A chunk of a West Village building’s brick façade came crashing down outside a popular bakery this month, prompting the city to order the evacuation of the century-old complex.

But nearly a dozen residents told The Post they had “no clue” that they’d been ordered to leave their homes, alleging they were kept in the dark about conditions in the five-story building being deemed “perilous to life.”

“Even if any of us were to be sitting on our fire escape, we could easily be hit by one of the bricks that hasn’t fallen yet,” said Camille Shelton, 23, who lives in one of the seven units at 82 Christopher Street. 4

The chaos at the century-old building — where residents pay roughly $5,000 per month on for one-bedroom apartments — began on a stormy Aug. 20 night when a section of the 25-sq

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