World's Worst Apartment Building
Hookers, Slot Machines, Rats: Life at The Bronx's 2320 Aqueduct Avenue.
Everything about the derelict apartment building at 2320 Aqueduct Avenue in the Bronx is a gamble. The place is pretty much a madhouse. From 1994 to 2007, the prewar building was owned by Jacob Selechnik, a former member of the Voice's "10 Worst Landlords" list, whom tenant activists dubbed "Jake the Snake" -- and not just for his rap sheet of more than 10,000 code violations on his vast array of Bronx properties. Not so long ago, pigeons were being raised on the roof of 2320 Aqueduct, prompting an invasion of rats on the floors below. More recently, prostitutes plied their trade in the lobby's utility closet. When the dope dealer out front concluded his business for the day, you could find him living in the building's elevator machine room. Currently, a makeshift casino and numbers parlor operates out of a first-floor apartment. http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-12-01/news/hookers-slot-machines-rats-life-at-the-bronx-s-2320-aqueduct-ave/
