Bay Ridge’s Worst Neighbors: Investment properties left to languish by negligent landlords

By on July 27, 2012  Featured story, Real Estate
Jul 272012
 

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Bay Ridge’s worst neighbors strike again.

A piece by Denise Romano for the Home Reporter revealed yesterday that local real estate investor Mousa Khalil owns two additional neglected properties on the same Ovington Avenue block where he allowed a house to collapse – including one that appears to be illegally occupied.

Meanwhile, the Daily News’ Alex Robinson reports that City Councilman Vincent Gentile is trying to guilt property owner Frank Landy to turn a 79th Street house that’s been falling apart for decades over to a good cause.

Residents of Ovington Avenue between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue say that of the three properties Khalil owns on their block, one is actually occupied, albeit illegally. They speculate that 556 Ovington Ave is serving as a home for squatters, or possibly even a hostel. Continue reading »

[UPDATED] Vacant House On Ovington Avenue Partially Collapsed Late Last Night

By on July 16, 2012  News, Real Estate
Jul 162012
 

As local real estate prices remain some of the strongest in the country, another apparent victim of the “benign neglect” so many once-proud homes in New York City suffer from began to crumble late last night.

ABC 7 is reporting that firefighters and police were called to the scene of a partially collapsed vacant building on Ovington Avenue, between 5th Ave and 6th Ave, at around 3 a.m.

Authorities do not believe anyone was inside the older wood frame house – which is owned by “controversial” landlord Mousa Khalil - when the structural failure occurred. Continue reading »