Dyker Heights rallies to prevent 9-story building from being built
In a modern-day David and Goliath-like scenario, developers are planning on building a nine-story structure behind the landmarked Angel Guardian Home on 63rd Street and 12th Avenue in Dyker Heights — and members of the community are up in arms at the thought.
The new building would be on the former site of the 22,732-square-foot “sister building” — also known as the Convent Building — which was demolished this past June. However, unlike the 140,000-square-foot Angel Guardian Home, it was not landmarked.
A rally this past Wednesday evening, July 19, organized by Guardians of the Guardian — a grassroots group of neighbors representing various concerns of the community — took place in front of the demolition site of the former Convent Building on 1222 63rd Street, and brought out roughly 75 community members and a handful of elected officials who spoke out against the new development.