Generally Speaking: School at Nathan’s site won’t open until 2024
Residents near the old Nathan’s restaurant on 86th Street have been asking what’s going on at the long-vacated fast-food site. Passersby still see the old building standing and virtually no activity. If you recall, the property was bought by a real estate developer for $12.25 million and then flipped to the School Construction Authority for $25 million in June 2019.
The School Construction Authority announced plans to build a five-story school for grades 6 to 8 to accommodate 550 students and have designated it as IS 332K. Thus far, they have only erected a chain-link fence around the site. The derelict building has become a neighborhood eyesore.
A recent joint meeting of Community Board 10’s Zoning and Land Use and Youth Services, Education and Libraries committees, chaired by Doris Cruz and Anthony Marino respectively, was held via Zoom. The SCA gave a design presentation on the proposed new school. The session was led by Steve Gonzalez, SCA’s project support Manager for South Brooklyn and Staten Island, along with a team from its architecture and engineering department.