BY JESSICA PARKS
A Sheepshead Bay mental
health organization must
not expand into substance
abuse treatment according to
a nearly unanimous decision
from the neighborhood’s civic
gurus, who claim the location
is too close to where their children
go to school.
“I think what the board is
hearing is less of not in my neighborhood
and more not near our
schools,” said City Councilman
Kalman Yeger, who represents
the part of Sheepshead Bay
where the proposal is located.
“I think the real issue here is
the actual location on Quentin
Road, right a block away from a
school… versus don’t do it anywhere
near us at all.”
Jewish Board of Family and
Children’s Services, which has
locations across the city, asked
the community board to support
their application for a state
license to offer substance abuse
services at their Quentin Road
location, between E. 10th Street
and Coney Island Avenue.
The expansion would allow
the mental health professionals
to support their regular patients,
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who they say have been
coming in asking for help battling
substance abuse.
“What we have been seeing
the last few years, is that the
same folks are coming in asking
for services from us,” said Tracy
Gard, division director of behavioral
health at Jewish Board at a
Jan. 26 virtual meeting of Community
Board 15. “They are also
coming in and really letting us
know that they’re using alcohol,
substances and drugs that kind
of help them cope with what
they are going through.”
But Community Board 15
members argue the proposal
poses a safety risk to their children
attending the nearby Yeshiva
Ateret Torah at 901 Quentin
Road — a school about 120 feet
away from the proposed site that
is currently expanding its facility
to nearly double its enrollment
to 1,200 students, according
to one of the school’s board
members. The proposed location
is also a block away from PS 238.
“We are very concerned
about having these kinds of
services a half of a block away
from a school that is this heavily
occupied with children
who have basically not been
exposed to this kind of lifestyle,”
said Irwin Shamah.
Parents said the drug abuse
services probably would not
be benefi cial to their children,
who come from homes practicing
more traditional Jewish
values and are not exposed to
drug use and alcoholism.
Some 245 neighbors signed
a petition against the proposal
citing concerns over their children’s
safety and the impacts
the facility will have on their
home values, one community
Community board members worried about the impact a substance abuse
treatment center would have on students at a nearby school. Google
member announced.
“The proposed expansion
of the services present a clear
danger to the safety and welfare
of our children and families,”
said Nesim Bildirici. “A
study on the effect of substance
abuse treatment centers on
property values by Claire La
Roche show that the property
values go down by 17 percent.”
However, the study mentioned
attributes a 17 percent
drop in the values of homes situated
near a methadone clinic but
credits a lesser 8 percent drop in
the value of homes within a oneeighth
mile from a substance
abuse treatment center.
State Sen. Simcha Felder
also sent in a letter of opposition
on the proposal, according
to Community Board 15
Chair Theresa Scavo, and
Yeger told members he would
not be submitting a letter in
support of the expansion.
While the board’s decision
is not the end-all for the Jewish
Board’s application, the licensing
process requires the
organization to summarize
community input and include
proof of outreach to the local
community, which the state
Offi ce of Addiction Services
and Supports reviews when
considering the application.
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