Announcements

Please note that each of the elevators will be out of service for one week later this month, in order to allow the elevator doors on each floor to be painted.

The elevator in 870 will be out of service Monday, Oct 24th through Friday, Oct 28th.

The elevator in 860 will be out of service Monday, Oct 31st through Friday, Nov 4th.

Painting will be done from 9AM to 5PM daily and the elevator will be put back into service each evening.

Please make your plans accordingly.

If you have any questions, you may contact the Board at wghpresident@gmail.com or Howard Landman at 212-483-0700 ext. 309 or hlandman@sirenmgt.com

Please note that building staff will be painting the 860 laundry room on Thursday, Oct 13 and Friday, Oct 14. As a result, the laundry room will be closed on both of these days. However, the 870 laundry room will remain open.

If you have any questions, you may contact the Board at wghpresident@gmail.com or Howard Landman at 212-483-0700 ext. 309 or hlandman@sirenmgt.com

Please note that each of the elevators will be out of service for one day this week, in order to allow Montano Wood Care Corp to make minor touch-ups to the elevator interiors.

The elevator in 860 will be out of service Thursday, Oct 6th from 9AM to 5PM.

The elevator in 870 will be out of service Friday, Oct 7th from 9AM to 5PM.

Please make your plans accordingly.

If you have any questions, you may contact the Board at wghpresident@gmail.com or Howard Landman at 212-483-0700 ext. 309 or hlandman@sirenmgt.com

Please note that the new awning installation date has been pushed back to Tuesday, Sept 13.

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As part of our lobby renovation project, both the 860 and 870 entrances will receive new external awnings/canopies to be installed this coming week. Currently, the work is scheduled for Friday, Sept 9th. During this time, both entrances will remain open however we ask that residents please be careful when coming/going through the 181 door.

As always, if you have any questions about the lobby renovation project, please contact the Board at wghpresident@gmail.com or Howard Landman at 212-483-0700 ext. 309 or hlandman@sirenmgt.com

This month, there are a number of important updates which the Board of Directors would like all residents to please take note of:

Bicycle Racks
Following a recently conducted audit of our bike rooms, the Board is pleased to announce that we have a limited number of bicycle storage spaces for rental. Bike storage racks are $5 per month, may only be rented by shareholders, and only one bicycle may be stored per rack.

If you are interested in renting a bike storage rack, please email Howard Landman at hlandman@sirenmgt.com no later than September 9th. Please include the number of racks you’re requesting and your building number. We ask that anyone who’s previously mentioned an interest in wanting to rent a bike rack – to a Board member, to Howard Landman, to Siren Management – please email Howard per the above instructions in order to re-register your interest. The Board of Directors wants to ensure that we know the complete list of requesters.

While we will make every effort to assign residents to the bike room where they reside (i.e. an 860 resident is assigned a rack in the 860 bike storage room), we cannot guarantee an exact match between the number and location of residents and available bike racks. As a result, please note that you may be assigned a rack in either building. Likewise, it’s also possible that some requests may not be able to be fulfilled at this time if the number of requests exceeds the number of available racks.

Intercoms
You may have noticed a new intercom printed directory in each lobby vestibule, to complement the electronic directory. In conjunction with installing new printed directories, the Board has corrected names/door codes/phone numbers, in addition to re-organizing the three-digit door codes for all apartments so that they begin with the same first two digits of the apartment number. The printed directory has also been organized by apartment number for ease of use.

All residents are asked to once again ensure that: a) their door code works, b) their name, apartment number and door code are correctly listed on the printed directory, and c) their name and door code are correctly listed in the electronic directory. Corrections and changes should please be emailed to Howard Landman.

If you have any questions, you may contact the Board at wghpresident@gmail.com or Howard Landman at 212-483-0700 ext. 309 or hlandman@sirenmgt.com

At this time, we still have some bikes being stored in both 860 and 870 that cannot be identified:

– In the 860 bike storage room, the following racks cannot be identified: 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15.
– In the 870 bike storage room, the following racks cannot be identified: 1, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13 and 15.

Please leave a note on your rack with your name, apartment and cell phone by Friday, July 22nd. Any bikes not identified by then will be removed from the room.

If you have any questions, you may contact the Board at wghpresident@gmail.com or Shamika Rodriguez at Siren Management at 212-483-0700 ext. 308 or shamikasirenm@gmail.com

Please note that building staff will be painting the 870 laundry room on Wednesday, July 20 and Thursday, July 21. As a result, the laundry room will be closed on both of these days. However, the 860 laundry room will remain open. The 860 laundry room will be re-painted after the lobby and vestibule work is completed.

If you have any questions, you may contact the Board at wghpresident@gmail.com or Howard Landman at 212-483-0700 ext. 309 or hlandman@sirenmgt.com

You may have noticed that one of our trees on 181st street is now gone. Here’s what’s happening with our tree:

This past spring, an arborist hired by the Board to check all our trees advised the Board that the second tree from the corner of Haven, a Sophora Japonica, would not survive and posed a hazard with dead limbs that could fall. The recommendation was that the tree be removed. The Parks Department was then contacted, who evaluated the tree and agreed. The arborist said he suspected that the tree was damaged back in 2011 by Hurricane Irene, and never fully recovered.

The city contractors recently cut down the tree, and the request for the stump’s removal has already been made. The Board has also filed a request that the tree be replaced, and we are told that this will happen sometime in the next two years, as part of the Million Trees NYC program. Obviously, we are hoping it happens sooner rather than later. If we get the chance to make a specific request, we will ask for a pin oak, which grows very tall and is able to stand up to strong winds.

It’s hard to have lost our once-beautiful tree, which looks to have been about 35 years old, but it’s part of the hard life of nature coexisting with our challenging urban environment and our windy block. As we wait, let’s continue to enjoy and nurture the trees we do have. Thanks to everyone who has been helping care for the trees and flowers, and enjoying the building’s plants.

We can still use help with watering! If you are interested in joining the watering crew, or helping with planting bulbs this fall, please contact Jane Maisel, on behalf of the Board Gardening Committee, at jsmaisel@gmail.com

Demolition and reconstruction of the 860 vestibule will start on Monday, June 27th. During this time, residents will not be able to enter/exit the building using the 181 street entrance between 9AM-5PM daily. Depending upon progress of the construction work, we expect to open the vestibule in the evenings after 5PM, starting on Tues, June 28.

We are working with our contractor to ensure that the vestibule is open during the holiday weekend. While there will ongoing construction work still needed after the weekend, it will not interfere with accessing the entrance.

During this time, please use the Cabrini courtyard entrance.

Mail and package delivery should continue as normal, with Sam providing assistance regarding packages as much as possible.

We realize this poses an inconvenience for some residents. The Board appreciates everyone’s patience and flexibility while we make this necessary upgrade to our building.

If you have any questions, you may contact the Board at wghpresident@gmail.com or Howard Landman at 212-483-0700 ext. 309 or hlandman@sirenmgt.com

This is to inform you that the laundry rooms in both 860 and 870 will be closed from 9AM to 3PM on Friday, June 17th. Our laundry room provider, Hercules Laundry, will be serving the machines and cleaning the vents on that day. Please plan accordingly.

– Board of Directors