NYC subtenants viral videos on alleged roommate from hell show padlocked doors, surveillance cameras and jars of urine

A Brooklyn subtenant’s videos documenting his roommate from hell have gone viral on social media, depicting a hellish living situation that includes security cameras, padlocked doors — and roomies forced to go to the bathroom in jars.Kyle “Bobby” Harvey, 30, said he started filming his nightmare antics of roomie Stephen Pulido in what he concluded was an effort by Pulido to force him and his other roommates out of the four-bedroom, $4,200-a-month Bushwick apartment.“That’s why I started filming … because I didn’t even know what to make of it.Like there was so much stuff happening that I just needed to document it,” said Harvey, a video editor who also designs websites for content creators.Harvey began subleasing the apartment in November 2023 after finding it online.

He initially waved off Pulido, who is an overtenant, as just having “a little bit of an off vibe.”But what started as an awkward living situation quickly got out of hand — with accusations of locked bathrooms, dismantled doorknobs, bottles full of urine, and security cameras pointed at his bedroom door, Harvey told The Post.The viral reels, which have racked up over 20 million views on Instagram, feature compilations of the NYPD visits and many other awkward interactions, as if in the style of a “Love Island” spinoff.They include clips showing Pulido yelling at his roommates to “get off his couch,” turning off all the lights, and slamming refrigerator doors shut in their faces.“I’ve just been editing the videos to be as engaging as possible, to be somewhat entertaining, maybe even funny, because I wanted it to have the largest reach,” Harvey said.But according to interviews with Harvey and former roommates, the videos only show part of the cycle of Pulido’s bizarre behavior that they think is aimed at pushing them until they voluntarily pack up and leave.When Harvey was stuck in bed with severe pneumonia in February, Pulido allegedly locked the apartment’s onl...