Demolition on Ovington Avenue in Bay Ridge
Community Board 10 shared that 437, 439, 441 and 445 Ovington Avenue will be demolished within 10 days to for a new high school. See street view:
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This is the address for St. Nicholas Home, an assisted-living home which closed in 2022. This property was sold for $10.2 million in January 2024 to New York City School Construction Authority.
For those of you not paying attention, Community Board 10 never had the New York City School Construction Authority answer the questions that parents in in our community asked. The head of the CEC raised questions about this location because it wouldn’t alleviate the overcrowding at Fort Hamilton High School.
One CB 10 member pointed out that there is not an exit onto another street for this school (all schools have at least two streets to exit onto). The head of CB 10 at the time said that she was going to have school construction authority to come back to answer the questions. She also could have had former NYC Councilman Justin Brannan answer the questions, but she didn’t.
Who had free lunch? The sad part: So many people on CB 10 stayed silent and let them.
Why didn’t Senator Andrew Gounardes or Chris McCreight speak up for the community?
Hugs,
marlene
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