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Hilarious Fake Bushwick Apartment Listing Offers Up Treehouse in Maria Hernandez Park

A brooklyn resident posted the bogus listing to make apartment hunters consider the dire state of the housing situation in Bushwick.

Hilarious Fake Bushwick Apartment Listing Offers Up Treehouse in Maria Hernandez Park

A brooklyn resident posted the bogus listing to make apartment hunters consider the dire state of the housing situation in Bushwick.

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A recent parody of Bushwick’s many outrageous sublet listings has gone viral after it went live last Sunday on a Facebook group for performing arts professionals seeking housing in New York City.

Facebook user Anthony Grrasi [sic], a member of the citywide group called “Gypsy Housing,” posted the imaginary space, a treehouse located in Maria Hernandez Park listed for rent at $1,000 a month, on August 22, creating a lively dialogue among members of the 7,650-person group.

Grassi tells Bushwick Daily that the post is a reaction to, and critique of, the bleak realities of seeking housing in New York City in 2016. The post effectively echoes the weird conventions of broker-speak, describing the treehouse as located in a “decent size tree” in the middle of park with “true oak wood floors and walls and ceilings.”

In this town, where residential square footage is at an an ever higher premium and vans , igloos and boats floating on superfund sites have all been considered legitimate, saleable housing…

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