A Food Network star is pleading with the NYPD to fix an abandoned Brooklyn brownstone that’s been overrun by squatters and littered with liquor bottles after a blaze tore through the place half a decade ago.
“Chopped” host Ted Allen tweeted Wednesday morning about the dilapidated building at 177 Waverly Ave. in Clinton Hill.
“Dear NYC police dept.: This house at 177 Waverly in Brooklyn burned 5 years ago; vacant ever since. Somebody stole iron fence and stoop rails. Now, someone has sawed off window bars and has moved in. Clinton Hill would really appreciate you securing the place. Thanks,” wrote Allen, who has an address a few blocks away.
Police said they responded to the Waverly address after receiving a 911 phone call about a break-in around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday — but no one was inside.
A ground-level window had its bars cut off and a wooden board covering it had been moved, according to sources.
Ted AllenComposite: Getty ImagesLiquor bottles were strewn inside and outside the run-down property, sources said.
A fire had broken out in the basement of the Waverly property in September 2012, Patch reported at the time.
More than 60 firefighters battled the early-morning blaze, which left one man injured.
Now, the windows of the brownstone are blown out and wooden boards, some with “Keep Out” and “Police Line Do Not Cross” signs on them, cover most of the windows.
A longtime resident agreed that the brownstone is an eyesore long overdue for a fix.
“It’s been a problem for three or four years,” the resident said. “When the fire happened, others neighbors tried to keep it up with sweeping in front. People have called the police about people sitting and smoke marijuana. The police said they were dealing with real calls.”
He added: “They’ve stolen all the metal. That’s the original architecture railings from 1905. It’s 113 years old.”



