Members

St.  Stephen’s United Church of God Outreach Inc.

Association of Hispanic Ministers (Interdenominational)

106 Gerry Street Tenants Association

St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church

All Saints Corp.

Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church

Nuestros Niños Child Development School

St. Lucy – St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church

St. Martin de Porres Roman Catholic Parish

United Neighbors Organization

Our Lady of Monserrate Roman Catholic Church

Bushwick United Headstart

Community & Parents Day Care

St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church

Cooper Park Tenants Association

St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corp.

Passionist Community of Our Lady of Monserrate Roman Catholic Church

El Puente

All Saints Roman Catholic Church

Central Jewish Council

First Spanish Presbyterian Church

Los Sures Community Development Company, Inc.

Mary of Nazareth Roman Catholic Parish

United Jewish Community Advocacy Relations and Enrichment (UJCARE)

Pratt Institute – Newman Club

41 Whipple Street Tenants Association

Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow

Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church

Passionist Center for Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation at North Brooklyn

Marcy Houses Tenant Association

St. Brigid’s Roman Catholic Church

Trinity Human Services

Our Lady of Good Counsel Roman Catholic Church

Primera Iglesia Getsemani (Pentecostal)

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church

Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church

St. Michael – St. Edward Roman Catholic Church

Save Our Southside

Bushwick Housing Independence Project

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, Counsel

BROADWAY TRIANGLE COMMUNITY COALITION

Post Office Box 110267, Brooklyn, New York 11211; contact@broadwaytriangle.com

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HUNDREDS TO GATHER FOR

MONDAY NIGHT TOWN HALL

TO ADVANCE A 

“REAL COMMUNITY VISION”

FOR BROOKLYN’S 

“BROADWAY TRIANGLE”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Hundreds of neighborhood residents are expected to attend and support Monday’s Town Hall presentation (Monday, June 1, 7-9pm, 
PS 250, 108 Montrose Ave, Brooklyn) of “a community vision” for the controversial development
of the “Broadway Triangle,” the long vacant, huge proposed urban renewal area at the Williamsburg-Bedford Stuyvesant border adjoining the recently closed Pfizer mega-plant.

The Town Hall comes right on the heels of the City Planning Commission having certified the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the area as complete, triggering the start of the Uniform Land Use Review Process (ULURP) based on a proposed plan for the area that has been challenged as only reflecting the input of a very narrow, politically connected and potent part of the community.

Tonight’s  presentation by a consulting team from Pratt Institute will summarize an alternative proposal for the area  that resulted from a series of planning sessions that followed a December 3rd “charette” or community planning retreat organized by the Broadway Triangle Community Coalition.  The Coalition, made up of 40 major housing, religious, tenant and neighborhood groups, throughout the Williamsburg, Bedford Stuyvesant and Bushwick neighborhoods, had delivered over 3800 individual letters to former HPD Commissioner Shaun Donovan demanding that he re-start the Triangle planning process only after hearing from a true and comprehensive reflection of the community’s residents.

          The Coalition had charged that the City’s rezoning plans are based upon a prior, “closed door”  process which was limited to an unrepresentative, handpicked group at the expense of the larger community, including significant elements of Latino
and Hasidic residents.  Shortly after that “closed door” charrette, the City granted site control, without prior public notice, for development of 100 Throop Ave, a large city-owned parcel in the Triangle area.

          “The Town Hall will provide a plan that more completely reflects the needs and desires of the majority of the area’s residents, including significantly more desperately needed affordable housing,” said BTCC Chair Juan Ramos. “We will not stand quietly by and let the City ignore the real needs of our community, and push through a plan that reflects the very limited vision and needs of a small, politically connected sector of our community.”

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Juan Ramos, 347-254-2413;  

Rob Solano, 718-360-2906

Marty Needelman,Esq.,  

718-487-2322, 917-952-6450

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