{"id":4333,"date":"2016-11-03T11:58:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T15:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?p=4333"},"modified":"2016-11-03T11:59:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T15:59:12","slug":"spooky-buildings-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/spooky-buildings-in-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Spooky Buildings In New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you\u2019re in the process of renting a New York City apartment,<\/a> there are thousands of things you need to cover. What\u2019s included in the rent? What are the lease terms? Is it pet-friendly? Those are commonly asked questions for renters. Renters may forget to ask about any spooky buildings in New York City. However, there are plenty of frightening spots!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

New York Law does not require brokers or landlords<\/a> to disclose this information. Would you change your mind about the perfect apartment if you found out someone was murdered in it? \u00a0Check out this post to see if your building has some spooky history attached to it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0129 Mulberry St<\/h2>\n

On April 7, 1972, one of the most notorious mobsters, Joey Gallo, nicknamed Crazy Joe for his extreme criminal behavior and love for violence, was celebrating his 43rd birthday after a long night out at Umberto\u2019s Clam House, located at 129 Mulberry St.
\nJoey’s accompanying gangsters fired 20 bullets, and Joey took five of them.\u00a0 Umberto\u2019s Clam House later moved a few blocks away. The scene of the crime turned into an apartment building.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a082-70 Austin St, Queens<\/h2>\n

March 16, 1964, marked one of the darkest nights in New York City’s history. 28-year-old Kitty Genovese was coming home from work at a bar around 3:15 am, when she caught the eye of predator and necrophiliac, Winston Moseley. He chased her down and began stabbing her. Neighbors turned on their lights, scaring Moseley away. However, the neighbors turned their lights off and went back to sleep, allowing the killer to return. Winston proceeded to stab her twelve more times, rape her, and leave her dead in her foyer.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0150-22 72nd Drive, Kew Gardens, Queens<\/h2>\n

In 1965, Alice Crimmins\u2019 two children, Eddie Jr., 5, and Missy, 4, went missing from the Crimmins\u2019 apartment. Missy was found strangled just a few days after they went missing. Eddie\u2019s corpse was found later on, too decomposed to gather evidence. The mother\u2019s promiscuous reputation, along with her nonchalant reaction, led the media to believe that she had murdered her children. With no physical evidence connecting Alice to the crime, she was tried and found guilty in 1968.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0200 Water St. Financial District<\/h2>\n

In 2008, the Russian model Ruslana Korshunova lost her life after leaping out of her ninth-floor apartment in the Financial District<\/a>. Being constantly mistreated by men and missing her family, Ruslana turned to a cult called Rose of the World for guidance. Days after joining this cult, Ruslana chose to take her own life, cutting a hole in construction netting and landing 28 feet away from the building she leapt from.<\/p>\n

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