Dozens Of Bronx Residents Evacuated From Building
With their belongings in hand and their loved ones at their side, displaced residents of 2194 Barnes Avenue left their home Monday night for temporary housing. Tenants of 13 apartments were evacuated after inspectors found a large crack in the basement wall of the building.
“I don’t know where we’re going. My son just came out of the clinic. He has a very bad throat infection, running a fever,” said one tenant.
“They said we could go in and get a few things,” said another. “I grabbed my cat. I grabbed my clothes. And we had to leave.”
The building’s porter says he told the landlord about the growing crack on several occasions — but was ignored. So he called 311.
“I moved in the building on November 10th, 2006 and ever since that time, my brother kept telling the landlord because his daughter’s bedroom was already caving in,” said porter Elvin Jose Olmeda.
There are 40 apartments in all. While the building has no outstanding violations, Olmeda and tenants say there are many other issues including leaks.
“The roof is leaking, but we try to do the best we can to repair the job,” said Olmeda. “But he never wanted to do the right thing.”
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