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Access to Courtyard Added to Neighboring Apt.

Postby InBrooklyn » Thu Aug 08, 2019 8:08 pm

I live on the ground floor and have two windows facing out on a backyard/courtyard in Brooklyn. The apartment across the hall was the same until its just-completed renovation. Unbeknownst to me until now, the landlord changed one of the windows into a door giving that apartment the implied right to use that outdoor space.

Did he have the right to do this? I fear that my life is about to become a nightmare once the place is rented to some trustfund hipster idiot who starts throwing parties out there right outside my windows. Is there anything I can do?

Thank you for any help you could give me in this matter.

Edited to add that I just went on the DOB site and saw no permit filed for the renovation or anything.
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Re: Access to Courtyard Added to Neighboring Apt.

Postby TenantNet » Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:44 am

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