A Bay Ridge couple says their exercise-obsessed neighbor has turned a shared driveway into an outdoor gym where he lifts weights, slams medicine balls, and sledgehammers tires.
Edwin Aponte, a tenant of 225 73rd St., began using the 8-foot-wide space “to conduct weightlifting and exercise classes” sometimes for up to six hours a day, claim Apollo and Nataliya Hogan, who live next door, in a Brooklyn Supreme Court lawsuit.
He refuses to let cars into the driveway while he’s pumping iron and is damaging the concrete with his loud antics, the couple claims.
A Bay Ridge couple can’t work it out with an exercise-obsessed neighbor, who allegedly blocks their shared driveway, using the space to weight-lift, and sledgehammer tires, they claim in a lawsuit. stefano giovannini
Edwin Aponte, a tenant of 225 73rd St., began using the 8-foot-wide space “to conduct weightlifting and exercise classes” sometimes for up to six hours a day, claim Apollo and Nataliya Hogan, who live next door. stefano giovannini
The Hogans want a judge to order Aponte to stop and are seeking unspecified damages. stefano giovanniniThe Hogans want a judge to order Aponte to stop and are seeking unspecified damages.
A lawyer for the Hogans declined comment.
Aponte could not be reached for comment.
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