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Offline JK resident

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Zombie homes in Jackson Heights
« on: September 21, 2018, 09:48:08 AM »
Do we have any prominent homes that are zombies or full of zombies?

https://therealdeal.com/2018/09/19/the-city-is-suing-these-lenders-over-zombie-homes/
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Offline Lilybell

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Re: Zombie homes in Jackson Heights
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2018, 11:27:16 AM »
There are lots of abandoned houses in Jamaica. Can't think of any in JH.
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Re: Zombie homes in Jackson Heights
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2018, 12:29:26 PM »
you'd know one if you saw it.

not being sarcastic. other cities are so plagued that they simply raze whole blocks of them, dozens at a time.
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Re: Zombie homes in Jackson Heights
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2018, 06:05:01 PM »
 There are zombie apartments here definitely. I know of a number in our building that are either completely vacant or
very rarely used. Wish it was not so but long time co-op residents are under no obligation to live there or sell as far as
I know.
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Re: Zombie homes in Jackson Heights
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2018, 07:43:09 PM »
would those really be "zombie homes," though? to me, that connotes a structure being left unmaintained, to rot and/or be squatted in, in perpetuity. after all, huge chunks of the city's highest-end buildings - billionaire's row on 57th, Trump tower, Time Warner -- are made up of apartments owned by foreign interests that never even open the door. and those don't cause an issue, at least not in terms of crime....
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Re: Zombie homes in Jackson Heights
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2018, 10:12:14 PM »
There used to be a "zombie" home on 34th Avenue somewhere in the low 70s I believe.  I thought for certain someone would buy it and restore it to its original grandeur.  That never happened.  It is now a school. 
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