At 2254 Crotona Avenue in the Bronx, one apartment was abandoned last year after parts of the ceiling collapsed
As property owners run into trouble paying their mortgages, neighborhoods around New York City have been witnessing a disturbing consequence: Small and large apartment buildings are being abandoned in a state of disrepair, leaving tenants in limbo without basic services or even landlords.
In the Bronx, anybody can walk into a four-story building on East 178th Street near the Cross-Bronx Expressway. Someone took the front door off the hinges and sold it for scrap metal. Drugs have been sold out of vacant apartments.
“A nightmare,” said Cesar Guzman, 29, who lives in the building. “I can’t describe it as anything else.” Read more..
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