Simpkin v. A. V. J. Realty Corp.

The defendant was the owner of the multiple dwelling at 1515 Macombs Road, Bronx. Part of the equipment maintained by the defendant, for the convenience of tenants, was an incinerator. This device, common to modern apartment houses in the city of New York, consists of a combustion chamber or furnace in the basement, with a flue running vertically to the roof and terminating there in a chimney; in the common hall, on each floor of the building, the corridor wall is recessed into a small closet, enclosed by a full, standard-sized door; in the recessed wall of the closet, on each floor, is a…