City eyes opening Bay Ridge pre-K site next to expressway
Roaring trucks and 4-year-olds aren’t a good combination, according to a Bay Ridge educational leader who is raising objections to a proposal by the city’s School Construction Authority (SCA) to open a pre-K center next to a Gowanus Expressway exit.
Laurie Windsor, president of the Community Education Council (CEC) of School District 20, said she sees problems ahead if the SCA moves forward with a proposal to house a pre-K site in a building at 621 86 St.
The two-story building, which formerly housed the offices of Community Board 10, is located smack next to the 86th Street exit of the Gowanus Expressway. Board 10 moved out of the space and into new offices at 8119 Fifth Ave. in 2009.