City OKs Methodist Expansion
The City’s Board of Standards and Appeals Tuesday granted Methodist the zoning variance it needs to go ahead with its planned expansion. Park Slope activists who oppose the plan vowed to continue the fight, The New York Daily News and The Brooklyn Eagle reported. More than a dozen 19th-century buildings will be demolished to make…

The City’s Board of Standards and Appeals Tuesday granted Methodist the zoning variance it needs to go ahead with its planned expansion. Park Slope activists who oppose the plan vowed to continue the fight, The New York Daily News and The Brooklyn Eagle reported.
More than a dozen 19th-century buildings will be demolished to make way for the new facility, which would rise eight stories and house a surgery center, cancer center and after-hours urgent care. There will also be underground parking for 300 to 1,000 cars. Residents have opposed the expansion on the grounds it will increase traffic on the already congested block and change the neighborhood character.
City Green-Lights Controversial New York Methodist Hospital Expansion [NY Daily News]
City Approves Zoning Variance for New York Methodist Expansion in Park Slope [Brooklyn Eagle]
I’m curious what Bennett Kleinberg thinks is “the essential character of Park Slope.”
Terrible news!
Completely agree. Cries of NIMBYism are simplistic. People just like to Park Slopers no matter what the issue. Methodist’s current footprint is already too big for its location. If it wants to expand so much it should relocate to a more appropriate location, with better driving access, space for parking, tall buildings, etc. I don’t see how anyone can deny that this significant expansion is ill-suited to the location.