Eternal nightmare of the not-so-spotless crackhouse
source: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/31/33/31_33_bm_crackhouse.html
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The Williamsburg house that starred in the film “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” has become an eternal nightmare for neighbors.
Squatters, junkies, and prostitutes have turned the vacant building at 59 Orient Ave. — which served as Kate Winslet’s apartment in Michel Gondry’s artsy 2004 flick — into a crackhouse, and residents of the tree-lined block say their safety is at risk.
“What was once a nice neighborhood is going downhill because that place is a haven for people who are using drugs,” said architect Adam Kehr, who lives next door. “It’s scary. We have people walking across our property to go in there to do drugs at all hours of the night.”
The once-grand edifice — which, coincidentally, is on the same street where Gondry just bought a home — went vacant last winter when a longtime owner moved out, and by spring it was a destination for druggies.
Since then, neighbors have spied trespassers tying off their arms and smoking from tinfoil pipes in the overgrown front yard.
Squatters, junkies, and prostitutes have turned the vacant building at 59 Orient Ave. — which served as Kate Winslet’s apartment in Michel Gondry’s artsy 2004 flick — into a crackhouse, and residents of the tree-lined block say their safety is at risk.
“What was once a nice neighborhood is going downhill because that place is a haven for people who are using drugs,” said architect Adam Kehr, who lives next door. “It’s scary. We have people walking across our property to go in there to do drugs at all hours of the night.”
The once-grand edifice — which, coincidentally, is on the same street where Gondry just bought a home — went vacant last winter when a longtime owner moved out, and by spring it was a destination for druggies.
Since then, neighbors have spied trespassers tying off their arms and smoking from tinfoil pipes in the overgrown front yard.
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- BEN MUESSIG The Brooklyn Paper
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Anum
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just be careful of signing contracts if you are a buyer/seller, my brother almost lost $5000 reserving a house, the contract he signed had a clause that if he didn't show proof of insurance and a cashiers check with the down payment by a specific date and time the "reserving money" wouldn't be re funded, nice job of the Realtor for keeping it to the last minute. As long as you can use a lawyer you can trust and deal with the owner's lawyer you'll save even more than with geico :D.
- 3 years ago
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Anum
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Pericles_Lewnes
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Incredible.
- 3 years ago
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Pericles_Lewnes
