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Brooklyn Heights residents voice concern over $40M Brooklyn Bridge Park donation

Some Brooklyn Heights residents can’t even appreciate a record donation if it has any affect on their quiet lifestyle. The New York Post reported that community activists said the 115,000-square-foot indoor athletic facility coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park thanks to a $40 million donation would be “devastating” to the neighborhood. The civic leaders are concerned that the planned Fieldhouse would bring crowds of pedestrians and new vehicular traffic to their quiet streets.

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The facility is planned for the edge of Joralemon Street, which “would become the secret way to get there faster,” said on Community Board 2 member at a park planning meeting. “And in a street full of babies, dogs and people, it would be disastrous.”

While some attendees did express their gratitude for the donation, the Brooklyn Heights Association plans to push for a partition to block off traffic on Joralemon Street at the corner of Furman Street. [Post]

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