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BY RYAN KELLEY
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The proposed homeless shelter
at a former factory in Glendale
won’t be moving forward, according
to the city’s Department of
Homeless Services.
When a crew of workers recently
showed up in front of 78-16 Cooper
Ave. in Glendale last week, it immediately
caught the attention of nearby
residents.
The old manufacturing building located
there was once slated to become
a “transient hotel” for homeless people
and was widely opposed by Community
Board 5 and other citizens who created
the Glendale/Middle Village Coalition
and fi led a lawsuit against the city.
The commotion at the site this week,
however, was nothing but repairs to
a water main break, according to a
spokesman for the Department of
Environmental Protection.
A Department of Transportation
document confi rms that on Jan. 8 at 9:54
a.m., an emergency permit was issued
to repair a water main leak at the location.
A Bronx-based private company,
New York City Water Works LLC, was
granted permission to do the work and
the permit is valid until Feb. 6.
Councilman Robert Holden initially
released a statement on Facebook saying
that he fi elded a number of inquiries from
members of the community and reported
that the DEP was doing work at the site.
He then released a follow-up statement
including a copy of the DOT permit.
“Please know that you can always
contact me to get to the bottom of a
concern and don’t rely on social media
rumors,” Holden said.
Late on Friday, Jan. 12, a spokesperson
for the Department of Homeless
Services confi rmed to QNS that “there
is currently no shelter operating on
premises and we currently have no
proposal for this site.” Samaritan
Daytop Village, the human services
organization that was going to operate
the Cooper Avenue site, gave a similar
statement acknowledging its past
involvement and confi rming that it
“will not be providing any services or
operating any program at the Glendale
location.”
Records from the Department of
Buildings appear to indicate when
the shelter plans may have changed.
Shortly after it was reported that
the initial plans for the shelter were
approved, DOB records show that a
proposed renovation to the four-story
structure submitted by George E.
Berger & Associates was approved
on April 2, 2015. Over the next two
years, there were three amendments
to the renovation approved under
the same applicant, the records show.
The last amendment under that
applicant was approved one year
ago on Jan. 11, 2017. Since then, there
were two additional amendments
proposed in June of 2017 under a new
applicant, SW Engineering Company.
George E. Berger & Associates is
listed as the fi ling representative on
those amendments.
One of those amendments was
approved, and the other is still
pending with the amendment fee due,
records show.
While it appears there are still some
potential renovations to the Cooper
Avenue building, residents can fi nally
be assured that it won’t be a homeless
shelter.
File photo/QNS
A water main leak occurred at this factory at 78-16 Cooper Ave. in
Glendale , the site of a controversial homeless shelter proposal.
