Violence plagues slumlord’s Flatbush complex

Flatbush Gardens — an East Flatbush housing complex where developer David Bistricer is on Public Advocate Bill de Blasio’s watchlist of slumlords — has been the victim of deadly violence and residents are concerned about their safety. Two men have been murdered in the last two weeks at the 30-acre, 57-building complex, the Daily News reported. In total, three people have been killed, and six have been shot there in 2010, according to statistics from the New York police department. “There’s so much drug selling, it’s crazy, and a lot of shootings all the time,” said disabled veteran Leroy Marks, 57, a longtime resident. The mostly rent-stabilized complex, formerly known as Vanderveer Estates, was sold in 2005 for $140 million to a group led by Bistricer, who promised to make improvements. But, residents say doors are broken, surveillance cameras and streetlights don’t work and private security patrols are understaffed. [NYDN]