Yet another assault on our landmarked neighborhood!
Berkeley Carroll, a private institution at Lincoln Place between 7th and 8th Aves., is adding an immense two-story building in the rear of its middle/high school campus.
“Developers like this chip away at what makes Park Slope so unique and interesting, slowly making it more like everywhere else. It’s time to make a stand.”
· A massive construction project utilizing large and dangerous vehicles and dumpsters and closing streets causing chronic parking problems and traffic for you, and possibly working into evenings and weekends, is inappropriate in a landmarked neighborhood.
· Berkeley Carroll officals are abusing the “community facility” exception to completely fill in it’s rear yard with a massive building the width of 7 brownstones within a landmarked residential block. This affects you -- if this precedent gets set, you can expect expansions and assaults on other landmarked features where you live. Where do you draw the line?
· Berkeley Carroll officals are abusing the “community facility” exception to completely fill in it’s rear yard with a massive building the width of 7 brownstones within a landmarked residential block. This affects you -- if this precedent gets set, you can expect expansions and assaults on other landmarked features where you live. Where do you draw the line?
· Now they are completely filling in their lot. Located on their Lincoln Place lot since 1886, they have built building after building, increasing their footprint within the block and eroding its historic character. The only next option would be to build even higher, which the school has admitted might be in as little as 10 years!
· Neighbors’ gardens will be severely damaged, a precious and fragile neighborhood environmental resource that benefits everyone.
· It’s historic Park Slope, not Chelsea Piers! Having used up all their ground space, they will construct a massive rooftop netted sports and recreation facility, nearly twice the size of their existing facility now enclosed within the campus, violating the historic character that landmark designation is meant to protect.
· Neighbors up and down the block, including young children, and retirees, will be assaulted by much greater noise from raucous teenagers during the day and during for-profit outdoor evening and summer programs.
· Nearby neighbors will lose their privacy, with teenagers able to view their bedrooms and bathrooms across their gardens.
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