
475 Kent Avenue in Brooklyn. Image credit: Google Maps.
New owner of a Brooklyn loft building demanded that resident vacate his parking space. Andrew Ohanesian, an artist, is the tenant of loft Unit 709, located at 475 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn. Ohanesian signed a one-year lease with the building’s prior owner in February 2009 and has lived in the building ever since. The prior owner verbally agreed that Ohanesian could use a designated parking space in the loading bay area of the building for an additional $180 a month. Ohanesian included the $180 parking charge in his rent payment each month from February 2009 through February 2017. All the invoices he received from the prior owner reflected the charge for $180. (read more…)