1168 Carroll Street

Property address:  1168 Carroll, Baltimore, MD 21230

Property owner:  CAM Property Management, LLC, 1314 S. Carey Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Registered agent for CAM Property Management, LLC:  Dan Frank, 1314 S. Carey Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

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

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

1168 Carroll Street, rear yard

1168 Carroll Street

Property address:  1168 Carroll Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Property owner:  CAM Property Management, LLC, 1314 S. Carey Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Resident agent for CAM Property Management:  Dan Frank, 1314 S. Carey Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

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

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

1121 Ward Street

Property address:  1121 Ward Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Property owner:  Willie M. Coles, Jr. and Shannelle Morris, 1121 Ward Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

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

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

This house is in terrible shape, and in danger of collapsing.  Since it’s attached to two other homes, we encourage those property owners to call the city and complain.  The front wall is bowed in the front, and the house needs to be torn down.

Side view of bowed front facade.

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.

1502 McHenry Street, Baltimore, MD 21223

Property address:  1502 McHenry Street, Baltimore, MD 21223

Property owner:  Eldridge Green, Jr., 308 E. 23rd Street 21218

City Council District and Contact:  District 9, Agnes Welch

This property is owned by a yet another Baltimore City drug dealer — unlike Milton Tillman, Jr., and George A. Dangerfield, Jr. however, Mr. Green seems to be a small-time dealer with limited means.  (And a bad temper, according to his criminal activities). Not someone who needs to own slum property in an already marginal neighborhood.

1502 McHenry Street

Abandoned Home Burns, One Man Dies in SW Baltimore

Yet another abandoned home in Baltimore is destroyed by fire — two men were trapped inside, according to ABC2 News.  (Unfortunately, they say the fire was in Southeast Baltimore, when S. Carey Street is actually in Southwest Baltimore.)  One man was seriously injured, the other man died.  The house had previously been the subject of a foreclosure proceeding.  The home has been vacant for at least 5 years, according to a neighbor.

Property address:  4 S. Carey Street, Baltimore, MD 21223

Property owner:  Sukaenot Oluwaremilekun Alamuta, 4 S. Carey Street, Baltimore, MD 21223 (SDAT has the wrong address for Mr. Alamuta — his address is actually 47 Peabody Street, NE, Washington, DC 20011).

City Council District and contact:  District 9, Agnes Welch

4 S. Carey Street

We wonder if it was arson...

If any information about the two men caught in the fire comes up, we’ll be sure to update this post.

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

1209 Washington Boulevard

Property address:  1209 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21230

Property owner:  Joseph D. Giusto, II, P.O. Box 104 Linthicum, MD 21090

City Council district and contact:  Agnes Welch, District 9

Located on block with other boarded-up homes, this one seems to blend right in with its landscape in Washington Village.  It’s unfortunate that this block can’t seem to get a head start when it comes to combatting blight and trash.  This part of Washington Boulevard also seems to be quite a haven for drugs and prostitution.

1209 Washington Boulevard Front

1209 Washington Boulevard Rear

1521 McHenry Street

Property address:  1521 McHenry Street, Baltimore, MD 21223

Property owner:  CE Realty, LLC, 3210 Labyrinth Road, Baltimore, MD 21208

Registered agent for CE Realty, LLC:  Ephraim Weingarten, 3210 Labyrinth Road, Baltimore, MD 21208

City Council district and contact:  District 9, Agnes Welch

Only one of many boarded-up blighted homes in the 1500 block of McHenry Street in Southwest Baltimore.  Despite numerous emails to Agnes Welch’s office, we have never received the courtesy of a response when we’ve inquired about her plans to improve her district. The property owner has been involved in the usual slumlord legal stew of injunctions, failure to maintain his property, etc.

1521 McHenry Street