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"I moved in 2890 frederick douglass blvd apt 4g in 2012, it was a nice, quiet, private building. Elevator, handicap accessibility, very clean, attentive porters and super. Dunno wtf happened, because since around 2018, no super, no porter, broken Elevator constantly (weeks at a time), and the worst part..... THE FRIGGIN RAT INFESTATION!!! I've called 311 repeatedly, complain to whomever I possibly can.... TO NO AVAIL. I believe the rat disease killed my kitty, and I'm trying to get my husband to go get checked because he's outside himself for almost 2 years, something wrong with his brain, he's not himself whatsoever. I highly advise not to even think about renting this property. BEWARE!!!! 💯 💯 💯"

"This website is false - there have been many reports to DOB and this building is in disrepair. The management is unhelpful at best and abusive at worst. I had a terrible experience living here with no heat and constantly sick. Unfortunately I didn’t document it well enough. The landlord also kept my security deposit unfairly and is just generally a bad person. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE LIVE HERE."

" Had my scooter stolen and the owner wouldn't release any CCTV footage. There is a camera in front of the building and they didnt want to release the video because I know one of the tenants took it. "

"DO NOT LIVE IN THIS APARTMENT!!! IT IS INFESTED WITH MICE!!!!!! Management is horrible. And unresponsive. The entire building had mice and no one did anything. After numerous reports. And 311 claims. Homeless people would often break into the building and steal packages throughout the year. Horrible experience!! "

"This is a complicated property and to help you do your due diligence, you can visit https://640riversidedrive.com. It's cheap for a reason, so don't play the lottery. It's a very problematic property that will only give you headaches. If you rich and can afford layers in the future, and will like to sue someone, this is the property for you."

" The Super (Superintendent) is very racist to those who aren’t jewish, or white people, including white passing latinos, this apartment building is in a very immigrant community, and he should be used to having immigrant residents, but he’s not. He’s rude to the kids, and rude to the men who go to the mosque nearby. He WILL throw out scooters and bikes and expensive strollers if you are not a white or white passing person. I have had dozens of my stuff and other kids have had their stuff thrown out and visibly with intent broken to the point it is unusable by him. It is permitted that you can put your stuff in the lobby under the staircase, there is no sign whatsoever telling you cannot. He is always visibly annoyed and makes loads of microagressions when he’s called for repairs, only to non white people. The super however, is a very chill orthodox jewish man, no problems whatsoever with him. He isn’t rude to immigrants, doesn’t mind pets in hallways or stray cats that wander inside through the junkyard. Hes nice to kids, doesn’t mind pets. There are lots of trash cans neatly pressed against the wall of the entrance, with some trash not even inside it, but in bags, the trash cans can hold two bags max, that is why there are a lot of trash cans outside. There is no composting— will have to call 311. There are 4 floors, and there are only 7 different layouts, on apartment builds, walls are medium, not thin, not thick, occasionally you can hear bass music from neighbours, the floor is very thin, you can hear repairs from above or anyone below can hear you jump or repairing anything like a shelf. This building, despite being built close to 100 years ago, has pretty average/modern interior builds in the lobby, it’s not cramped whatsoever, and doesn’t really give off a 100 year old building. There are two “junkyards”, you cannot enter, and it’s just an empty walled off yard. The entrance has a modern call screen system, with a second door, that doesn’t have any security due to it being outdated, the mail “room” is just a wall in the lobby, it’s very safe, with no incidents regarding package stealing, although, some fedex drivers leave the package on the doorsteps outside the apartment building. "

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" Subject: 8-YEAR ENFORCEMENT FAILURE: TAX FRAUD & LIFE-SAFETY HAZARD – Illegal Rent Profiteering, Tax Evasion, and Illegal Conversion by Sole Leaseholder Unit 40B From: Anonymous Concerned Resident (Resident #454 – identity withheld for fear of retaliation) Date: April 19, 2026 Dear Authorities, I am reporting ongoing criminal-level tax fraud, rent profiteering, illegal conversion, and life-safety hazards by sole leaseholder in Unit 40B. This is the same complaint I (and others) have made for 8–9 years with zero enforcement action. The landlord continues to enable it and is now scurrying to renovate with fraudulent fixes to avoid violations. We are in fear of the City of New York having to take over the building because of these unresolved violations and apparent landlord corruption. Sole Leaseholder Since April 1, 2019, 454 Fort Washington Ave 40B, NY NY 10033 is the alleged non-owner sole leaseholder of Apartment 40B since April 1, 2019. She has verbally admitted to the unauthorized, concealed 3rd-bedroom conversion. StreetEasy listings from 2014 confirm the rear bedroom of 40B already had an illegal wall subdivided into two sleeping sections. Borek is in violation of NYC Roommate Law (RPL § 235-f) and Rent Stabilization Law (9 NYCRR § 2525.6) for housing multiple unrelated subtenants without supervision or primary residency. This is a clear-cut case of Illegal Conversion and Rent Profiteering, supported by Asbestos Report, the report 1/2026, says 2-bedroom but sole leaseholder is, since 2019, is renting it as a 3-bedroom using an illegal wall, and violating both building safety codes and rent stabilization laws. alleged Unit 40B – Illegal Subdivision, Over-Occupancy, and Fraudulent Conversion Unit 40B is legally registered as a two-bedroom, one-bath rent-stabilized apartment (identical floor plan to Units 60B and 30B). It was fraudulently advertised on StreetEasy as a 3-bedroom unit. The unpermitted load-bearing partition wall inside the rear bedroom or the wall exists, (not the living room, despite the fraudulent DOB violation that falsely states “illegal wall in living room”). This wall creates two separate illegal sleeping sections, each with its own egress window blocked by a window air-conditioning unit. Far-left sleeping section (illegal bedroom with its own egress window): occupied by "nonrelated occupant" (aka “adultentertainment ”), who is openly running a commercial business and alleged adult entertainment, “girl/girl porn”, OnlyFans-style filming, performances, jumping, and strip-tease from the unit. The commercial filming and “will maintain privacy” branding prove the unit is not a residence — it is a monetized studio. This explains the 8 AM- 3:00 AM noise, in person harassing, doxing, verbal assaults , and trespassing another unit, that is a senior tenant unit in December 2024, evident by threats on social media, soon after, by both current occupants, directly paying sole leaseholder, and non related, , and also past occupants, "will maintain privacy"alleged “gay male “/ adult entertainment (Google search states, porn, and Oct. 14, 2024, premeditated malice, in lobby, singing amateur soprano (not good), “this will definitely wake up the entire first floor”, collaborated by past occupant that directly rented a “sleeping section” from sole leaseholder prior to current (2) occupants, that named/identified the senior tenant, with hate-fueled comments, visible on the internet, as of today. Far-right sleeping section (illegal bedroom with its own egress window): occupied by "will maintain privacy" who moved in on September 1, 2025, with commercial grade full size bunk beds, work stations that have caused floor to ceiling structural cracks in unit below rear bedroom, contributing to 3/21/26, incident, nearly paralyzing senior tenant, unit below. WE ARE CONCERNED! Sole Leaseholder, 40B allegedly is not occupying the unit as her primary residence, evident by public search of her name and performances singing soprano and acting. She charges each occupant separate rents of approximately $900 per sleep section ($900 × 12 = $10,800 per occupant × 2 occupants = $21,600 annually x 7 years, $151,200 divided by 2= $75,600 illegally collected if the sleeping section was a legal bedroom. Since the 2 sleeping sections evident by photos attached in rear bedroom 40B, $151,200 is illegally collected gross income, and likely charging more, exceeding more than 50% of the legal lease rent — see copies attached). This is illegal rent profiteering and willful overcharge in a rent-stabilized unit. All income is undeclared, constituting tax evasion. By facilitating this illegal hotel-type housing and allowing current (2) occupants, to film professional, commercial “will maintain privacy”, and alleged adult content, she is in material breach of her lease. You are now personally liable for Department of Buildings (DOB) and Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement (OSE) fines that start at $2,500 per day and can exceed $25,000 per violation. Unit 40B is being operated as a monetized commercial hub ( distribution), since 9/2021, far left, and also (will maintain privacy), since 9/2021, structural overload, bunk beds/work stations, all day rehearsals, recorded, 2-3 am jumping out/in top bun bed. The high-impact vibrations and rehearsals from 6:00 AM to 3:00 AM constitute a direct violation of the NYC Noise Code and represent a pattern of Tenant Harassment (§27-2005(d)) against the and senior tenant only able to get sleep, 3 AM-4:40 AM (after the (2) current occupants) that share the legal 2nd bedroom, the rear bedroom on fire escape, that has an illegal wall subdividing into (2) illegal bedrooms, aka, sleeping sections, (rear bedroom 40B, all documented, current photos), Rent Stabilization Fraud (MDL § 302): Because there is no valid Certificate of Occupancy for the illegal 3-bedroom configuration, 40B sole leaseholder is legally prohibited from collecting any rent. This configuration violates: Real Property Law § 235-f (Roommate Law) Multiple Dwelling Law § 302 NYC Admin. Code § 28-210.1 NYC Building Code § 27-118.1 and § 1607.1 (excessive live-load from commercial bunk beds and work stations) NYC Fire Code § 1027.7.3 (AC units blocking egress windows — Class C immediate hazard) Rent Stabilization Code §§ 2525.1, 2525.6(f), 2526.1 (willful overcharge / profiteering — treble damages), alleged, advertised as rent stabilized 3 bedroom, on street easy IMMEDIATE LIFE-SAFETY HAZARDS (24-HOUR ACTION REQUIRED) Structural Collapse Risk: Unit 30B is experiencing ceiling cracks and a collapsed egress window frame directly resulting from excessive live-loads in 40B (commercial bunk beds and high-impact vibrations). Fire Trap Conditions: Unit 40B has blocked both fire-escape egress windows with air conditioning units in violation of Fire Code §1027.7.3 and MDL §187. Illegal Conversion: The landlord has maintained an unpermitted wall in the rear bedroom of 40B for decades, fraudulently advertised in 2014 as a "3-bedroom." FRAUDULENT FILINGS & INSPECTION TAMPERING We demand an investigation into Address-Swap Fraud and Permit Fraud: Asbestos Fraud: Control #11277266 was filed under "750 W 181st St" to bypass the records of "454 Fort Washington Ave." Tampering: Violation #39153937J falsely identifies an illegal wall in the living room. Photographic evidence confirms the illegal wall is actually in the rear bedroom, intentionally omitted from inspections to hide illegal over-occupancy. DOI Referral: We request an investigation into Badge #1795 for fraudulent reporting on Complaint #1719885. UNLAWFUL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY & NOISE (NYC CODE §24-218) Unit 40B is being operated as a monetized commercial hub (GOMWELLNESS / OnlyFans distribution). The high-impact vibrations and rehearsals from 6:00 AM to 3:00 AM constitute a direct violation of the NYC Noise Code and represent a pattern of Tenant Harassment (§27-2005(d)) against the DV survivor and senior citizen in 30B. Unit 30B – Imminent Life-Threatening Conditions Caused by 40B The illegal wall, heavy commercial bunk beds, work stations, and high-impact filming in 40B have caused severe structural damage directly below in Unit 30B (rear bedroom). Ceiling cracks are now in jeopardy of collapse. On March 21, 2026, the 61-year-old senior tenant’s far-left egress window catastrophically collapsed on her (HPD #14626481, Inspector Badge #4180, Class C Immediately Hazardous). The window remains out of its frame, held only by a radiator; the egress window frame has cracks. The tenant suffered near-paralyzing trauma to her hands, wrists, forearms, shoulders, neck, and breast implants. The landlord fraudulently certified the repair as “completed” on March 24, 2026. We are deeply concerned that the landlord is harassing the 61-year-old tenant with NYPD and FDNY as a bully weapon through retaliatory calls and falsified complaints. Additional Violations & Evidence: Borek practices soprano from 11:30 PM to 2:30 AM, amplifying the noise from the illegal subdivision. Unauthorized commercial use violates residential lease and zoning. Ongoing tenant harassment, constructive eviction, and retaliation (NYC Admin. Code § 27-2005(d)). Attachments are included with this email (2014 StreetEasy listings showing the fraudulent subdivision, photos of the actual illegal rear-bedroom wall, two egress windows with AC units, commercial bunk beds/work stations, 30B ceiling cracks, collapsed window propped against radiator, egress window frame cracks, rent calculations, and all HPD/DOB violation notices). All facts are supported by photographs, videos, violation notices, 311/HPD/DOB records, and court filings — available immediately upon request. This is tax fraud (undeclared rental income + commercial business revenue in a rent-stabilized unit) and a life-safety emergency that has been ignored for 8–9 months. Immediate Action Requested: HCR/TPU: Immediate overcharge/profiteering investigation and RA-89 complaint against 40B sole leaseholder Tax Department: Investigate undeclared income and tax evasion. Comptroller / DOI / DA Housing Unit: Criminal investigation into fraud, corruption, and endangerment. OSE: Illegal hotel / short-term rental enforcement. Immediate DOB/HPD inspection of the rear bedroom illegal wall and vacate order if necessary. Further delay endangers lives, enables ongoing tax fraud, and risks City of New York takeover of the building due to unresolved violations and landlord corruption. Sincerely, Anonymous Concerned Resident (Resident #454 – identity withheld for fear of retaliation) "