Pacific Street Library: Not for sale (for now), but grim fate awaits
The managers of a Park Slope community space are worried the timeless Pacific Street branch of the Brooklyn Public Library is for sale and will ultimately be demolished, and have even directed concerned residents to an online petition to thwart the effort. Officials deny the allegation, but admit a new branch is ultimately in the works at a nearby construction site, with a plan to transfer the Pacific Street site’s activities, leaving the fate of the property unclear.
“Looks like the Pacific Street Library is up for sale again,” says a post for the Brooklyn Lyceum, a non-profit event venue just down the road on Fourth Avenue. The post went on to direct viewers to an online petition protesting the Brooklyn Public Library’s alleged fire-sale of its assets to real estate developers. “It is a bit long and dry but the issues are important,” the online post explains.
Officials were quick to play down rumors, while distinguishing their expansion and relocation plans from a “sale” of the property. But they also mentioned the “Building a Better Pacific Library” plan, whereby “Two Trees Management Company, a Brooklyn-based real estate developer, is currently building a multiuse cultural and housing complex at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Ashland Place, two blocks from the existing Pacific branch.”