Methodist Files Expansion Plans
Park Slope’s Methodist Hospital filed plans for its expansion with the Board of Standards and Appeals yesterday, Curbed reported. The hospital put its application and other documents, including drawings and an environmental assessment on its website for all to see. Click on the environmental impact statement to see comprehensive photographs and discussion of the streetscape…
Park Slope’s Methodist Hospital filed plans for its expansion with the Board of Standards and Appeals yesterday, Curbed reported. The hospital put its application and other documents, including drawings and an environmental assessment on its website for all to see. Click on the environmental impact statement to see comprehensive photographs and discussion of the streetscape today and the 19th century buildings that would be demolished to make way for the project.
The proposed expansion is close to the Park Slope Historic District and contains buildings similar to those in the district, but the area has been substantially modified already, the report said. There are also extensive graphics showing “shadow analysis,” or exactly which shadows would fall where at what times of day.
The new facility would draw 1,548 daily visitors and 260 vehicle trips daily, said Curbed.
Methodist Expansion Documents [Methodist]
Slope Hospital Expansion Update [Curbed]
Photo by Methodist Hospital
That’s a shocking number of people to add to a residential neighborhood. I really don’t care about parking, but frankly the thought of that many people and cars squeezing down one lane 6th st is a little concerning, especially because there are three schools within a 2 block radius of the project. They don’t seem to have a traffic plan in place. I am not against hospital expansion, but this seems particularly poorly planned.