Lefferts Manor to Go Gated

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As first reported in The Echo, the Lefferts Manor Association has elected to go the final step in forging the identity of the deed-restricted enclave and will formally become a gated community.

While various versions of the plan have been floated over the years, the recent "speed hump controversy" proved to be the catalyst for change. While some residents were opposed to all forms of traffic calming, others were concerned about speed humps' impact on parking spaces, the potential for pollution and noise, the unattractiveness of additional road signs, and a possible invasion of bears. It was agreed that preventing all through-traffic in Lefferts Manor addressed these concerns.

"We've seen some beautiful ornamentation and ironwork in places like Sea Gate," said Lefferts Manor Association President Ben Edwards, "and we think we can put up similar, if smaller, versions around the Manor."

Another resident added that the gates would go a long way to "maintaining the country feel of the neighborhood against encroachment from developers."

Probably the most controversial part of the plan is the decision to exclude the North side of Fenimore Street and the South side of Lincoln Road. "We can't very well fence in the non-Manor residents living opposite those houses," claimed Echo editor Bob Marvin, "and it is equally impractical to run fence down the middle of the street. And the truth is, it will be a lot easier to explain the boundaries of Lefferts Manor now. If you had to type them twice a day in the Brownstoner comments section, you'd understand."

Reaction from outside of Lefferts Manor was mixed. Neighborhood coffee shop K-Dog and Dunebuggy announced a plan to begin deliveries into Lefferts Manor, while a doctor at Kings County Hospital said "I don't care; I drive down Winthrop."

Comments

[Pat Glynn]

Love it! Good 4/1 joke.

[Bob M]

LOL Charles!

You MIGHT want to hold my comment until you get some properly outraged ones from people who don't bother to look at calendars.

When I first moved here, in 1974,there really WERE some Lefferts Manor stalwarts who would very likely have loved this idea [the same people who opposed the annual house tour because "they" would see how nice it was here and come and rob us].

We DO have to control those bears though--maybe bear bumps? And YES--I really do get tired of posting the LM boundaries over and over again on Brownstoner!

[Vivian Oliver]

Just Wonderful!!

[Matthew]

You got me there for a minute.

The only problem with this is that there is not enough room for the little old man in the guard house.

And bears are the main problem with regards to speeding. Yogi is known to have a lead foot.