Yet Another Homeless Shelter Proposed For Crown Heights
Another day, another new Homeless shelter for Crown Heights! The new owners of 245 Clarkson Avenue near Nostrand Avenue presented a proposal to CB9 housing committee to build an 11-story, 135-unit Homeless shelter on this lot • Read More
Another day, another new Homeless shelter for Crown Heights!
The new owners of 245 Clarkson Avenue near Nostrand Avenue–a parking lot servicing visitors for the nearby medical centers and hospitals—presented a proposal to the Brooklyn Community Board 9 (CB9) housing committee to build an 11-story, 135-unit Homeless shelter on this lot.
The proposal outlines that this would be a similar homeless shelter as the newly opened Homeless shelter one block away at 329 Clarkson Ave.
While it’s unclear why the neighborhood, which already has a brand new Homeless shelter welcoming unstable, mentally disturbed individuals and criminals from all over to bring their issues onto our streets and lives, why do we need another such project?
As well, at a Government meeting, a select few members of Brooklyn Community Board 9 voiced some concerns, ultimately the Homeless shelter proposal advanced to the CB9 general meeting and passed. Just like many issue plagued self-destructive projects in the neighborhood, once it passed the community board it then goes for the support of the local Assemblyman Brian Cunningham among other local elected officials—the project then is green-lighted to take affect. NYS Assembly candidate and CH resident Ahron Gluck, has vowed that if elected he will try his best to shut down all the Homeless shelters in the district.
The developers filed a building permit for 245 Clarkson Avenue, architect Andrew Knox of ESKW/A filed plans for a 135-unit, 131,812-square-foot project. The developer behind the 11-story Homeless shelter building is the notorious tax payer funded non-profit Alembic Community Development which claims to build “Supportive Housing” with the fine print of the funding being for Homeless individuals, similar to the newly opened “CAMBA Facility”
for persons experiencing homelessness one block away.
It is not known at the time if this will be a 135-bed Homeless shelter or if there will be “multiple beds per unit” potentially doubling, tripling or even quadrupling the number of Homeless individuals that will move into this Crown Heights shelter.
For Crown Heights and East Flatbush residents to vote for a member of anash, NYS Assembly candidate Ahron Gluck, in next month’s Democratic primary election so he can try his best to stop all these Homeless Shelters, you must be registered to vote as a Democrat: https://e-register.vote.nyc/
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It seems the powers that be intend to make Crown Heights the primary dumping spot for the city’s entire, possibly even the entire state’s homeless, mentally ill, and previously incarcerated population!?!
April’26 Brooklyn CB 9 Housing Cmte Minuites:
2. Presentation by HeartShare regarding Supportive Housing Project. Follow up to February
presentation.
a. Proposed 135-unit supportive and affordable housing development at 245
Clarkson Avenue.
b. The development will be comprised of 11 stories: 47 studios dedicated to young
people aging out of foster care, 30 – 31 two-bedroom units, a mix of one- and
two-bedroom units for families and individuals
c. Zoning and design considerations: architecture designed to minimize visual
impact (setback of 25 feet from the street, lower-than-maximum permissible
height (about 117 feet of proposed 125-foot cap). Proximity to other tall buildings
in the neighborhood; alignment with as-of-right zoning.
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/brooklyncb9/downloads/pdf/2026/Housing_Committee_Meeting_Minutes_April2026.pdf – April ’26 CB 9 Housing Cmte Agenda Minutes
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/brooklyncb9/downloads/pdf/2026/Housing_Committee_Meeting_Minutes_February2026.pdf – February’26 CB 9 Housing Cmte Minutes