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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, AUGUST 18, 2019
BY CHANDLER KIDD
Sheepshead Bay homeowners
claim their block is plagued by
three so-called “zombie houses,”
derelict homes left vacant since
Hurricane Sandy, which have
become mold-infested blights occupied
by drug addicts and packs
of feral cats.
“I have noticed needles in
the yard and in the houses along
with make shift beds,” said
Missy Haggerty, a third-generation
Lake Avenue resident.
The properties located at 4, 5,
and 14a Lake Ave. — part of the
“courts” area of low-lying side
streets between Shore Parkway
and Emmons Avenue — were
abandoned by one Zalman Weber
after suffering sever fl ood damage
during the 2012 super storm,
and city offi cials have sought for
years to contact him in an effort
to either remediate, or demolish
the dilapidated homes, according
to Sheepshead Bay Councilman
Chaim Deutsch.
In the meantime, his properties
remain in a state of ruin.
Throughout the wreckage of 5
Lake Ave., family pictures, baby’s
clothes, and moldy stuffed
animals remain abandoned by
Weber’s former tenants, who fl ed
from Sandy’s 90 miles-per-hour
wind gusts and 14-foot storm
surges nearly eight years ago,
according to Haggerty.
“This is somebody’s belongings
from Sandy, they up and left
it. They were the renters,” Haggerty
said.
And mixed in with the haunting
collection of deserted household
items are scores of used
hypodermic needles, which
squatters have discarded seemingly
at random. During an Aug.
8 visit, this reporter found syringes
littering the front yards,
entrance ways, and fl oors of the
abandoned homes, and piled on
make-shift couches and atop
soiled mattresses there.
And while locals aren’t
thrilled by the prospect of heroin
addicts shooting up down
the block, the toxic black mold
that infects the air around the
forsaken zombie homes is far
worse, according to Haggerty,
who lives one door down from
14a Lake Ave., which is so mold
infested, she avoids opening her
windows.
“Let’s say I want to open my
windows while I clean my house,
the mold spores are airborne and
Brooklyn Paper reporter Chandler Kidd observed a plethora of used needles
inside a Lake Avenue home. Photo by Trey Pentecost
will get back into my home,” said
Haggerty.
Deutsch now says he’s given
up trying to contact Weber, and
is working with the city’s Department
of Housing Preservation
and Development to seal the
homes at some point this month.
Offi cials at the city housing
agency decided to seal the
home at 6 Lake Ave., which is
not owned by Weber, following
an Aug. 8 inspection, according
to a spokeswoman for the department.
The Department of Buildings
will additionally deploy inspectors
to conduct structural stability
inspections of all four buildings
to determine if they pose a
hazard neighboring properties,
the spokeswoman said.
ZOMBIELAND
Abandoned Sheepshead Bay homes infested
with feral cats, drug addicts, and mold
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