515 Edgecombe Avenue Cooperative

515 EDGECOMBE AVE

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10032

WELCOME TO 515 EDGECOMBE AVENUE COOPERATIVE

This website was created to make it easy for you to find answers to the most common questions you might have as a resident of 515 Edgecombe Avenue.

SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING

There will be a special shareholders' meeting on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, beginning at 8pm in the building's lobby. If you have items you would like included in the agenda, please send them directly to Elizabeth Castelli.

COOP NEWS

There will be a shareholders' meeting in the near future. We are in the process of confirming a date that will work for Jerry Edelman from the management company, whose presence at the meeting is obviously important. We will send a message announcing the meeting date/time as soon as we have it confirmed-- we hope to do so within the next day or so.

If you have particular agenda items for that shareholders' meeting, please forward them directly to Ellizabeth Castelli.who will collate these items and make sure they appear on the agenda for that meeting.

Neighbors on the 5th floor--and some others--experienced leaks and other water damage from recent winter storms. The board will report at the next meeting about emerging plans to repair the building's roof as well as plans to finance that major capital project.

The board is in the process of setting up a central e-mail account to which shareholders can address their requests for help when problems arise in the building. This will create a permanent and centralized record of such requests, and it will help us keep track of responses, patterns of problems in the building, etc. (Shareholders will be asked to copy any requests that go to the management company to this central e-mail account to which all board members will have regular access.)

The yearly financial statement from the coop's (new) accountant is officially due on April 15. The board is working to ensure that we receive this statement in a timely fashion, in advance of our customary May meeting.

There will be annual board elections held in May, and a notice will be circulated before long, soliciting (self-)nominations. Please look for this notice and consider running for the board.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to be in touch.

Communications with Shareholders

We want to establish better, ongoing communication between the board and shareholders. Please contact Elizabeth Castelli (ecastell@barnard.edu) if you have a question or concern. (For emergencies or repairs, please continue to contact the Super and/or the Management company!)

EMERGENCIES - WHOM TO CONTACT

*** CALL 911 FOR MEDICAL OR LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS ***

For other emergencies and problems with the building or your apartment call Building Superintendant, Mr Miguel Rondon (646) 651-5474

Failing this, please contact the following persons in the following order

   1. Building Manager, Mr Victor Berrios (917) 731-0891

   2. Managing Agent Mr Jerry Edelman (212) 721-0424

    4. Member of the Cooperative Board.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Please email questions and complaints to the following address: 311@edgecombe.us

ANNOUNCEMENTS
FRONT DOORS
Please ensure the front door to the street is properly shut and the lock is fully engaged when you enter or leave the building. Thanks.

RECYCLING - PLEASE HELP THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR BUILDING STAFF!
There is still a problem with the mixing of trash and recycling in the bins. Please ensure that:
TRASH IS NOT PLACED IN THE RECYCLING BINS;
PAPER IS NOT PLACED IN THE RECYCLING BINS FOR PLASTIC, GLASS AND METAL;
DO NOT MIX PLASTIC AND PAPER -- REMOVE PAPER FROM PLASTIC BAGS BEFORE PLACING THEM IN THE BINS

TRASH VIOLATION
The City issued the coop with a notice of trash violation for mixing non-recyclables with recyclables. Please note it is every resident's responsibility to abide by the City's recycling regulations.
OBLIGATIONS
You must be aware of your obligations as a shareholder, sublessee or renter. There are important amendments to the House Rules with regard to sub-lets and permitted moving times more...

ARCHIVES
Read older announcements and news items here

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
515 Edgecombe Avenue ("combe" is derived from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "hill") is located in a neighborhood bathed in history. Just 2 blocks away is the historic Morris-Jumel Mansion, where George Washington made his headquarters in the fall of 1776 during the battle of Harlem Heights. This avenue was also the home address of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Thurgood Marshall.

North of Highbridge park is a woodsy area within which lies a landmark schist rock that pokes through the dirt called Coogan's Bluff. This site formerly overlooked the Polo Grounds, the stadium where the New York Giants played for over 5 decades. It is named after James Coogan, Manhattan Borough President, who sold the land to New York Giants owner John T. Brush, who moved the Giants to the second Polo Grounds in 1891.

OUR BUILDING

515 Edgecombe Avenue was built in 1923. It was converted to a cooperative in 1987. The building is a 5-story walk-up with 21 units. It is currently 80 per cent owner occupied.