Marc Walowitz

This location has been an unsightly mess for well over a year now. Sidewalk is broken up and needs to be repaired. Either the owner builds his house or put a solid fence up to hide the lot.

Get Trap Rock on property to keep mud off street. Clean up sidewalk, slip hazard. Owner is occupying house without CO.

More than 4 SHU students at this address.

Sacred Heart students have returned for the Fall session and we already have multiple parties this weekend in residential areas, blocking the residential neighborhood streets with traffic, cars blocking fire hydrants, blocking street corners, and walking in the streets during daylight like it’s some type of block party. These are residential areas, not Sacred Heart dorms. Calling the police is not helpful because they don’t have enough staff to support these calls, as there are more important things to tend to. Why are the police such-short staffed? A big City like Bridgeport needs to have available resources. Since students returned, the traffic has increased two fold and they are speeding through the streets, neglecting stop signs. And of course, there are more than 4 non-related parties living in rentals, which equates to many more cars in one household that are not paying property taxes on vehicles. They clog up the streets, park in the wrong direction, and park halfway in the street at times during normal days, not just during parties. Why do we, the tax paying residents of Bridgeport, have to put up with this?
Why can’t the City of Bridgeport enforce the zoning for these houses? Hire more individuals for these jobs and start to do something about it. There are so many residents that have gotten fed up and left the City only to have the house flipped for college students. Don’t you see this happening in front of your eyes? Because the North End certain does! Perhaps you should spent some time in the North End and see what the real issues are. Would you like living next door to these houses? Probably not but you do nothing to help the residents. And the excuses I have heard in the past are that these students are bringing money into Bridgeport. Well so would a family if they could afford these houses? And they would be paying property taxes on vehicles – something that is sorely missing today! And they would be more respectful of their neighbors. The North End has become a party area reflecting the wild-wild west. Even calling the police does nothing to curb parties.
Why can’t there be a task force for zoning for all the college houses and work with Sacred Heart Administration or Dean of Students to crack down on these houses with 5 or more living in the houses? The absentee landlords know nothing will be done to them in Bridgeport so the habit continues. They don’t care what their houses look like and do the bare minimum for maintenance but collect a high dollar for rent. So will you ignore this complaint, as you have in the past, or do something to help the residents? And why does this complaint keep getting closed out without resolution or response?

How do we get speed humps on Courtland? People have been flying down the road, going over 45+ mph. I tried to find some info regarding neighborhood petitions, etc. but didn't see anything on the cities website. My neighbors and I all have children that play on this road. It's dangerous to have all these speed racers trying to make the green light onto Fairfield Ave. I only see this getting worse with the monstrosity the city is allowing to be built on the corner of Courtland and Fairfield Ave.

Boxes of garbage in driveway of student rental home. Please hold tenants and landlords responsible. This is an eyesore for hardworking taxpaying residents.

Good afternoon, on the property address referenced above there is an excessive amount of cats.  The cats are crossing over to 325 Lafayette Street, and are constantly urinating in front of my door.  

 

This is unsanitary, unacceptable, and detrimental to my health, safety and that of my 2 small girls.  

 

Please take action on this matter.  The building is empty, in disrepair and blight to our neighborhood.  There is also constant dumping of trash around the perimeter of the building.  

 

Your help is greatly appreciated. 

I am an attorney from the CT Veterans Legal Center writing on behalf of an 82 year old veteran in the building. Mice and roaches run around him and over him. He isn't able to walk and the infestation is particularly harmful to a vulnerable person. My name is Karen Gargamelli-McCreight, Esq. The veteran's information is listed below.

This construction site has turned into a blight situation. No work is done for weeks on end and the place looks like a garbage dump. The Port-a-Potty is being used as a public bathroom. This neighborhood deserves peace and an end to what should've been a 3 week project for a foundation only. We are all exhausted from the atrocious lack of oversight. It's amateur hour on 108 Beacon. Please address it.