Downtown construction wave resumes, bringing new residential units to 13,000, needing schools
Eye On Real Estate: Begun 2004, Stalled in 2008, Growth Now Brings New Condos and Rentals
Give us a school to call our own.
That’s the rallying cry of a group of parents living in newly built apartments in Downtown Brooklyn – who fear a fresh surge of residential development in the neighborhood will cause acute overcrowding of existing public elementary schools within five years.
“The neighborhood is being built so quickly,”said Chris Young of Downtown Brooklyn School Solutions. “It needs a heart.”