Medical facility development project masquerading as school, Flatbush residents say
Flatbush residents are determined to derail a project that the developer says is a school but which they believe will be a medical facility located smack in the middle of a residential area.
Haunted by a lot that has been strewn with medical waste over the past several years, and where workers have parked vehicles used in the construction of the nearby Ditmas Park Rehabilitation and Care Center, the residents made their distress clear on Monday, Aug. 10, during a Zoom hearing held by the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals. The BSA is considering the developer’s request to extend his lapsed variance, as he tries to restart the stalled project on East 21st Street near Ditmas Avenue.
“If they can’t manage the property when there’s no medical facility, when one is on hand, how are they going to handle it?” demanded resident Stefanie Hampton.