Park Slope’s CB6 approves NY Methodist expansion
Next Stop: Board of Standards and Appeals
After months of design changes and stipulations, on Wednesday night Brooklyn’s Community Board 6 gave its grudging blessing to zoning variances that would allow New York Methodist to build an oversized ambulatory care facility in Park Slope. The motion passed 27 to 4.
The vote came after CB 6’s Landmarks/Land Use Committee gave its conditional approval on Monday.
NY Methodist plans to demolish more than a dozen townhouse-style buildings that it owns in the block between Fifth and Sixth streets and Seventh and Eighth Avenue to build the new Center for Community Health, which will take up nearly the entire block.
“New York Methodist Hospital is gratified by Community Board 6’s vote to recommend approval of the variances needed to build our Center for Community Health,” said NY Methodist spokesperson Lyn S. Hill. “We look forward to continuing to work with the Community Board as we move forward with the project.”