Unsafe At Any Deed

That million-dollar luxury conversion you just bought in DUMBO is a dangerous firetrap:

In addition to a leaky roof and a substandard ventilation system, the luxury Bridge St. building owned by scandal-ridden developer Joshua Guttman would burn to ashes in no time because of a host of fire hazards — including a wooden parking garage and wooden staircases.

Exposed wires, virtually no fireproofing, and drywall that would burn twice as fast as the minimum standard required by the city fire code were attacked yesterday by condo owners who paid as much as $1 million to live there.

“I really believe that if there is a fire and people are not awake or don’t smell it, they aren’t getting out alive,” said attorney Adam Leitman Bailey, who filed a $36 million lawsuit on behalf of 38 condo owners.

Guttman is the owner of the Greenpoint Terminal Market — which burned down last spring under mysterious circumstances.

According to the report by Rand Engineering & Architecture, many of the walls are made of drywall and so flimsy it would take just one hour to turn them into ash.

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Mark Shacket, a Broadway show manager who moved into the building in 2004, said that besides shoddy structural work, one of his biggest fears is escaping a fire.

“It’s sort of like you have to close your eyes and pray,” said Shacket, 34. “I’m at the end of a dead-end hallway so you just have to hope the sprinkler system is up to code.”

Guttman, who has owned five buildings that have caught on fire since 1992, did not return calls for comment.

See also: Greenpoint Terminal Market Fire.