Potential for double-parking raises questions
Community Board 5 reconsidering plan for proposed Glendale daycare center
BY MARK HALLUM
Members of Community
Board 5 want the developers
behind a proposed Glendale
daycare facility to reconsider
pickup and drop-off
arrangements for the 167
children expected to attend
the site on a regular basis.
The advisory body made
the request on Feb. 13 after its
Land Use Committee reviewed
plans for a daycare facility at
79-40 Cooper Ave., and heard
from an attorney representing
the owners.
Land use attorney Frank
St. Jacques presented the same
plans floated by the committee
at Wednesday’s meeting at
Christ the King High School
in Middle Village, but Board
5 Chairperson Vincent Arcuri
was leery of parents who may
double park on Cooper Avenue
and exacerbate the same
problem perceives happening
across the street where there
is a gymnasium.
“One of the complaints
Frank St. Jacques, a land use attorney representing developers attempting install a day care on an
empty Glendale lot, heard concerns from Community Board 5. Photo by Mark Hallum
that I’ve had is the dance
studio across the street and
the gymnasium, parents all
double parked when dropping
them off. They create a
problem,” Arcuri said. “That’s
why I think the Transportation
Committee better look at
this closely and make some
more recommendations
moving ahead.”
The Land Use Committee
had similar concerns
regarding drop-offs and pickups,
and recommended the
developers look to getting a
variance as opposed to special
permit to build a daycare in an
M1 industrial zone.
The 83,000-square-foot lot,
which also encompasses the
storage facility, currently
under construction, is
expected to be operated by
Children of America which
has several locations and
proposed locations in Queens.
Fifteen classrooms of the
proposed facility will add up
to a total of 15,212 square feet
and will have a fenced rooftop
playground. About 3,986
square feet of the building will
be used as commercial floor
space that can be subdivided
into smaller tenant spaces
which the developers hope will
attract a medical facility.
The daycare will be
fenced off from the storage
facility and attorneys from
Akerman said Children
of America will keep kids
under close supervision.
Reach reporter Mark
Hallum by e-mail at mhallum@
schnepsmedia.com or by phone
at (718) 260–4564.
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