I am reaching out to all of you to make you aware of the industrialization of Great Neck by the Board of Education who want to build a 97-car parking lot on my street and will effect the entire area so that high schoolers can park their car in comfort.
I reach out to all of you despite the fact that the PTO of the BOE never reached out to the neighborhood , the shared decision making committee or sent a letter in discussion to reassure or discuss our neighborhood concerns.
Instead they wrote a letter asking all of its members to come out and rally for our parking lot in numbers at the next Board of Education meeting. To be fair and balanced the BOE needs to address the neighborhood that is impacted by this decision .
I am disappointed that the Board of Education is not acknowledging that even the local police department has come to PTO-meetings to share concern that the current drop off and pick up and parking of the current 80-car lot is a disaster waiting to happen ..
I never expected a Wal Mart style parking lot next to my home and my children walking. They are destroying the greenery of great neck that we try to keep pristine only to destroy it when it’s convenient for us .
Just because there is a field for sports that they want to convert doesn’t mean it should be converted or could be converted .
There are serious safety concerns that are not being considered from a traffic perspective . On the street outside the school there is a round about and single lane in each direction. It is not designed for this type of traffic safely.
There are other options to park half a block away paved and with no expenditure nor threatening the safety of our children and our community.
I ask the BOE to respectfully reconsider and take safety , the water flow Issue in rains as well as our quiet streets being flooded with so much traffic .
Many thanks
Ruth Gabay
Great Neck
