NY Observer > Great Neck http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/30101/feed Articles from Observer.com en Letters http://www.observer.com/node/39332 Firefighters, Not Rudy, Are Heroes of 9/11   To the Editor:    read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/39332#comments Great Neck Manhattan Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Observer Staff 39332 at http://www.observer.com Let's Hope They Have Cheap Rent http://www.observer.com/node/34257
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Last Sunday sixty people were evacuated from a couple of buildings at 345 and 347 West 16th Street because of a fire. And then, after the FDNY extinguished the blaze, they discovered that sections of the buildings were crumbling. Now the tenants have to wait till the building's shored up before they can move back in. (What about the pets?!)

Now residents are telling the local news that the landlord--Benedict Properties of Great Neck, N.Y., according to PropertyShark--hasn't been providing adequate heat nor hot water. Most tenants won't even speak on the record, fearing retribution from the landlord.

According to PropertyShark, there are literally hundreds of building violations for these two properties. Granted, some of them date to 1977, but recent ones include failure to provide hot water, faulty smoke detectors and fire escapes, and "vermin mice" and "vermin roaches."

Ah, Chelsea! Good to know you're not totally going yuppie.

(Via BlogChelsea, CBS 2) -Matthew Grace]]> http://www.observer.com/node/34257#comments Real Estate Great Neck New York New York City Fire Department Tue, 21 Feb 2006 06:40:49 -0500 Observer Staff 34257 at http://www.observer.com Huddled Masses, Yearning to Skip Orgo http://www.observer.com/node/34254 The New York Times today has a piece about wealthy immigrants moving to the U.S. to take advantage of our sub-par schools.

Meet the Shins: 40's, married with children, well-off and well-established back home in Seoul. But the problem was the academic grind their kids would face if they stayed.

Mrs. Shin tells Times reporter Paul Vitello a few things you didn't know about Great Neck:
"Here are many Asians. And here my children have more ... more ... chance to live normal." The chance to live normal is a relative value and might mean many different things to different people. But among a growing group of monied Chinese and South Korean newcomers arriving in this community of 40,000 in Nassau County, there is a strong feeling of what it means: the chance to spare their children the grinding competition and unrelieved pressure of scholastic life in their homelands.
- Tom McGeveran]]> http://www.observer.com/node/34254#comments Real Estate Great Neck Paul Vitello Seoul The Shins Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:54:23 -0500 Observer Staff 34254 at http://www.observer.com Another Car-Wreck Memoir Straining Hard for Attention http://www.observer.com/node/37750 Elizabeth Hayt’s I’m No Saint kicks off with the author going down on her bridesmaid the  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37750#comments O2 Ariel Levy Elizabeth Hayt Great Neck John Hughes Sun, 16 Oct 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Suzy Hansen 37750 at http://www.observer.com From Great Neck, With Attitude-An American Jewish Blossoming http://www.observer.com/node/46979 Great Neck , by Jay Cantor. Alfred A.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/46979#comments O2 Billy Green Great Neck Jay Cantor Mississippi Sun, 19 Jan 2003 19:00:00 -0500 Vince Passaro 46979 at http://www.observer.com The Gong Show.com: Baby Internet Vets Pitch Businesses to Hard-Bit Big-Money Guys http://www.observer.com/node/44565 Jonathan Harooni, 23, and David Matalon, 22, two bright and eager New York guys, are looking for som  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/44565#comments Real Estate Dave Matalon David Matalon Flatiron Partners Great Neck Sun, 10 Jun 2001 20:00:00 -0400 Landon Thomas Jr. 44565 at http://www.observer.com Re-Greening of Mark: Perennial Cocky Kid Tries to Tone It Down http://www.observer.com/2001/re-greening-mark-perennial-cocky-kid-tries-tone-it-down As he prepared for the crucible of a New York Mayoralcampaign, Public Advocate Mark Green gathered h  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2001/re-greening-mark-perennial-cocky-kid-tries-tone-it-down#comments Great Neck Mark Green Ralph Nader Sun, 01 Apr 2001 20:00:00 -0400 Greg Sargent and Josh Benson 44228 at http://www.observer.com The Most Ambitious Woman in New York http://www.observer.com/node/42768 Who Ivy Supersonic IsIt was Saturday night, about 9 p.m., and Ivy Supersonic, wearing a black leathe  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/42768#comments Media Great Neck Ivy Silberstein Ivy Supersonic Tottenville Sun, 02 Apr 2000 20:00:00 -0400 NYO Staff 42768 at http://www.observer.com The Puzzling Mr. Brendel Battles Chaos at Carnegie Hall http://www.observer.com/node/41450 Ever since Mozart, one of classical music's most persistent myths has been that of the child prodigy  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/41450#comments O2 Alfred Brendel Great Neck Harry Chiang Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sun, 09 May 1999 20:00:00 -0400 Charles Michener 41450 at http://www.observer.com Secular and Holy Duke It Out-With the Catskills for Scenery http://www.observer.com/node/40841 Kaaterskill Falls , by Allegra Goodman. Dial Press, 324 pages, $23.95.Ah, the Jews. Who are we?  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/40841#comments O2 Allegra Goodman Germany Great Neck Harvard University Sun, 16 Aug 1998 20:00:00 -0400 Jay Cantor 40841 at http://www.observer.com