GURU, GONE
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Amy Breedlove will step
down from leading the Cobble
Hill Association after four
years atop the brownstone
Brooklyn civic group — where
she had been an integral part
of advocating for neighborhood
priorities like opposing
the demolition of the Long Island
College Hospital campus,
and helping plan the repairs
of the crumbling Brooklyn-
Queens Expressway.
“It has been a pleasure
to serve this community,”
Breedlove said in an
email on July 16. “In these
four years I have enjoyed getting
to know so many of you
so much more.”
Breedlove began her tenure
in 2016 when the fate of the
sprawling Cobble Hill hospital
complex was hanging in the
balance, before developer Fortis
Property Group eventually
tore it down in 2017 to make
way for a massive residential
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complex, which included
a smaller medical center — a
project the company has since
dubbed River Park.
The civic guru, who is
barred by term limits from
serving another consecutive
term as head of the association,
said that one of her proudest
achievements was working
to assemble a task force that
kept tabs on the incoming developers
and facilitated a discussion
of various issues surrounding
the project.
Throughout the course of
those talks, Breedlove was able
to bring together reps from
city agencies, local elected offi
cials, the community board,
Fortis, and New York University
Langone — the operators
of the new medical facility.
“Being able to get Fortis
and NYU to the table,” she
said, “It showed my tenacity
and perseverance.”
Another issue at the forefront
of her reign were repairs
to the BQE, where Breedlove
pushed the city to look beyond
the triple-cantilever stretch
that wraps around Brooklyn
Heights.
Instead, the association
president and other advocates
urged bureaucrats to
work with state and federal
authorities to transform the
Robert Moses-era roadway —
not just repair it — and consider
the highway’s impact on
other nabes, like Cobble Hill
and Carroll Gardens, where it
tears through in the form of a
trench.
Breedlove also led the association’s
efforts to collect donations
to fund protection equipment
and meals for staff at the
Cobble Hill Health Center on
Henry Street, which in April
recorded the most coronavirus
related deaths in the state
among nursing homes, with 55
people lost to the virus.
The head of local Community
Board 6 said that whoever
Amy Breedlove speaks at a press conference outside City Hall about the
BQE. John McCarten/New York City Council
follows Breedlove will have
big shoes to fi ll.
“Amy has been a great and
tireless advocate on behalf of
her community and her successor
will have big shoes to
fi ll,” said district manager Michael
Racioppo.
Breedlove said she wants
to stay tuned in to the neighborhood,
especially for longerterm
projects like the BQE,
and the borough jails plan in
neighboring Boerum Hill.
“I have a passion for Cobble
Hill and the areas around us,”
she said.
The longtime community
leader also gave some parting
advice to her yet-to-be-named
successor.
“Be a good listener, I
think that’s the most important
thing,” she said. “And
just keep talking to everyone.
Gather as much information
as you can and then work towards
a collective solution.”
Cobble Hill Association president steps down
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