Anonymous on 02/28/2012
Bed bugs have been reported now on the 3rd floor of this building. Problem has been continuing throughout the year and the landlord has no interest in fixing it. If you are going to move here, dont trust the landlord when they give you a fake document that says they that the building is clear. Also, ask them to sign the bed bug history document as required by law on nyc.
Anonymous on 02/10/2012
Dear false alarm,
I think we are neighbors. We have found bed bugs repeatedly throughout the year. They stop coming after a while when the exterminator comes, but they are not going anywhere. Found one todays ago on the towel in the kitchen. Found one today on my desk while I was working. Finally deciding it might be the time to move out. Bed Bugs win.
To whoever is going to move into this building, the apartment might be nice, the rent might be a little cheaper, but it's not worth the hel
l that you will go through.
Anonymous on 01/16/2012
Dear false alarm,
Glad to see you stopped using all CAPS.
There are many apartments in the building. The bedbugs have not traveled to every apartment, and will take longer to make it into the remodeled apartments.
They travel to the nearest, easiest food source. And they can hibernate and go without food (blood) for a year and a half.
The point is, anyone moving into this building or adjacent buildings should know that it has had a bad infestation, and the chances are small that th
e problem was eradicated. And most exterminators don't know how to combat them - if they did, there wouldn't be a bedbug epidemic.
And if you check the map on this site, the general area is infested. I wonder who owns all those buildings...
So, anyone living there is taking a risk re: time, stress and money.
Anonymous on 12/02/2010
I moved into this building, I called down a professional exterminator not from the landlord.He checked my apartment inside out and said there are no bed bugs...
You scared me.... false alarm..
Anonymous on 11/10/2010
The post from 10/21/2010 about the 'GREAT LANDLORD!!!!' seems a little suspicious... maybe it's the all caps?
I lived in this building, my roommate made the original post -- it is infested with bedbugs. The poor guy downstairs reported waking up with "12 bedbugs" on his chest. Unfortunately they made their way to our apartment.
The exterminators did not know how to handle them, and in any case gets paid each time they spray. I learned from a bedbug expert that one of the chemicals they use
d actually *increases* the fertility of the female bedbug.
In any case obviously bedbugs are immune to current chemicals or they wouldn't be a problem. And/or the chemicals do not reach the eggs. And/or the bedbugs can hibernate for up to 18 months.
The infestation was reported to the city, and is on record.
We had to move out, and spent a couple thousand dollars getting our stuff fumigated with vikane gas.
In other news, the landlord reportedly owns like 32 buildings and keeps them in various states of disrepair.
Anonymous on 10/21/2010
GREAT LANDLORD!!!!
NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH BED BUGS.
LANDLORD HAS A GREAT EXTERMINATOR THAT COMES EVERY MONTH.....
Anonymous on 02/21/2010
Live in a railroad apt at this location. Found bedbugs in early February ('10). Found out from others in the building that it has a history of infestation. Sigh.
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