Brownstoner seems to know a bit about the derelict brownstone on Garfield Place in Park Slope. Slope City Council Members Lander and Levin are getting involved and trying to do something about it. Wonder if they can do anything about the eyesore on Third Street just west of Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. You know which house I mean.
Back in 2007, a reader posted a “What’s the Deal?” question about the boarded up brownstone in Park Slope. Today, the Brooklyn Paper tackles the topic. Neighbors have been complaining about the eyesore and potential safety hazard at 174 Garfield Place for many years, but now Council Members Lander and Levin are getting into the act, calling on the Bank of New York to force the owner, a real estate investor named Peter Saltina, to fix up or get out. “It is within the bank’s power to urge [Saltina] to fix it up, or put it in the hands of a responsible owner,” Lander told The Brooklyn Paper. “
I live on the next block and walk past this building all the time. I know that the neighbors on either side have been suffering with this building for years and worried that another event might occur like the fire that took place a while back and have made many efforts to force the owner to fix it or sell it with no success. Kudos to Levin and Lander for trying to do something about it!