Berkeley Carroll Wall in Danger of Collapse
The Brooklyn Paper writes of the frustration coming from residents of St. John’s Place now banned from their backyards. A wall being removed at the Berkeley Carroll School was severely damaged by the tornado and is now in danger of collapse, so the city ruled the surrounding backyards off-limits. The removal is part of the…
The Brooklyn Paper writes of the frustration coming from residents of St. John’s Place now banned from their backyards. A wall being removed at the Berkeley Carroll School was severely damaged by the tornado and is now in danger of collapse, so the city ruled the surrounding backyards off-limits. The removal is part of the school expansion that nearby neighbors have already protested. One resident worried the site wasn’t safe to begin with, while the school counters that the damage was the unexpected result of the freak tornado. At least it’s about to be winter, right?
Slopers Can’t Use Backyard Until School Fixes Wall [Brooklyn Paper]
Cropped photo by Tom Callan for The Brooklyn Paper
Berkeley Carroll tends to be inconsiderate and neglectful when they expand. Moreover, they take no responsibility for their actions. Ten years ago when building the athletic center on President St, their contractor severely damaged the foundation of the building next door causing it to sink several inches. Half of the building had to vacate for months. The school pretended they were playing nice with the building when they were talking to the press but the litigation that ensued cost the building thousands of dollars.
I used to sneak into their backyards to retrieve whiffle balls all the time. One lady even called the cops on me.
This by the way is just one reason so many New Yorkers shake their heads at Park Slope residents. The residents protest the expansion of Berkeley Carroll and yet at the same time decry the overcrowding at their PS 321. While one is a private school (attended by a large number of students who live in PS) and the other public, seems to me residents should be supportive of more classrooms in the neighborhood. Overcrowding at Berkeley will just lead to more people at 321.
Berkeley Carroll has an unfortunate history of its construction damaging neighboring properties.
This in New York, just sue.
NotInMyBackYard.