1052 Dean Street corner of Franklin

FYI - This block falls under community board 8 not community board 9.

http://www.brooklyncb8.org/index.htm

Subject: Re: 1052 Dean Street corner of Franklin

Oh Not Again wrote: Concerned neighbors have heard that 1052 Dean Street may be in the process of turning into some sort of halfway house or treatment center for drug /alcohol dependent adults or others in need of help.

People - the Bedford Armory Shelter and Pacific House are one block away. The neighborhood has tons of such agencies everywhere. We're carrying more than our fair share.

This is a quiet block, purely residential, block parties in the summer with the kids playying under adult supervision.

May I ak those who are concerned to send a copy of this note to Tish James' office and community board 9. Thanks.

Below find te letter and links to the two sites.

If anyone has any further news on this property or any ideas of which agencis to contact to eithe stop this possibility or get more info, please chime in. Thanks.

Note
I'd like to know if 1052 Dean Street will be set up as a halfway house / treatment center /shelter? The Bedford Armory and Pacific House are one block away and shelter over 500 men. This is a residential block in a neighborhood that has more than its share of communty outreach and support centers. Please investigate and let me know what you can find out. There is a sad and long tradition of such organizations sneaking onto residential blocks without prior residents kowledge. We on the block hope that is not the case now. Thank you.

Community Board 9 Complaint form
http://communitybrd9bklyn.org/eh_complaint_form.asp

Letitia James Office
[email protected]

As I recall when I lived around there many years ago, there used to be a factory or a manufacturing shop of some sort in that location--a bus stop right in front-a rather inconsistent bus back in the day--sometimes it would 5 minutes to arrive or sometimes as long as 45 minutes.

I say find a space in Broooklyn Heights for those people. See if the addicts can manuever around baby strollers and arrogant yuppies.

why does everything always come back to hating yuppies?

this thread is about a potential halfway house.

this is from CHaRM:
the table showing the relative stats between communities doesn't display well on the forum, you can download the whole document here: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/neene/1124121
i don't know if there is data available on a block by block basis.

Brooklyn, Nov 12, 2007—Data recently compiled from the City’s own agencies reveals that this central Brooklyn neighborhood, although small geographically, houses more residential social service beds per acre than any other Brooklyn community. At 112 bed per 100 acres—more than six times the median—the situation has become a crisis demanding immediate attention.

Crown Heights Revitalization Movement (CHaRM), a newly-formed community group, compiled the saturation data and is spearheading the campaign to address the oversaturation of the neighborhood. Led by residents of Crown Heights North, the group is gaining support and momentum from existing community groups and hundreds of the area’s residents. When CHaRM brought the data to the attention of the local Community Board 8, the Board passed a moratorium on all new residential social service beds, in order to better serve current residents, until parity is achieved with other community districts. Rachel Pratt, CHaRM members, says, “While largely symbolic, this moratorium will help open a dialogue with agencies looking to place additional beds in the community.”

CHaRM’s vision is four-fold: 1) achieving parity with other Brooklyn neighborhoods by dramatically reducing the number of residential social service beds, while at the same time; 2) advocating that appropriate social services be made available for the current residents of the neighborhood; 3) revitalizing key business districts; and 4) improving neighborhood safety and infrastructure. Says CHaRM member Debbie Millen, “Enough is enough; as a community, we have to begin saying ‘no’ to more than our fair share.” CHaRM represents hundreds of community members who want to be safe in their homes and on the streets, would like there to be high quality social service programs for the people who already live in this community, and want stores and restaurants nearby where they can purchase the goods that their families want.

The excessive number of residential social services beds in Crown Heights North creates an economic impact by discouraging new homeowners and businesses from locating at a time when Central Brooklyn is revitalizing itself. New businesses are cropping up along all of the retail streets and housing sales are increasing. Several streets in North Crown Heights recently received landmark designation and more are slated for designation in the coming months. In October 2007, the Crown Heights North Association held its first house tour which was attended by hundreds of people from all over New York City and the United States. Dozens of community-based civic organizations, both old and new, are improving all aspects of life in North Crown Heights.

The data used for CHaRM’s analysis is the City’s own, and includes beds from agencies funded or run by New York State (Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Mental Health, Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services) and New York City (Department of Homeless Services).1



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If you would like additional information about this topic contact: Rachel Pratt of Crown Heights Revitalization Movement: [email protected]

Anonymous wrote: Baby strollers and arrogant yuppies?

If that's to be criteria for the location of social service agencies, then perhaps this halfway house should remain on Dean Street. In other words, with Crown Heights rapidly gentrifying, the neighborhood is seeing more yuppies and strollers every year.

I have an issue with the addict dregs constantly being dumped on neighborhoods consisting of dark skinned working people. Let this burden be more equitably distributed throughout the city.

One of the sweetest people I ever knew was a homeless heroin addict. I'd buy him a sandwich when I saw him, but I would never let him into my house. Drugs make people do bad stuff and while he was a basically honest person, I never knew if he would steal my stuff to feed his habit.

Like it or not, drug addicts present a safety issue, not because they are necessarily bad people, but because you can't tell what they might do to feed their habit or while they are under the influence of drugs.

And recovering drug addicts can and do relapse. Drug addicts do need a place to recover, but it seems that the sentiment around here is that this community has more than its fair share of such facilities and the burden should be shared more equally across communities.