The 2-story house, operated by corporate aliases "Student Services USA" and the "International Student Support Center of New York", has been marketed internationally as a "youth hostel" for foreign students placed in temporary jobs throughout the U.S.
Neighbors had been complaining to the city's Department of Buildings since May about the steady stream of passenger vans dropping off groups of baggage-wielding students -- who ended up hanging out on the neighbors' stoops.
Complaints had also been coming in to CB 10 about the sudden changes on the block.
When the DOB finally inspected last week, they found 40 beds placed throughout the dwelling, including in the basement.
One of the students spending $35 a night for a bed there called the place "dirty and smelly".
According to a DOB source, the case was supposed to have been referred to the Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement, charged with cracking down on illegal hotels, but City Hall denied that a referral had been made.
Mousa Khalil, who owns a number of other vacant residential buildings in Bay Ridge, is the owner of the house at 352 94th Street.
Khalil was fined $6,000 in June for using a residential building as a commercial office.
According to a follow-up article in the Daily News, as of October 27, the hostel appears to have finally gone out of business, although it isn't clear why.
