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Mom and son ‘stoners’ are ruining our Central Park West pad

The address is 400, but board members at a Central Park West condo say it might as well be “420” — code for marijuana smoking — thanks to residents in one first-floor studio apartment who are chronically making the building reek.

The board of 400 Central Park West is suing the residents of Unit 1S, occupied by Josefina Henriquez-Berman, saying the apartment is a virtual smokestack.

Henriquez-Berman, 65, who lives in the building on West 100th Street with her son Charlie Berman, 33, has been fined 20 times for marijuana smoke and loud noises since 2011, according to court papers.

One-bedrooms in the 414-unit building go for around $1.5 million.

The suit says there’s so much pot smoke coming from the apartment that the odor “infiltrates other areas of the condominium building, causing — among other things — a nuisance to other occupants.”

One resident said the smelly haze is unavoidable.

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“Sometimes it feels like you’re coming off the elevators and walking into a scene out of a Cheech & Chong movie,” the woman, who declined to give her name, told The Post.

“I consider myself very liberal. I don’t care if someone smokes [marijuana], but at least do the responsible thing and make sure the smell doesn’t seep into the hallways and the lobby.

“I’ve got kids, as do lots of others in this building. I don’t think I should have to explain to my little kids what that smell is.”

The house rules allow smoking in individual units, but residents must ensure that any related odors are contained.

The board is suing for $10,000 plus another $12,000 in unpaid common charges and for the mother and son to either cease smoking or install proper air filtration to prevent the acrid smell from leaving their unit.

Henriquez-Berman was not at home Thursday, and her son did not return a message.

This is not the first time the first-floor residents have upset the board. Henriquez-Berman was sued last year for allegedly trying to join the unit she owns with an adjacent apartment, 1R, that she rents for a stabilized rate of $1,183 a month.

That suit said Henriquez-Berman was undertaking the project without proper permits or permission. Last December, a judge ordered her to stop the work.