1236 W. Cross Street

Property address:  1236 W. Cross Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Property owner:  119 Scott Street, LLC, 625 Washington Boulevard, #A, Baltimore, MD 21230

Registered agent for 119 Scott Street, LLC:  Gerald M. Katz, 900 Dulaney Valley Road #400, Towson, MD 21204

City Council District and contact:  District 11, William Cole IV

Baltimore City Housing Code Enforcement Attorney:  Seth Greer, seth.greer AT baltimorecity.gov

1236 W. Cross side view

1517 McHenry Street

Property address:  1517 McHenry Street, Baltimore, MD 21223

Property owner:  Al Grasso and Muhammad T. Saleem, 8417 Silverdale Court, Lorton, VA 22079

City Council District and contact:  District 9, Agnes Welch

1517 McHenry Street

1003 and 1005 S. Carey Street, Revisited…Again.

Property address:  1003 and 1005 S. Carey Street, Baltimore, MD 21223

Property owner:  1005 South Carey Street, LLC, 17 Warren Road, Baltimore, MD 21208 and 1003 S Carey St, LLC, P.O. Box 32118, Baltimore, MD 21282

Registered agent for both shell corporations:  Jack Novograd, 5616 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215

City Council District Contact: 9th District, Agnes Welch

We’ve written about these two homes so many times, as they’re both owned by shell companies controlled by Stanley Rochkind.  We have to wonder what kind of message the city is sending to this neighborhood, with their lack of action against the property owner.  We’ve been writing about these two houses since February of this year — and a few of the neighbors have filed multiple complaints. Yet here the properties are in their current state.  We wonder if Baltimore City is capable of doing any better than this.

Currently both homes have STOP WORK orders attached to them — and both homes are in terrible disrepair, and open to vagrants.  The windows and doors are broken — 1003 is completely open in the rear of the property, and has no roof.  The front door to 1005 has been off its hinges for at least two months, if not more.

Front door of 1003 S. Carey Street with STOP WORK order.

Broken window on 1003 - note there is no roof or rear wall visible from the window.

Front door of 1005 S. Carey Street - property has been open to vagrants for months.

1272 Washington Boulevard

Property address:  1272 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21230

Property owner:  Alexandre Czertok & David Bronner, 3010 Falstaff Road, Baltimore, MD 21209

City Council District and contact:  District 9, Agnes Welch

We’ve been spending quite a bit of time focusing on SW and W Baltimore lately.  It seems this area has a certain amount of potential that’s being wasted, due to the increasing crime rate and number of abandoned homes.  Perhaps one day the city will wake up and collectively realize that it is losing so many decent, tax-paying residents as a result of the inertia that has taken hold of parts of Baltimore.  We hope this changes, in a sustainable, thoughtful way.

The “Believe” sticker on the front of this house only adds to the lunacy.

1272 Washington Boulevard

1272 Washington Boulevard, Rear

14 S. Schroeder Street

Property address: 14 S. Schroeder Street, Baltimore, MD 21223

Property owner:  The Frederick Avenue Development Corporation, 1023 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21223

Registered agent for The Frederick Avenue Development Corporation:  See below, as this “corporation” seems to have never been registered with the State of Maryland.

City Council District and contact:  9th District, Agnes Welch

This property has been under its current ownership for approximately ten years, and is clearly in a derelict state.  The current owner, the Frederick Avenue Development Corporation remains a bit of a mystery, as a search of state corporation records yielded nothing, as did a phone call to the state agency in charge of corporate taxation.

We find this property to be particularly disturbing because of two things:  It’s in the 9th City Council District, which appears to contain a vast majority of the homes we receive emails about.  We’d certainly like to know what Agnes Welch is doing about the problem, especially since her constituents are pretty vocal about this issue.  The other thing that bothers us about this property is the fact that it sits on a block that contains some rather interesting rehabs and older lived-in homes.  Why should anyone have to live with this as a neighbor?

Front of 14 S. Schroeder Street

1006 W. Cross Street

Property address:  1006 W. Cross Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Property owner:  Joan M. Hashagen-Snyder, 5 Offutt Court, Granite, MD 21163

City Council District and contact:  11th District, William Cole

Yet another Washington Village property that seems to have been abandoned by its non-resident owner.  Note the pile of rubble left in the rear yard.

Front of 1006 W. Cross

Rear of 1006 W. Cross

24 N. Fulton Avenue

Property address:  24 N. Fulton Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21223

Property owner:  Kevin Young, 4713 Amberly Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21229

City Council district and contact:  9th District, Agnes Welch

This house has such potential, and it’s a shame it’s been abandoned by its owner.  This stretch of Fayette, Baltimore, and Fulton is full of blighted homes — is Councilwoman Welch paying attention?  The owner has seen his fair share of foreclosure hearings and housing court violations — not surprising.  We have to wonder is anyone in the city paying attention to this revolving list of names?

24 N. Fulton Avenue

24 N. Fulton Avenue, Rear.

More Blighted Blocks in East Baltimore

Property Address:  1504 through 1528 Brentwood Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21202 and 404 through 422 E. Oliver Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

Property Owner:  Station Place, LLC, 701 McCulloh Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

Registered Owner for Station Place, LLC:  Raj Sehgal, 701 McCulloh Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

City Council District and Contact:  12th District, Jack Young

Described by one former resident as “the middle of hell, and not as nice as that”, these two blocks are among the worst we’ve ever seen.  Rows of homes, completely abandoned, left to deteriorate for years.  Again, it’s hard to look at when you consider the number of people who need affordable safe housing in Baltimore City — and here’s another property owner who seems to think it’s okay to let an entire neighborhood deteriorate past the point of no return.  Given the name of the owner’s LLC, we’re assuming he thought he could cash in on the “Station North” neighborhood, but instead he’s let his properties turn into a blighted wasteland.

1504-1528 Brentwood Avenue

406 to 422 E. Oliver Street

757 Carroll Street

Property Address:  757 Carroll Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Property Owner:  757 Carroll Street, LLC, 5928 Glenoak Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21214*

Registered Agent for 757 Carroll Street, LLC:  George Spiers

City Council District and Contact: 11th District, William Cole

*This corporation is also registered at two other addresses:  1153 Maryland Route 3 N, Suite 12, Gambrills, MD 21054 and 7603 Harford Road, Suite 120, Baltimore, MD 21214.

This property was never winterized and as a result of a broken water pipe, water is spewing into the basement of the next-door neighbor.  The roof on the rear of the property has caved in, and the basement window is open to the elements, with only a small piece of plywood that doesn’t adequately cover the opening.

front of 757 carroll street

open window in front of 757 carroll street

rear of 757 carroll street. note that the roof has caved in.

water running down carroll street from in front of 757