New York Methodist’s new building — the Center for Community Health outpatient facility — was originally going to be a floor taller and 28,000 square feet larger than the building that was agreed upon under the settlement. The center will now be six floors instead of seven.
Preserve Park Slope sued New York Methodist last year, claiming the outpatient facility was too large and would produce even more traffic in an area already congested with hospital traffic, according to the report.
In addition to shrinking the size of the building, the hospital agreed to pay for a traffic engineer to create a traffic management plan surrounding the Center for Community Health which is expected to see roughly 100,000 patients per year. It will also move a pedestrian entrance and add a landscaped area.
Construction on the project is expected to begin this year and is slated to finish by the end of 2018, according to the report.
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