Call it condo chaos.
Residents of a Staten Island condominium complex say a violent squatter with a lengthy criminal history has effectively taken over the building, allegedly dealing drugs in common areas and assaulting neighbors who crossed him, according to a lawsuit.
The board of managers at The Grant Terrace Condominium in Grant City is seeking to have Caleb King permanently removed from the property, accusing him of terrorizing the building for more than a year, according to the complaint filed Monday in Richmond County Supreme Court.
“King has engaged in a continuous, severe and escalating pattern of disruptive, illegal, and violent behavior,” the board alleged in the court filing.
So far, the suit claims, neither an eviction notice nor a SWAT response has forced the 31-year-old to leave.
Court records show King was served with a notice in February, but he allegedly disregarded it and remained in the 900-square-foot, one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit he shares with his girlfriend.
Four months later, a SWAT team descended on the building after King allegedly assaulted a resident, chased him through the property with a knife, and threatened to kill the man’s pregnant wife and young daughter, according to both a criminal complaint and the civil suit.
In the June 28 incident, King allegedly punched the victim in the throat and yelled, “I’ll cut your throat, I’ll stab you, get off the phone with 911,” the affidavit says.
After the attack, a SWAT team busted down the door of King’s apartment and arrested him.
“I come out, I get arrested, there’s all these cops, all these lights, ambulances, everything. It was the biggest f–king scene for no f–king reason,” he said.
He was hit with a slew of charges including aggravated harassment, criminal possession of a weapon and menacing. But he was back at his apartment just two days later.
King admitted to “slapping” the man, alleging the purported victim was taking photos and videos of his girlfriend.
“I don’t know who he thought he was f–king with, I just told you what was going to happen,” King said.
The board claims that King has been disrupting the complex since at least May 2025 with his “chronic” late-night and early-morning noise disturbances.
King has allegedly been found “unresponsive or impaired” in common areas and staircases, and has allegedly been seen dealing drugs at the building’s entrances and tampering with locks, the board claims in the filing.
He even allegedly grabbed the arm of a resident’s daughter in an elevator and refused to let go.
King laughed off his neighbors’ allegations, asking a Post reporter: “I don’t know, you’re talking to me. Does it seem like it’s true?”
King was also arrested in February for allegedly breaking into someone’s home.
He was charged with burglary, trespassing, criminal mischief and harassment, according to the criminal complaint, and is due back in court for this case on July 13.
He also was charged with a DUI in 2021.
King, who said he’s lived in his apartment for about 10 years, has his next eviction hearing at the end of the month, but the board wants him barred from ever living there again — including banning him from living with his mother, who lives two floors above him.
It also demands that King hand over thousands of dollars in fines that he allegedly owes for disrupting the condo.
King described the lawsuit as “over the top.”
“I don’t know what the hell that’s about, but what are you gonna do?” he said. “They’re clearly making things up.”
Several residents, King’s unit’s landlord and an attorney for the condo’s board of managers declined to comment to The Post.
