The Hotel Chelsea sues NYC penthouse residents for blocking repairs on finished roof terrace where rock stars once hung out

Move over Sid and Nancy — The Hotel Chelsea has a new power couple.

Tenants Johnathan and Susan Berg have been accused of rocking the famous West 23rd Street address to its foundation by blocking roofers from probing a leak in the 150-year-old roof — with the confrontation getting physical and leaving one worker fearful for his safety, a new lawsuit claims.

The Bergs, who have been paying roughly $2,500 a month for the luxurious, rent-stabilized penthouse they have lived in since the 70s — and where they’ve hung out with punk rock stars like Patti Smith — are going to war because the work will tear up a hunk of their lavishly appointed roof garden…

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