6 shootings, 3 murders this year in the complex.

Signs went up recently about a special meeting with the commanding office of the 67th precinct (Oct. 12 at 8pm at 1404 Brooklyn Ave). Sign says "in light of the recent events."

This, of course, is the polite way of saying "since two people have been gunned down in the last two weeks within the complex..."

They couldn't be more sympathetic victims either. A young father who appears to have been mistaken for someone else, and a young boy who refused to join a gang.

According to this that makes six murders within the complex for 2010.

I'm sure they had a hard enough time renting places when they could claim zero murders (2009), with these, I can't imagine good things for the leasing office.




(Title corrected with thanks to the below commenter.)

Better get that sink fixed ASAP!

http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/brooklyn-building-workers-at-flatbush-gardens-housing-complex-managed-by-renaissance-equity-holdings-protest-pay-cuts

This doesn't add any more information than was already posted on each building's front door, which was previously mentioned here by MM. However, taking the fight to the media is usually an escalation right before actual striking.

Personally, I've had an 8.8% reduction in pay over the last year, and it will be 13.5% on Oct. 1st. Far more acceptable than a 30% benefit cut (maybe, depends on what "benefits" were cut, and how much the salary was cut). I don't know, I'm sure a lot of people, especially time/salary reduced people and unemployed people have mixed sympathies.

What about you? Support the strike? Or support 100% benefit cuts and scabs pulled from the ample ranks of the unemployed?

They changed the locks on us.

The outside door of buildings 1350, 1352, 1354, 1356, 1360, 1362, 1364, 1366, 1370, and 1372 had their locks changed today. Management so kindly posted this flier YESTERDAY. You know, it's kind of a big deal to change the locks, maybe a little more than 18 hours notice is in order?
It says you have to have valid ID. That's bull crap, they can't lock you out of your apartment just because you can't prove who you are. They should know who you are. Anyway, I don't have an ID (who drives anymore? driving is so last centry). The roommate went down to pick up the keys, because shockingly I was out of the house to work before 9:30. Otherwise I would be able to report the hilarity that ensued as I went to get the keys without ID.
FYI, when your key doesn't work, go get a new one.
BTW, a little (though incredibly annoying) trick I learned watching "The Big Bang Theory," if you want to get into a building, just run your hand over all the buzzers.... someone, in some apartment is bound to be awake and buzz you in without saying "hello."

Reduced hours for package room.

The Flatbush Gardens Package Room has established new hours. I'm a little late on the news that was effective April 18th, but I don't check my mail very often, or do laundry, or get packages.


"Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the postmen from their appointed rounds" . . . . . . but economic downturn can apparently do it.

Remember:
1. You need ID.
2. All packages you must sign for are held at the Nostrand and Ave I station.

So when you get your certified renewal leases, even though the brown sheet says it's in the package room, it's not. (Though I did hear that they hand deliver eviction notices. Evictions are apparently more important than renewals).



Anyway, new hours:
Wed. 12pm to 5pm
Sat. 8am to 12pm

Dogs, or no dogs; that is the notice.

Notice about dogs. See attached. I have two things to say about this.

One, ignore the first sentence for a minute, and I believe this is a shockingly reasonable, professional, typo-free document. If this was posted in a "luxury" building, it would not seem out of place. Good job management.

Second, what is up with the first sentence? As you know, you're not allowed to have pets, but here are three paragraphs about the proper care of your pets. It's almost like they had a perfect document, and said "wait, we better start it with a completely out of place and incompatible sentence so people know we were the ones that wrote it. I can't even guess how that sentence should have read to fit with the rest of it. "As you may be aware, it is stated in your lease that Flatbush Gardens has a no pets policy." I guess, if you change "no" to "defined." Because I am not aware of that, because my lease does not say that, and in fact says the opposite. Anyway, good try management, you almost had a competent notice posting.