BETTER OFF ‘SHED’

Scaffolding finally up at unsafe bldg.

The owners of an upper Manhattan apartment building cited for having an unsafe building exterior — and named in a Post exposé earlier this week — finally erected safety scaffolding Tuesday morning.

The seven-story building at 1627 Amsterdam Ave. (left, as workers put up scaffolding Tuesday) already had an open violation from way back in 2011 for failing to maintain its exterior in a safe manner when it was hit with new violations last month.

Building owners were cited for not addressing “a loose partially connected piece of metal at the cornice” and “two brick chimneys with stone cap on degraded” following a Nov. 25 inspection.

On Monday, a building inspector slapped a brand new summons on the structure — giving them 30 days to comply — following the Post probe, which examined 10 buildings with the longest-standing violations for unsafe exteriors and no scaffolding to protect unsuspecting pedestrians.

The Post launched the review of city records in the wake of prominent architect Erica Tishman’s death last Tuesday from a chunk of facade that fell off a building in Midtown that had previously been cited for “damaged terra cotta at areas above 15th floor in several locations which poses a falling hazard for pedestrians.”

The owners of that building, 729 Seventh Ave., knew for more than a year that the facade was in disrepair, yet did not even install protective scaffolding until the city forced them to following Tishman’s death.

A spokesman for the city’s Department of Buildings said more than 1,300 building facades were inspected in the days after the fatal incident.

On Tuesday, the department said the results of the inspections were still being reviewed “to determine if additional protections are called for” at those sites.

The department also said that four of the buildings identified in the Post report — including the one on Amsterdam Avenue — were getting visits from building inspectors this week.

The other buildings scheduled for visits are at 254 Seaman Ave. and 201 W. 145th St. in Manhattan, and 14-20 Boerum Street in Brooklyn.

The landmarked Amsterdam Avenue building was the first inspected on Monday.

The owners of the building said in a statement last week that they had “invested extensively” in the building since buying it in 2011, “as well as mak[ing] other critical infrastructure improvements as part of an ongoing effort to provide quality affordable housing for tenants.”

The company, 1627-1635 Amsterdam Avenue LLC, said last week that it expected to install the scaffolding and sidewalk shed on Monday.

When that didn’t happen, they said they would “have one up shortly,” and that they had applied for the permit to install the shed on Friday.

The company could not be reached for additional comment on Tuesday.