Manhattan Adult Entertainment: Setback for Summit

Community Board Six’s Landmarks and Land Use Committee voted against Summit’s special permit application, which Jackson said was necessary to legally allow the landlord of 255 Butler Street to “do business” with the school. The site is now zoned as a manufacturing district.
In rejecting the application, the committee expressed concern about students’ commute to the Butler Street building.
“The committee’s focus was the traffic issues. They felt the applicant hadn’t sufficiently addressed how the students would be transported to and from the school safely,” explained Community Board 6 District Manager Craig Hammerman.
Such investigation is necessary “given the mixed use nature of the area — it has industrial issues and fairly high-density public housing all within the same general area.”
There have also been reports of prostitution and drug dealing in the neighborhood.

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