ROUGH TIMES FOR HISTORIC JEWISH HOUSES
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
All is not peaceful at the Shalom Aleichem Houses.
The real estate crash has come home to roost at the historic Van Cortlandt Village community, a Neo-Tudor fortress built by socialist Yiddish speakers in the 1920s.
The 15-building complex has racked up hundreds of housing code violations for broken sinks, leaks, rodents and lead paint, and is in foreclosure.
