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Writing was on the wall for this for awhile. The demographics of SI have changed drastically and there is less and less demand for a small catholic university there. Add in the ever-increasing cost of private college, prohibitive tolls and traffic and there was no way for St. John's to attract anyone from outside of SI.
Reminds me of when NYU closed and sold its Bronx campus to consolidate at Washington Square. But I didn't know that St Johns even had a campus on Staten Island. Presume that the school will sell the campus (how big is it and where is it?) and find a use for the proceeds within the university. Is this a big development possibility for Staten Island? New housing? Institutional use? Anybody familiar with Staten Island have thoughts on that?
[quote=citylove101;64182128]Reminds me of when NYU closed and sold its Bronx campus to consolidate at Washington Square. But I didn't know that St Johns even had a campus on Staten Island. Presume that the school will sell the campus (how big is it and where is it?) and find a use for the proceeds within the university. Is this a big development possibility for Staten Island? New housing? Institutional use? Anybody familiar with Staten Island have thoughts on that?[/QUOTE
Another hospital is desperately needed however the St. John's campus is not easily accessed by public transit. Most likely will end up like Mount Loretto, sold off to a developer.
Wagner College has expressed interest in the SJU SI campus. It would be a perfect fit and I bet that Wagner & SJU are in discussions right now. The 718,740 sqft SJU property is zoned R3-1 which permits a max of 1 family or 2 family semi-attached homes. Schools/colleges are allowed in R3-1 zones as 'community facilities'. Yes, NYC zoning rules are arcane.
Hopefully Wagner buys it. We don't need more residential building.
Putting 2 family semi's there would be undesirable. It's a nice area. Basically you would have 4 families living on 3400 square feet. One family max should be on lots that size. Also being that each family has 2 cars on average you would have a lot of cars on the street and parking problems.
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