ELMHURST — The
Library board of trustees has formally
approved a deal that will give the Park District 94,000 square feet of land in the center of Wilder Park, including the Wilder Mansion now used as the
library building, in exchange for 35,000 square feet of vacant land in the northwest corner of the park, where
library officials will put up a new building.
The final plan was
approved by the City Council last year after tense closed - door negotiations between elected
officials, and includes reconstruction of the Brooklyn Heights
Library, a new
library for DUMBO and Vinegar Hill, 114 new affordable units in Clinton Hill and a new STEM lab for District 13 students.