Full CB2 to consider Brooklyn Heights Library sale Wednesday night
On Wednesday, July 15, the full board of Community Board 2 will consider the recommendation of its Land Use Committee that the proposed sale of the Brooklyn Heights Library be approved, with three caveats.
After an initial hearing ended in a deadlock, the Land Use Committee voted 8 to 4 on July 6 to approve the controversial $52 million sale and mixed use development.
The proposal would demolish the city-owned library building and replace it with a 36-story, 139-unit luxury residential tower, with a new library occupying the ground floor and some space below the ground. Affordable housing would be placed off-site in Clinton Hill.
Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) President Linda Johnson says the Brooklyn Heights branch, at 280 Cadman Plaza West, needs $9 million in repairs, has non-accessible space and possesses significant property value, which could be used to benefit other branches in the borough.