"The city notified two Brooklyn community boards that it will be converting hotels to new shelters for single adult men, stating that they needed to offset lost capacity from the planned closure of the central Bellevue intake facility on Manhattan's East Side."
"Two hotels in Flatbush and Crown Heights-a Red Roof Hotel on Flatbush Avenue and a Ramada Hotel on Empire Boulevard-will be converted to homeless shelters, according to members of Brooklyn Community Boards 9 and 14, who received notifications from the city."
"A spokesperson for the Department of Homeless Services said the openings are in response to the shuttering of the Bellevue men's intake center, replacing 250 lost beds there with 110 and 130 beds at the hotel shelters, which will be operated by the nonprofit Project Renewal."
"DHS is required to notify community boards about shelters sitings in their district 30 days prior to their opening, which it did in this case. The agency sometimes provides greater advanced notice, but expedited use of the two hotels to meet urgent need."
The city notified Brooklyn community boards that two hotels will be converted into shelters for single adult men. The change is intended to offset capacity lost when Manhattan’s Bellevue men’s intake facility is closed due to safety concerns. A Red Roof Hotel in Flatbush Avenue and a Ramada Hotel on Empire Boulevard are slated for conversion. The Department of Homeless Services said the Bellevue closure will remove 250 beds and that 110 and 130 beds will be added at the hotel shelters. The East Midtown building remains available for intake but no longer operates as a shelter, and its most recent residents have already been relocated. Local residents expressed concern about the speed of the process and the relocation of shelter capacity from Manhattan to Brooklyn.
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