City Corrects Mistake: No, Park Slope's 7th Ave Will Not Host New School

SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — The city's School Construction Authority (SCA) has corrected a mistake in a letter it sent to Sunset Park Councilman Carlos Menchaca and Community Board 7 concerning possible future sites for new schools in District 15.

The original letter (embedded below) stated that one of the sites the SCA thought had promise for a new school was 234-248 7th Ave. in Park Slope.

However, that address was a typo, according to SCA staffer Tamar Smith. The correct address is 234-248 27th St. in Sunset Park (pictured above), a warehouse space next to Green-Wood Cemetery.

Smith said that CB 7, Community Board 6, and Councilmembers Menchaca and Brad Lander were made aware of the mistake.

The other seven sites the CBA highlighted, as previously reported by Patch, are:

• 5020 4th Ave. (Sunset Park), better known as the classic pink "Parkway Garage" building at the corner of 4th Avenue and 51st Street, with views of Wall Street and the Statue of Liberty. Reportedly sold earlier this year for around $8 million.

• 138-160 35th St. (Sunset Park), currently a single-story warehouse space in the shadow of the Gowanus Expressway, stretching halfway down a long block of 35th Street. Across from Sunset Park High School up near the Greenwood Heights area.

• 768 5th Ave. (Sunset Park), another long, flat warehouse space up north, directly across the street from Greenwood Cemetery. Former site of Time Warner Cable.
• 199 28th St. (Sunset Park), a parking lot on the same block as the Time Warner warehouse.
• 850 5th Ave.(Sunset Park), the massive Jackie Gleason Bus Depot just south of Greenwood Cemetery and directly across the street from the old Melody Lanes bowling alley.
• 775 5th Ave. (Sunset Park), yet another one-story warehouse along 5th Avenue facing the cemetery — this time, the old, brick Staplex building between 28th and 29th streets.
• 4511 8th Ave. (Sunset Park), or the building formerly known as the C-Town Supermarket, a budget grocery store on the corner of 8th Avenue and 46th Street.

The SCA's letter will be discussed at the next meeting of CB 7's education committee. The meeting will take place on Dec. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the board's office, located at 4201 4th Ave.

Pictured at top: 234-248 27th St. in Sunset Park. Image via Google Maps.