NIMBY! Greenfield and Recchia slam plan for drug rehab in Bensonhurst
A plan by a Queens-based group to open a treatment center for drug addicts in Bensonhurst is coming up against some fierce opposition from local residents, the community board, and City Council members.
One World Counseling LLC, based in Fresh Meadows, has filed an application with the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services for permission to set up a rehabilitation center at 1990 McDonald Ave. The center would be located in a two-story building on the corner of McDonald Avenue and Kings Highway, two busy commercial thoroughfares.
Community Board 11, which reviewed the application, voted unanimously in October to recommend that the state reject the application on the grounds that the facility would not fit in with the character of the surrounding community. “This is a residential community as well as a commercial area,” Board 11 District Manager Marnee Elias-Pavia said. “There are schools and churches within the area where this facility would be located,” she said.