Tenants at 514 Ocean Pkwy. say their mail and packages are getting wet, since water has been pouring through the lobby ceiling for nearly two months.<\/p>\n
“Literally, you need rubber boots to get to the mailbox. And the packages are wet,\u201d said longtime tenant Lilly Schwab. <\/p>\n
Schwab has lived in the building for more than 50 years. She says problems started about a year ago, but the leaking ceiling and other issues have become unbearable in recent months.<\/p>\n
“This problem has been going on for approximately two months now, on and off,” she said. “I don’t know what the apartment is upstairs, but when he takes a bath or shower, it pours down here.\u201d<\/p>\n
She says she’s complained to building management repeatedly, to no avail. <\/p>\n
“When it comes to repairing everything in this building, they just send anybody,” Schwab said. “Nothing gets fixed. Nothing gets done.”<\/p>\n
The building is owned by Weinreb Management. The city sued them in 2022 for allegedly failing to maintain its properties for years and allowing hundreds of violations to go uncorrected.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit accused Weinreb of allowing its buildings to deteriorate to the point of posing “an imminent threat to the health and safety of tenants and the public.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nearly a dozen buildings were named, including 455 Ocean Pkwy., directly across the street from Schwab’s building. <\/p>\n