‘Crappy luxury’: Inside NYC’s brand new apartment buildings that are falling apart

Water has come to define the 30-story high-rise at One Blue Slip in Greenpoint since it opened eight years ago.

There are the sweeping views of the East River and Newtown Creek, which separates Brooklyn from Long Island City like a Venetian canal, though slightly more toxic.

And then there’s what happens inside the 359-unit building: Water has both poured from ceilings and stopped running altogether…

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