Catholic Church and City Stick It to Fort Greene
Here’s a rumor straight out of The Da Vinci Code…The eight-story pre-war building on the corner of Clermont and Greene has been home to a group of priests for years. According to a tipster who lives nearby, the priests began moving out last week to make room for the building’s new occupants: 155 juvenile delinquents….
Here’s a rumor straight out of The Da Vinci Code…The eight-story pre-war building on the corner of Clermont and Greene has been home to a group of priests for years. According to a tipster who lives nearby, the priests began moving out last week to make room for the building’s new occupants: 155 juvenile delinquents. The Catholic Church reportedly has leased the entire building to the City which obviously feels that Fort Greene is getting too nice. After a neighborhood has spent a couple decades pulling itself up by its heels, why not throw up another roadblock. Anyone have further details?
Update: It appears that the Church is partnering with a non-profit group called ANCHOR to create an urban boarding school, 15 or 20 of whose students will be housed in this building. It’s unclear if the rest of the building will continue to house priests.
Anon 4:31, you’re a student at Fordham! What the heck do you know about real estate? You probably live in a dorm!
Now this may not be polite but “grown folks are discussing grown people’s business!” Now back to your room!
Bomber, 300k in equity???? come on!!!!
What are 150 juvenile deliquents going to to to FG? Burn it down? rape and pillage?
What type of impact will seeing and possibly interacting with successful, progressive people(many who are from african descent)have on these kids?
Maybe some might be inspired and re-evaluate their waywardness.
FG does not need another yuppie, buppie, hipster, etc.
I luv criminals, deliquents and unemployed angry youths. I hope to buy a nice house where they all live so I can feel righteous with my cool, laid back PC attitude. 😉
Jeez, you guys sure are a bunch of yuppie elitists. I’ll tell you what, Brooklyn doesn’t need you or your lattes anyway, why don’t you all just move out past the eight mile…
Brownstoner, I hate to tell you but if your daughter is even remotely attractive she’ll be dealing with catcalls no matter where you live. This is NYC people!
“I would be happy to live next to transitional housing (and I have in the past) for a number of reasons.”
Renting next to “transitional” housing and owning next to “transitional” housing are two entirely different things! Unless you’re some kind of sato masochist, what property owner in his or her right mind would “prefer” to live or own a building next door to a juvenile detention center? Are you crazy?!?!? Anon, unless you own or are a stakeholder, save the PC crap for someone else! No one is buying it!
meant to say “were housed” not “where housed”.
To those who choose to live by juvenile halls, good for you. The people currently living around this building do not have a choice right now. If this is to be a juvi detention center or something of that ilk, they just have to live with it and the potential problems it will bring, whether they like it or not.
I agree, it is something the community should know about. However, let’s see if we can get some hard facts about it first before protesting. I for one would not be happy with a bunch of teenagers who’ve had problems with the law where housed across the street from me. It would definitely affect real estate values – rectory on your block vs juvenile detention center…
But, we don’t know the details yet, so let’s find out first…
Believe it or not, not everyone is only concerned with real estate values. In fact, I would be happy to live next to transitional housing (and I have in the past) for a number of reasons. So, Brownstoner’s position that “any immediate neighbor” would not want “juvenile deliquients” (read: not my kids) is just not true. There is not consensus that NIMBYism is the only way to go…