Secret New York apartment found behind bathroom mirror on TikTok - BBC News

Samantha Hartsoe filmed her discovery of a hidden New York apartment that had been behind her bathroom mirror in a TikTok video.

To see what was on the other side for herself, she crawled through a small hole to reach the secret flat.

She told the BBC what it was like to make the discovery.

[self.destructr]

Notify the landlord? - You're Mad! You just missed out on the opportunity to have two NY apartments for the price of one!

[tomscotland]

I found a whole secret apartment behind the wall in my bathroom. I crawled into it and there were people who looked EXACTLY like my next door neighbours in there sitting having dinner.
Bizarre.

[fortune_roses]

Wow that could've easily turned into a horror thriller movie... the guy discouraging her is sensible

[chocobitties]

Who is more interested in hearing the landlord's reaction and response to this?

[NeverMetTheGuy]

Behind a mirror is electrical, and in a lot of places it wouldn't be surprising that bathrooms back up to one another. It looks like whoever the contractor was just did a HORRIBLE job building or remodeling, and just left a giant hole between the apartments, which meant that the other apartments are likely the same. Seems more like super lazy work than a big secret, and definitely something that needs to get fixed.

[rustinstardust]

When I heard about this story I was under the impression that she owned the tiny unit she was living in and discovered there was a lot more to her apartment on the other side of the mirror. I didn't realize it was just another apartment on the other side. She can't actually do anything with that other space...other than demand the landlord fill in the wall.

[rodneykingston]

So, what she actually found, was another way in to another apartment that was undergoing renovations, NOT some Nancy Drew forgotten, destined to remain vacant apartment that she could actually have made use of. I would have made sure the bathroom mirror wasn't one of those see-thru ones. Maybe the workers have been watching her get in and out of the shower for months and they have some videos of their own.

[jasonvegan]

Should be pretty easy to tell if an empty apartment is next door to you based on the layout of the apartment building. First hint might be the locked front door next to your own front door.

[SolusWhite]

Now the question, why was that apartment sealed off in the first place?

[outsidersongs]

The Core bottle packaging is from before their redesign in 2018 (or before the green band was added) and the product launched in spring 2015. That gives a window on when the bottle may have been left there.

[nickvan]

That’s literally just an apartment next door. Apartments typically have other apartments next to them . If you cut a hole in the wall, yes there are other apartments on the other side

[TJDash]

Now I'm annoyed. I wanna know IS it a two way mirror, IS there an exit and entry door in that other apartment, does it lead anywhere? All these bloody unanswered questions!

[FortitudineVincimus]

Why is everyone saying this was a "secret apartment"? She climbed through a hole in her wall and there was another apartment. Shocker! It's an apartment building. Of course there was another apartment on the other side of the wall. She left by the door... so it wasn't like it was sealed up.

[AndyPlaysGames]

Imagine living in the other apartment and something with a mask and a hammer creeps around the corner while you are watching Wheel of Fortune.

[jackywhite]

I'd be more interested in establishing who actually owns that empty apartment. Got to be worth a bit, even as it stands.

[drinny]

What a shock to find out you have shared walls with other apartments. Smh

[Sherrilynn]

Not only is this disconcerting but the lack of housing available and then this exists?! WTH? It makes me wonder how many of these abandoned apartments are out there?
Make an access door and let a friend move in 😉

[felicity]

This literally looks like the apartment(s) in the original Candyman movie

[sudokubeast]

She could just turn this into an extension xD

[thatsthewayms.j]

she’s bold. Idk if I would have done that