Dozens rally in Canarsie against plan to build 200-bed single men's shelter near middle school

Dozens of community members, including elected leaders, parents, and teachers, gathering to make their voices heard. No! No! No! Protesting a plan to build a 200-bed single-men shelter on East 108th Street, just one block from the Science and Medicine Middle School 366 in Canarsie. Brooklyn Councilmember Mercedes Narcisse says the Department of Social Services told her last week that the shelter was coming to Canarsie. When we spoke. A DSS spokesperson tells News 12 this is part of a plan to build 12 shelters across the five boroughs over the next four years, with this future facility being one of three built in Brooklyn. We're told Midway Living will operate the shelter, expected to open in 2028. Narcisse says she's requesting a meeting with the DSS commissioner on Thursday. We want her! In Canarsie, Tim Harfman, News 12.