Impassioned debate continues at mobbed Brooklyn Heights Library hearing
Local residents, union members and library advocates offered hours of passionate testimony about the plan to sell and redevelop the Brooklyn Heights Library at a standing-room-only hearing at Brooklyn Borough Hall Tuesday night.
Borough President Eric Adams said he will analyze the community’s feedback before offering his own “fair understanding” of the project, which would demolish the current library at 280 Cadman Plaza West and replace it with a 36-story luxury tower developed by Hudson Cos. with design by Marvel Architects. The hearing was part of the city’s ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure) process.
The project would include a 21,500-square-foot library, two ground-floor retail spaces and 139 condominiums. Hudson Companies would build another 114 units of affordable housing on Fulton Street and on Atlantic Avenue in the Clinton Hill neighborhood.