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Proposed daycare gets nod from offi cial
BY MARK HALLUM
MHALLUM@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
A proposed daycare site in
Glendale may be inching
closer to being a reality aft er
a hearing at Queens Borough Hall
on May 2.
Akerman LLP is requesting a special
permit from the Board of Standards
and Appeals for a client of theirs to
build a 15,212 square feet facility at
79-40 Cooper Ave. Thursday’s hearing,
part of the city’s Uniform Land Use
Review Process, paves the way for
Borough President Melinda Katz to
make a recommendation for or against
the project.
After going before Community
Board 5’s Land Use Committee and
the full board in recent months, civic
leaders expressed concern over pickups
and drop-off s causing backup on
Cooper Avenue.
But Nora Martins, a land use attorney
representing the developers, said
at the May 2 Borough Hall hearing
that they have been working with the
city Department of Transportation
(DOT) which has been “productive” in
strategizing to mitigate traffi c.
Councilman Robert Holden also gave
the project his own seal of approval
aft er issuing a letter to the BSA in which
he claimed the daycare facility would be
a welcome addition to the community.
“The applicant’s plan for the
redevelopment of this long-vacant
site with a new building to house
the proposed daycare and new
commercial space is a welcome addition
to the Glendale community and to the
Cooper Avenue streetscape,” Holden
said in the letter to the BSA. “I do not
believe that the proposed daycare and
commercial uses at the site will create
signifi cant traffi c issues. In particular,
the daycare’s proposed operations and
more than suffi cient on-site parking
should result in minimal if any negative
eff ect on traffi c.”
According to Holden, surrounding
area is in need of reliable daycare
options, but he will monitor the
situation aft er it opens to ensure traffi c
is not disrupted.
Martins said on May 2 the facility
will be subject to DOT School Safety
Division and under review within the
BSA approval process.
The site falls within an M1 industrial
zone, but children’s facilities are not out
of ordinary for the block where directly
across the street from 79-40 Cooper Ave.
is a gymnastic center and a dance studio
under diff erent zoning.
The same developers are working to
build a storage facility in the adjacent
lot, but claim they will take all measure
to ensure there is no confl ict between
the two.
The proposal will be two stories
and includes 15 classrooms with a
playground on the roof. There could
be 31 spaces on the lot.
There are also two single story
commercial spaces attached, which
there are no leases for at this time,
according to Martins.
Katz was not present at the hearing,
Deputy Borough President Sharon Lee
presided in her place.
The developers plan to have the
facility up and running before the 2020
school year.
A special permit for 79-40 Cooper Ave. is advancing through the approval
process, which developers hope will allow them to build a daycare with
retail. Photo: Mark Hallum/QNS
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