If you plan on raising kids in LIC, you might want to start building a school.

There is another school coming in the next three years, I believe. Rockrose is building it, if I remember correctly.

schools are boring. the only thing i care about in this neighborhood is where i can get a good meal and a glass of wine.

There is a new school in the next Rockrose building. Also HPS has plans for at least one new school. The problem isn’t the new residents. Its all of the people from outside of LIC decending on the new schools.

#7, you are fighting a losing battle. Narcissism is what living is all about in the New LIC.

# I heard they were robbed. I’m not sure if they were open or closed.

#8 I know, I know I feel you pain! It is such a shame. LIC is a wonderful place and it’s just slowly being ruined by people who are not community oriented.

The new schools in Rockrose and in HPS will not be completed for at least 5-10 years (if ever since developers love to not build what they promise). This means that all of the kids who are currently in overcrowded classrooms will have no options. Can you imagine what it would feel like if you had a child who had to participate in a lottery for kindergarten in their own neighborhood with no other viable options close by? Yes you can send your child to Sunnyside, if you get a variance but those schools are overcrowded as well. It is amazingly poor planning on the city’s part to not build the schools in tandem with the all of the buildings.

Also LIC is not the only place this is happening, Tribeca, Battery Park City, the West Village and even the Upper East Side.

Yes #13 good school. It is across the street from the photographed school above (The old LIC H.S.)

School is definately a problem. PS 78 got some extra space Citilights and as far as I can see some of it still not build out.

PS 78 is good. My son went there for 6th grade. The problem is middle school. There is no decent middle school anywhere close to Hunters Point.

Am I the only one picking up on #4′s sarcasm?

the outrage, hundreds of comments, and calls to rally in support of a restaurant struck me as funny (and depressing) in proportion to the 3 previous comments that trickled in about nyc schools. its not surprising though figuring that many people posting on this site have an obvious disregard for teachers and would rather have a barnes & noble rather than a library.

I think an interest in schools will grow as more families move here. A lot of the newcomers are singles with dogs. Tons of dogs I’ve noticed. And tons of dog shit everywhere.

It is annoying though to note the fervor over a restaurant vs basic necessities. Has anyone noticed we also don’t have a hospital?

23, Eventually one will come. This is the good thing about the changes taking place here. You need people to justify a hospital, library, school, etc. as well as money to support them. You may be upset about the resturant, but the truth is that you need more condos filled with people to justify the existence of any of these things. Without the develpoment taking place LIC would never get the services it desparately needs.

What about requiring all new buildings to include school space for the NYCDOE? They are making their money, so perhaps they should give back.