Site Plan for the Five Corners
Wondering what’s going up at the Five Corners? At the site of the Citgo Station on Palmer Avenue, shown here, developers plan to build a two- story retail building with 5,500 square feet of space on two above ground levels and two below ground levels of parking.
Since the relatively narrow entrance to the below-grade garage cannot accommodate large trucks, the plan includes a loading dock on the shoulder of Heathcote Road. The cut for the loading area is in the public right-of-way next to a fire hydrant. Members of the Heathcote Five Corners Coalition want to alert residents that trucks in the loading zone could block the sight line for cars on Heathcote Road. They are also asking for clarification on how many trucks will be permitted to park there at one time and what the permitted hours for deliveries will be. The site plan for the proposed building is shown below.
The Heathcote Five Corners Coalition wants residents to know that they are not opposed to progress, but do feel strongly that the character of the neighborhood should be preserved and safety should be ensured for the residents of Scarsdale.
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Seriously, part of Scarsdale's charm is its bucolic, suburban atmosphere, one in which kids can actually walk pretty safely from both the Middle School and Heathcote Elementary into the 5-corners area. Greed, disguised as progress, will only result in Scarsdale becoming increasingly more urban. Many people who grew up here returned because the atmosphere is ideal for raising a family... Do you really want to pay so dearly?
The scale and use of the project needs to be reexamined.