Mother and daughter's $1.8m Airbnb Bayside mansion where party turned violent

Home Top

Second video of violent classroom clash with cop emerges - as it claimed it happened because girl had cell phone out during class
Common Core gets a Fail for common sense: Angry parents baffled by third grade math question that claims 5+5+5=15 is NOT correct
Anarchist group could be planning a 'Halloween Revolt' to ambush cops, FBI warns
Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez 'are DIVORCING after two years of marriage'
Now Carson is in front of Trump nationally in first poll the Donald hasn't won since he entered race
The new meat rules: As experts warn it increases the chance of cancer, we reveal which types are the riskiest...
'What if we put a camera in your kids' room, would they be okay with that?' Revealed: Sickening secret audio recordings of Jared Fogle made by Florida woman 'who helped FBI bring him to justice'
Is this the sexiest wedding dance ever? Bride performs sultry choreographed routine to Marvin Gaye and Beyonce - and her groom's reaction is priceless
Sassy nine-year-old girl reveals she knows EXACTLY who the Tooth Fairy is, along with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny in hilarious firmly-worded note to her parents
What your TONGUE says about your health: Leading expert reveals the top causes of bad breath - including some toothpastes
Shotguns have 'virtually sold out' in Austria as citizens rush to buy arms amid fears of a massive influx of migrants, dealers claim
Rare photographs reveal the day Hitler hijacked the story of Christ to spread his hatred of Jews: Images of Adolf at Passion Play go up for sale
'My brother was taken and beheaded. They only gave me his head back': Iraqi prisoners rescued in US raid that killed Delta Force commando describe hellish ISIS prison
ISIS executes three people by tying them to columns at the ancient city of Palmyra and blowing them up
The terrorist with the Mona Lisa smile: Authorities hunting beautiful 20-year-old woman suspected of being an ISIS extremist
The jihadi Jedis: ISIS cell arrested in Turkey kept a stash of Darth Vader masks which they wore to protect themselves from shrapnel, police reveal
'He's a sperm tsunami': Howie Mandel's son Alex gets payback with goofy video of his still-high dad rambling after endoscopy
Mystery of the deep: Tourist baffled by bizarre SEA MONSTER captured on camera in Corfu
'Vapid, vacuous and plastic': Russell Brand labels ex-wife Katy Perry's lifestyle the 'very thing I detest' in explosive new documentary
'Goodfellas' raiders stuck a gun in my face and made me open the door to loading bay where they stole millions: Airport guard tells court of infamous 1978 mafia heist at JFK
'We tried to help her': Father of 'mentally ill' OSU crash suspect 'who drove into homecoming parade and killed four' speaks out as she's held on $1m bail
Down's syndrome son died alongside father as whale watching boat sank in icy waters in Canada
Thrifty Kate strikes again! Duchess of Cambridge shows no signs of her late night as she stuns in a recycled Orla Kiely dress on visit to a child mentoring programme
From demure to daring Duchess: How Kate's style has become more risque since welcoming her children... and it proves how confident she's become in her role

Shahnaz Bhuiya, 45, and daughter Sarah live in 'McMansion' in Bayside, in New York borough of Queens and rented it out via Airbnb
Party organizer charged $25 a head and up to 200 people turned up when violence flared and two people were shot
Sarah, 24, was taken away by police after party. She went to elite business school Babson College in Wellesley, Mass
Neighbors say cops have been frequently called to home when math teacher mom and daughter fight
Shahnaz, who owns property with estranged husband Rafiq, CEO of a Manhattan firm, apologized to neighbors on Facebook today

By Louise Boyle In Queens, New York For Dailymail.com

Published: 15:16 EST, 26 October 2015 | Updated: 18:29 EST, 26 October 2015

View
comments

A math teacher who rented her $1.8million mansion on Airbnb for a $25-a-head 'party' where two people were shot told a neighbor she slept through the 200-person strong event until gunfire rang out.

Shahnaz Bhuiya, 45, covered her face with an umbrella and refused to respond to questions from Daily Mail Online as she transferred groceries from her car to her home in Bayside, Queens on Monday after running errands.

The teacher, who works at the High School for Global Citizenship in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, appeared to have missed classes on Monday.

Scroll down for video

Owner: Shahnaz Bhuiya, pictured today at her home in Bayside, Queens, New York. She has apologized to neighbors for the party which went out of control early Sunday morning, but claimed she had slept through it

Daughter: Shahnaz Bhuiya, 24, who graduated from a prestigious college, at the house today

Aftermath: Debris left behind at the $1.8m home in Bayside, Queens

Family: Shahnaz Bhuiya (left) and her daughter Sarah (right) live at the $1.8m McMansion in Bayside, Queens, where a party descended into violence

Advertising: Sarah Bhuiya is the daughter of Shahnaz Bhuia, who was behind the Airbnb listing for the McMansion's basement which was used to book it for the party

Listed: This is the Airbnb listing which led to the party at the $$1.m home where the Bhuiyas live.

Her daughter Sarah, a graduate of Babson College - an the elite school attended among others the founders of Home Depot and Zumba Fitness - was taken away by police in the aftermath of the party.

Police had been called to the property on 28th Avenue early on Sunday morning after gunshots at the home which was being rented out for $1,000 via home rental website, Airbnb.

Two men in their twenties suffered gunshot wounds and were in a stable condition in hospital, according to the New York Police Department.

Mrs Bhuiya's next door neighbor, Lisa Randazzo, said that Daisy had sent her a Facebook message saying she wanted to apologize to the entire community.

Mrs Randazzo said she knew her neighbor of ten years was renting out her basement to make some extra income after her husband left.

In the message, Mrs Randazzo said, Mrs Bhuiya claimed that she had rented her home to a 23-year-old man and believed it was for a party for 40 people.

'She said she was upstairs with [her daughter] Sarah and sleeping in her bedroom,' Mrs Randazzo said. 'She only came down when she heard the banging [of the shots],' Mrs Randazzo added.

'It's the first party she's done. It's crazy, people getting shot.'

The neighbor said she came home on Saturday night around 12.30am to find her street covered in police tape and officers searching her backyard.

She said they found liquor bottles and another neighbor had told her that a surveillance camera had picked up someone sitting on their front step mixing drinks.

According to neighbors, more than 200 hundred people, mostly teenagers, turned up at the home on Saturday night.

A man called 'Joel' who was renting the space reportedly posted a birthday party invite on Instagram and charged $25 entry.

Police responded at 12.10am on Sunday to a 911 call at the home. Tyree Walker, 27, and Shaun Lee, 23, were shot after a scuffle broke out.

No answers: A detective at the door of the Bhuiyas' home in Queens. There was no answer to the NYPD officer earlier in the day but eventually they were allowed in

Inspected: Two detectives were eventually able to access the house and were let out by Shahnaz Bhuiya this afternoon

Shooting: Cops are pictured at the scene of the party in 28th Avenue, Bayside, which ended in bloodshed

Crime scene: The owner of the house described the neighborhood as 'very clean and safe' in an Airbnb advert

Police said both were in stable conditions in hospitals in the city but that no arrests had been made.

Mrs Bhuiya had an ad on Airbnb for a 'spacious party basement w backyard'. The ad has since been removed.

The cached version of the posting reads: 'Large basement for any occasions such as wedding receptions, graduation parties,birthdays, family reunions, and more.

'4764 sq ft and we also have a backyard, can be decorated to fit your needs. There are also rooms available upstairs for stay.'

Mrs Bhuiya's daughter, Sarah Bhuiya, 24, who graduated from Wellesley College, lives with her mother at the house, according to neighbors.

Mrs Bhuiya's husband, Rafiq Bhuiya, 59, had moved back to India after the couple separated, according to reports. A neighbor said he was last seen at the home in September.

'Party basement': How the McMansion's basement and yard were advertised on a now deleted Airbnb listing

Clearout: An unknown man was involved in the clean-up at the party mansion, with a bike among the items hitting the trash

Bagged up: Sanitation workers were facing a bigger uplift than normal in the wake of the party

Attempts to reach Mr Bhuiya, who is the CEO of Manhattan-based Gilnor Bake Inc, were unsuccessful.

Mrs Randazzo said that she had heard 'cursing, screaming and plates being thrown out the window' at the home between the mother and daughter.

The police have been called to the address several times for domestic disputes, according to neighbors.

On Monday, black trash bags, a computer monitor and empty Budweiser cases were piled high on the front lawn.

When a plainsclothes NYPD officer knocked on the front door at 12.30pm, no one answered but an individual, was seen running up the inside stairs.

A local man, who did not want to be named, said that the house is part of Bayside Gables, which employs a security guard to patrol the area from 530pm until 2am.

'Where was he, what was he doing?' the man said, of the security guard. 'I felt uneasy when I got home.'

Praise: Previous Airbnb users had spoken highly of the rental and the mother and daughter, who have now quit the internet short-term rental service

Troubled: Neighbors said that Shahnaz (left) and Sarah (right) Bhuiya were frequently at odds and police had previously been called as a result

Taken away: Sarah (right) Bhuiya was removed from the scene of the party by police although the NYPD said no arrests had been made. Two people, men aged 23 and 27, are recovering after being shot

He said cars were parked up and down the street and that the party had spilled into the front yard. He described the age range of the party as anywhere from 15 to 40 years old.

Police said Tyree Walker, 27, who was shot in the chest, and Shaun Lee, 23, who suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen, were leaving the basement of the rented house when the gunman fired.

A witness said that shortly before the shooting, one of the guests made gang signs.

Partygoer Frankie Marchione, 20, told the New York Daily News: 'Everyone was terrified. It was just like a riot. I saw one person on the floor bleeding. We didn’t know it would be this crazy.'

The police have been called to the house around four times previously 'for domestic violence' but this was the first time for a party, he said.

The neighbors in the adjacent homes were not home on Saturday night, which is why he believes that the cops weren't called earlier.

A lady walking her dog in the neighborhood on Monday afternoon claimed the party 'was not neighborhood kids, it was ghetto'.