BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) — A Brooklyn hotel marquee came crashing down sending debris scattering everywhere.<\/p>\n
It happened 7 a.m. Sunday in front of the Clark Street subway entrance for 2 and 3 trains. The 10 by 20-foot marquee says the St. George Hotel, which opened more than a hundred years ago. What was the hotel above is now college dorms for several different schools.<\/p>\n
No one was hurt. Had it been on a weekday morning, it could have been a different story.<\/p>\n
Council Member Lincoln Restler tells Eyewitness News he has been sounding the alarm about the private landlord for not maintaining the building that is part of public transit. It has an agreement with the MTA, and Restler says the head of New York City Transit was just there Friday at the council member’s invitation to look at the conditions.<\/p>\n
“It’s grimy. It’s very rarely cleaned and we have a number of small businesses that are based in that space and it’s often so hot that that struggle to stay open on the warmest days of the summer. So this is not a landlord that has been investing or caring for or properly maintaining the Clark Street subway station, and clearly they’re not maintaining the exterior of the building either, ” Restler said.<\/p>\n
Neighbors say it makes them feel unsafe.<\/p>\n
“I mean, nobody got hurt. It was at 7:00 in the morning, so not a lot of traffic at that time, but it could have happened at any time,” said Claudia Ordonez.<\/p>\n
2 and 3 trains are skipping Clark Street because there is nowhere to safely enter and exit.<\/p>\n
The Department of Buildings will be back on scene Monday to investigate further.<\/p>\n
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