NYU Housing Expansion Reaching New Heights
Is Brooklyn Heights in danger of being overrun by beer-swilling college co-eds? The St. George Hotel, at the corner of Clark and Henry streets, is already home to a crew of Pace University undergrads and recent news of NYU’s growth plans, including a planned merger with Polytechnic University and the take-over of the existing rental…
Is Brooklyn Heights in danger of being overrun by beer-swilling college co-eds? The St. George Hotel, at the corner of Clark and Henry streets, is already home to a crew of Pace University undergrads and recent news of NYU’s growth plans, including a planned merger with Polytechnic University and the take-over of the existing rental building at 67 Livingston Street (right) this fall by more than 100 grad students, adds fuel to the fire. For now, though, it doesn’t appear that there’s any near-term threat and the Brooklyn Heights Association, for one, isn’t fazed. It seems to us like a no-brainer that NYU will build some dormitories amidst the many towers that are springing up in Downtown Brooklyn. The expense and relative scarcity of land and air rights in the Heights, however, would appear to make it a less likely target location. Of course, you could say the same thing about Greenwich Village, so ya never know.
NYU Has Eyes on Brooklyn, Queens [Metro]
NYU Eyes Brooklyn [Brooklyn Paper] GMAP
NYU, Poly Merger Talks To Resume [NY Sun]
NYU Could Expand Into D’town Brooklyn [Eagle]
The area north of Remsen on Court has no zoning issues, it has landlord issues. the folks who own those buildings make the late Leona Helmsley look like Mother Teresa. They are cheap, mean, nasty old men. The area will not get better until that generation dies off, and these low-lifes are usually long-lived.
The Stretch on Court Street north of Remsen certainly needs some gentrification. I wonder why more restaurants or bars have opened or upgraded in the area. Maybe there are some zoning related restrictions.
There have always been a fair number of students in the neighborhood. After all, we have St Francis College on Remsen Street, Brooklyn Law school next to Boro Hall, and Brooklyn PolyTech on Cadman.
What restaurants ? the stretch on Court Street is such a dump..baffles me that there is not even a propery grocery store…I think there is a room for another grocery chain even with Trader Joe’s..Wonder why the retail spaces in the Two-trees building and one next door are still lying vacant..Does anyone have any news about upcoming changes on Court Street ?
Total number is 117 GRAD students moving in next door to me (I’m in 59, directly to the left). The reason I stress grad is that ideally graduate students are a bit older and more mature. If it means that a few restaurants extend their hours, or maybe some new ones open, I’m all for it.
I live on Willow St. and walk by the dorms on Clark every day. The students have all been moving back in over the past week, and don’t present any great nuisance. There are also the Law School dorms on Willow, Pierrepont, and Monroe. It’s nice to have the students around the neighborhood, and I wouldn’t worry about it turning into another version of Third Ave. below 14th.
I also think students are good for a neighborhood.
You will find many baby boomers who are not choosing to live in urban areas, are choosing college towns. They often have shops, services, bars, restaurants and other cultural amenities that areas without universities do not have.
College students in downtown Brooklyn would be a great thing.
@ 10:37 AM do you really think that students are really good for a neighborhood?? IMO i think it may be worse, it can turn the feel of a neighborhood into a college town.I remember residents in the East Village complained about NYU and the feeling of the University encroaching the neighborhood.But hey this in only my opinion.
there have been NYU freshmen at the St George Hotel for several years now too. students are good for a neighbohood (grad students better)