet and are motivated to swoop down with any available charges.

8. mopar August 7th, 2009 at 9:48 am

   The residents can hire a lawyer and stay three months longer. The city should not throw people out on the street homeless with no place to go and no notice.

   This is the fourth such eviction in Bushwick. Mostly the city turns a blind eye to the illegal residences. Which I hope they keep doing because it would be terrible for Bushwick if the loft area were rezoned for residential.

9. armstrong August 7th, 2009 at 9:58 am

   If there’s anything that tops getting burglarized repeatedly on the residential awfulness scale, I suppose this is it! Best of luck to these unfortunate residents. These things are often cleared up, though who knows how long that will take.

10. EJCohen August 7th, 2009 at 10:26 am

    I’m one of the residents that was evicted yesterday. There is much more going on here than what that NY1 bit reveals (for example, the building may not have actually been “illegally” converted). Apparently we’ll be able to return to our homes, it’s just (as Armstrong said) it’s gonna be a matter of time.

11. John Dereszewski August 7th, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    This whole thing is crazy. The Buildings Dept. (DOB) almost never evicts personss from a building constructed as a residence and situated in a district that permits residential uses unless it is close to collapse, which is obviously not the case here. (This is why this is clearly different from the Troutman St. controversy, where the building in question was both built for industry and situated in a manufacturing zone.)

    I hope that the affected residents will strongly protest this stupid action, take DOB to court and win a resounding decision that will affirm their right to remain in their own apartments as the building violations are being corrected. (As a current resident of Queens, where DOB is notorious for allowing all kinds of flagrant violations to go unaddressed, I hope that actions like this will take the City’s Building Code more seriously.)

    Best of luck!

12. jugz August 7th, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    oontz!!

13. Professional Alternative August 7th, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    Look at what the Giulianiite goombah trash at Queens Crap is saying about this:

    http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2009/08/bushwick-hipsters-kicked-to-curb.html

    Summary: “da lawr is da lawr” and anyone in its way gets the gas chamber.

14. white bitch August 8th, 2009 at 10:59 pm

    Of course this happens in Bushwick… because buildings illegally converted to residences, where illegal construction has gone on and on and on despite a stop work order, and complaints about the illegal tenancy gets a “cannot enter building” comment on DOB BIS – well if that happens to white people in Greenpoint of course they won’t do anything about it. But Bushwick? Let’s go get ‘em.

    (See: 239 Banker St.)

15. Dresden August 9th, 2009 at 11:37 am

    I know this is a shit system in NYC, but you have to know how it works. This building has a CO for a store and “Light Manufacturing” from 1928. That means, without submitting and getting a zoning change, or a Letter of No Objection from the Housing Preservation Committee, the DOB will do just what it did here. As you can see, the CO for this property has no mention of AIR (artists in residence) or any change to a residential building:

    http://a810-cofo.nyc.gov/cofo/B/000/051000/B000051499.PDF

    Unlike he McKibben lofts:

    http://a810-cofo.nyc.gov/cofo/B/301/536000/301536283.PDF

    which have AIR tenants. Basically, in the Byzantine situation which is NYC, our DOB will allow the manufacture of Agent Orange, but doesn’t know how to treat a use like “coffee roasting”….

    So when you move into a building, go online and take a look at the situation. It’s all-access information available to you. This Landlord clearly fuuuuuuuuuuucked up.

16. ... August 14th, 2009 at 8:10 pm

    RACISMWHARGABRLBEFREAKOUT

17. fuckyou November 19th, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    @dquintero

    do you think white people would choose to live in bushwick if they could afford manhattan? we got pushed out to bushwick, just like you’ll be pushed out to rockaway or canarsie.

    I guess it just sucks to be a poor, ignorant, uneducated and unadaptable piece of shit, huh?