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What 4-Story Flushing Apartment Building Had Its Air & Light Cut Off?
January 18, 2010 by Neil · Leave a Comment
In the College Point section of Flushing, Queens, apartment building residents at 14-21 College Point Boulevard awoke to discover a wall erected that cuts off their light and air.
Next door neighbors at 14-17 College Point Boulevard, a three-story, four-family, mixed use building, took the initiative for this four-story erection.
Residents at 14-21 can easily touch the offending wall when they open their windows.
The wall is illegal because, among other reasons, it does not allow occupants to escape through their windows in the event of an emergency. Basement apartments are frequently illegal for this very reason, even if the certificate of occupancy were somehow changed: occupants need a second means of egress, other than the front door.
