Brooklyn, NY – A local civic gave its blessing to an Orthodox congregation looking to build a shul on E. Second Street between Avenue P and Quentin Road, after logging just a couple complaints that the synagogue would change the character of the residential block.
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“We’re extremely pleased,” said congregation member Joey Esses, one of more than three-dozen people who attended the Community Board 15 meeting at Kingsborough Community College to show support for the planned shul.
Community Board 15 approved the Quentin Road Synagogue Corporation’s proposal for the three-story building 26–5, citing the growing congregation’s need for more space. The Synagogue Corporation already operates a house of prayer on E. Third Street, around the corner from the proposed site. However, the building has become a tight-squeeze for the 200-family congregation, so operators want to construct and move into a larger building with more amenities, including a lecture hall and dining room.
“The need for this building really outweighs any downsides,” said board member Ed Eisenberg.
Why does the community board for the area of P and E 2nd meet at Kingsborough which is about 4 miles from there?? Why not just meet in Niagara Falls already?