An impact statement from the company proposing a mixed-use development on Warner Avenue estimates that only six students would be added to the Roslyn school district. The district has argued against the project, saying it cannot serve any more students.
J.K. Equities, headed by Roslyn resident Jerry Karlik, has asked for zoning change for 301 Warner Avenue, which currently houses several empty storefronts. If it is granted, the company would submit an application for a mixed-use development on the space, comprising one floor of retail and three floors of 60 residential apartments.
The school board has been against the proposal since July, when President Meryl Waxman Ben-Levy claimed that the district was “functioning at capacity.” Ben-Levy, school board Vice President Cliff Saffron and other members were also present at a Village of Roslyn Board of Trustees meeting last month where they continued to say that the district could not accommodate more students.
Statistics in an impact statement from J.K. Equities estimate that only six students would reside in the proposed Warner Avenue development.
The statement also cites findings from Stony Brook University, which found that only 14 multifamily apartment complexes had been constructed on Long Island since 2003, with nine in Suffolk County and vive in Nassau County. Presence of public school students in each unit averaged .09 for all 4,211 units in the study.
Ben-Levy was unavailable for comment.
A Freedom of Information Law request submitted to the district on Oct. 31 that requests the district’s student enrollment numbers for the 2015-16 through 2019-20 school years has not yet been fulfilled.
There is no word yet on whether the Warner Avenue development will be discussed at the Village of Roslyn’s next Board of Trustees meeting, set to take place on Tuesday, Dec. 17, at 8 p.m.
