A Second Woman's Mikvah for CH in the Works (2024)

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• well done!

  Great news for all the young marrieds living south of Empire. It’s an expanding area. My only question is, how can it be private with so many Jewish homes next door, behind, & opposite? Oh well, i guess the architects will figure that out.

• Srulik

  Excuse me, but this is not a “lot”. It is merely a small sliver of property created by the fact that Lefferts and Empire are not parallel and meet one block east. Let’s see how planning and zoning go. Selling at a “significantly reduced price”? Perhaps. Maybe it’s because, except for a few parking spots, the “lot” is not truly buildable.

• EXCITED CH

  MAZAL TOV…

• crown heights mommy!!!

  wow it’s about time great job!!

• Not great place for privacy

  Great idea…but far from private. There are many homes that have direct view of that corner, many by just looking down from their window. There’s a Jewish condo building right on top of this “lot”!!!

• ch mikvah

  the union street mikvah is in the process of expanding.

• C H

  I’ll be long gone when the process is over!!!

• privacy

  To all you worried about privacy, the mikvah on albany and union is not private either, you have bochurim walking there ALL the time!

• Crown Heights resident

  Years ago Rabbi Z.S. Dworkin had Rabbi Fischer keep the property on Albany Ave. (opposite the Mikva) from being developed. This was done to afford privacy to the Mikva. (It so happens that the old building has since been demolished, and the lot stands vacant to this day.) Building a Women’s Mikva nestled into a Jewish condominium development is certainly something that the Rabbonim have to consulted on.

  PS. Getting a Mikva built isn’t always that easy. How’s Boymelgreen’s Oholei Torah Mikva progressing (it surely must be near completion by now)!

• Chana

  it’s about time.

  union mikvah has been ‘expanding’ for decades.
  so has the community, at a much more rapid pace.

  I personally feel safer that it’s in a public area.
  the thought of building far out makes it less safe for walking at night.

• shagalow scam

  What a SCAM the property at the largest point is 14 ft
  how wil you build on it this is just a SCAM to rais money for someones benefit.

  and should be called mitzvah habo baavairah
  you build to obstract the neighbors ?

  but dont worry it is not lmaase to build just lhalocho

• T.

  Wonderful News!

• someone that knows

  the 3rd paragraph is such lies.
  the mikvah still looks very nice and there are no women traveling to other neighborhoods on the contrary there are other women that come specially to use this mikva
  just remember that this is the mikvah that the rebbe used

• Finally...

  At last!
  But some concerns:
  “Private”- Hardly, with all those apt. buildings staring right at it.
  “Outskirts”- That location is more central these days than the Union St. one!
  Great job anyway.

• Elki

  Kol HaKavod to Beis Shmuel for once again embarking on a project for the benefit of the entire CH.

• Union resident

  “Crown Heights Resident”- so what. How does having that scrubby empty lot (a blight on the the neighborhood by the way) make the Union Women’s mikvah private!? It does not! Everyone can see the women going in and out over there. I live in one of the apartment buildings across the empty lot, diagonal to the mikvah. It is so embarrassing to walk past there at night with the women going in and out. I have to keep my head down and scoot by.

• to Privacy

  What’s with all the secrecy about going to the Mikvah. Isn’t it about time we stopped trying to raise our kids (and ourselves) in a bubble? The mikvah and what it stands for is a part of normal Jewish life and is nothing to be ashamed of.

• calm down

  for those that are concerned, the CH rabbonim were consulted and have given their approval. As fo rprivacy , with mr greens , benz, cleaner, leasing direct etc -union street is HARDLY PRIVATE.I wish people would stop being so paranoid- just because someone might see you in that area doesnt mean that you rae going to the mikvah.And if you prefer to use union street- go right ahead

• out of towner

  Safety vs. privacy

• trachtgutvetzeingut

  why not build it opposite the shuk. there is a very large property there which would accomadate plenty of room for parking .

• ah poshta yid fuen shcuna

  first of all , if someone is doing something right y knock him ? dont u think they know to ask rabboniem , and were do u think woman should go to a mikva in the middel of bed-sty. common ?were ever u go there r people will see u . i lived on union st, years ago ,

• ah poshta yid fuen shcuna

  is 46 th st between 13 –14th ave in the middel of the boon docks ?

• ah poshta yid fuen shcuna

  why not build it opposite the shuk. there is a very large property there which would accomadate plenty of room for parking .

  its going to be the heart of crown hights b/4 u know it

• DallasJew

  To all the imbiciles ranting about too small and not private why don’t u guys get off your tuches and get a real job instead of knocking this effort with your pea size observations.
  You’d be surprised what can be done on a sliver of a lot these days – alot of new CH families (including many BeisShmuel folks) have wide views and great outlooks – thinking out of the box is whats necessary to advance, grow and expand on all levels.
  I commend this move and its great to CH South which is growing my leaps and bounds.
  To the one leaving CH – don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Most of us are staying and for good reason.
  The grass ain’t green on the other side!

• lets keep this shchuan going!

  very nice.
  there will always be naysayers…
  hopefully now those that havent been going to the mikva will now see this as modern enough place that even they can use.

• to someone that knows

  There certainly are people that go to the mikva in other neighborhoods because they don’t want to go to union st. i know these people personally.

• a few comments

  i dont doubt for a second that rabonim in CH were consulted. my question is how much time did they spend thinking of the pros and cons.

  as far as size why cant they make a basem*nt, a sub-basem*nt and 2 floors above ground – this will give them plenty of room and privacy for the ladies INSIDE???

  as far as the condo in the mikvah’s back yard if the mikvah is 2 stories it will be very hard to see who is coming and going.

  for all the people that still arent happy – what have you done to improve the shechunah?

• much too small

  It’s a huge waste of money because the place is much to small.

  The property is only big enough if it was a mikvah for a small bungalow colony but can’t handle the huge number of women who use the mikveh each night.

  It’s joke to take our community for ride, where hundreds of women need to toivel each night and give them a place that only has 3 small prep rooms.

  We need more like 50 prep rooms.

• a lot is alot

  To all of you with the negative comments

  1. what have you done to make a difference in our community, mikva or elsewhere?
  2. do YOU truly believe that the hard working people behind this project have the same limited imagination as you? Dont judge a book by its cover!
  3. are you the same guys who will be voting for change, because it feels better?

  Go do something. Help bring Moshiach, we all need him, NOW!

  “its all about the right PH balance”
  Thank you

• ch resident

  to the person asking about BP mikvah location.
  when this mikvah was built this location was on the outskirts of boro park. now that bp is so vast, it has become in the center of town.
  Also, to the person who is asking what why are we paranoid with no one knowing where we are going, yes, the use of the mikvah is a very private time and no it should not be where every “child” going past should ask questions and know about this. where I come from, the children and friends and relatives do not know and I do not want them to know any details. so please where is the tzinus

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