Brooklyn residents from Flatbush and Crown Heights are irate that additional homeless shelters are being placed in their neighborhoods, a direct impact from the closure of the 30th Street Shelter, also known as Bellevue, in Manhattan.
Dozens of residents attended the Community Board 14 meeting at Kings Theatre on May 6 to air their grievances over the proposed conversion of a hotel on 1024 Flatbush Ave. into a 130-bed shelter for single men.
The shelter is slated to be operational as soon as this summer, making it the fourth Department of Homeless Services shelter located within 100 feet of supportive housing facility run by The Jewish Board and a 200-bed men’s shelter operated by Black Vets for Social Justice…