Greenpointers Really Don't Want Homeless Shelter
Remember that homeless shelter at 400 McGuinness Boulevard that the Brooklyn Paper wrote about recently (after the blog NY Shitty actually broke the new two weeks earlier)? Apparently residents really, really, really don’t want it in their backyard. At least, that’s what the scrawls on the building’s facade that the blog posted over the weekend…
Remember that homeless shelter at 400 McGuinness Boulevard that the Brooklyn Paper wrote about recently (after the blog NY Shitty actually broke the new two weeks earlier)? Apparently residents really, really, really don’t want it in their backyard. At least, that’s what the scrawls on the building’s facade that the blog posted over the weekend would lead you to believe.
Coming To Greenpoint: A Homeless Shelter? [NY Shitty]
Big homeless shelter planned for Greenpoint [Brooklyn Paper]
400 McGuinness Boulevard [NY Shitty]
5 retweets and 3 Facebook shares – seems there’s something to this story.
Aren’t there already a bunch of shelters in Greenpoint?
The plural originated with NY Shitty (actually with the person who sent the photos in to NYS)
WBer, you haven’t learned yet that Johnathan likes to take a non-story about something one person does, and use it to paint an entire neighborhood.
In the interest of accuracy, can we change the title of this post to “ONE Greenpoint Resident Really Doesn’t Want Homeless Shelter”?
There are a lot of issues at play here, including the loft law, the wisdom of putting a homeless shelter this far away public transportation, local retail, etc., but this post is just about ONE person’s displeasure.
They don’t want the homeless or new housing — they’re Bananas