Clinton Hill Society Meeting Notes
The Clinton Hill Society met on Wednesday night. Thanks to Robin for taking the following notes: St. Luke’s Church: There is currently a revitalization project underway for the Parish House at St. Luke’s church. This is the location for the SCH meetings, and appears to be available for community use. The meeting room will be…
The Clinton Hill Society met on Wednesday night. Thanks to Robin for taking the following notes:
St. Luke’s Church: There is currently a revitalization project underway for the Parish House at St. Luke’s church. This is the location for the SCH meetings, and appears to be available for community use. The meeting room will be renovated first, followed by the kitchen facilities. Committees include space evaluation (who uses the space and for what), funding, legal issues and resources for material donations.
Landmarks: A meeting was held two weeks ago due to concern over the Landmarks Preservation Committee. The LPC seems to be following the mayor’s lead in endorsing new development. Currently, developers may meet privately with the LPC, while citizens cannot. Goals set include better funding for the LPC, enforcing a transparent meeting process and ensuring the appointment of commissioners sensitive to historic preservation issues.
Clinton Hill Co-ops: Co-op board president John Dew gave a brief history of the co-op and new developments. The Clinton Hill co-ops consist of 12 buildings with 1,221 apartments and over 3,000 residents. There are two “campuses” – one on Clinton between Willoughby and Myrtle, and one at Clinton and Lafayette. The buildings were originally constructed as housing for Navy Yard personel and their families, and went private in the 1960s. The buildings went co-op in 1984 under a non-eviction plan, which allowed existing renters to remain without purchasing. Today, many rent-stabalized renters still remain. Despite difficult financial times in the mid-1990s, the co-op is thriving today. The latest project is a cutting-edge technology called cogeneration that will allow the buildings to generate much of their own electricity once fully implemented, saving residents a great deal.
Upcoming Events:
May 18 – Visitors Center opens in FG Park. The new center will feature TVs showing slides illustrating the history of the park, as well as story boards appropriate for younger visitors. There will also be a gift shop, selling decently cute FG Park tote bags and other items. Author David McCulloch will be present.
June 4 – Garden Tour. See 15 private and 10 community gardens on this self-guided tour through Prospect Heights, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Tickets are available at Tillie’s and the Forest Floor.
June 15 – a church near Atlantic Terminal (TBD) will host a presentation by the Municiple Arts Society on the Ratner project, focusing on elements they believe are missing in order to be beneficial to an urban community.
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April’s Meeting Notes [Brownstoner]
They could definately benefit from geothermal heat pumps for heat generation, and probably solar or wind power also.
Clinton Hill Co-ops are one of the last bargains in the area. Spacious, sunny apartments (more so if you buy in the part that was built for officers vs. enlisted men), a great community, very diverse and very active, and some even have amazing views of Manhattan. Major drawback (however like much of CH) is distance from transportation. Either take the G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn or Lorimer or walk to the (vraiment, vraiment penible) C. Some people do think they look like PJs. Tant pis — you can laugh all the way to the bank with that.
Now, my question: what are they using for fuel in their co-generation plant? Steam escaping from the roof of the building? Burning trash?
Yes and BTW what’s up with the Association’s website? I have been wanting to join for a while as a recent CH denizen, but it has been down for a bit and I have no details on where and how much money to send!
I live in the Clinton Hill Coops and I agree with 1:43 and 1:46. Although there has been some improvement in the elevators.
What’s up with the way the City butchered the trees on the side walk/tree belt in an attempt to prune them at the Coops on Clinton between Lafayette and Greene? The City uses the worst tree pruners around, beware, they have no clue.
The major drawback is the external appearance of the buildings. They do look like projects, although the landscaping has really improved in the last few years. Also the elevators can be smelly and the hallways are a little dingy. But the apartments are awesome!
I would buy there in a second. In fact I wish I had bought there when I first moved to the neighborhood 6 years ago and apartments were well under 100K.
I have several friends who live there and the apartments are really nice inside. Huge windows, nice views, elevators, diverse community, 24-hour security.
Even though prices have gone way up, it’s still pretty reasonable. I really don’t think you can go wrong. You can’t touch anything else for that price in that primo location. Perfect for young families, people with moderate income, singles, couples, retirees.
FYI I am in no way affiliated with the co-ops, just a big fan.
Brownstoner community…assuming you were apt. hunting, would you buy in the Clinton Hill Coops? If so, why? If not, why not?
Any thing came up about fulton street revitalization? I tought this was going to be one of the topics of this meeting?