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Oholei Torah Building New Playground

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over last few days, laborers have been hard at work preparing one of Oholei Torahs new properties to be converted into a playground.

Over the past few years the school has been trying to acquire the three houses between the Brooklyn Avenue corner and the yeshiva building for expansion, and have so far managed to buy two of them.

This will be the 5th playground Oholei Torah has built, and are rushing to have it ready so that the students can enjoy it in this nice weather.

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19 Comments

  • Business man.

    For stuff like this thy dont seem to have an issue finding money, but when it comes to a proper education thy just send innocent student like me away. I felt as if i was kicked to the curb.

  • play ball

    You’d think the people who own the remaining house in between would want to sell. unless of course they’re holding out for a million +?

  • a wish i have

    May it be built speedely in our days – together with all of klal yisroel bigulah hamitis vhashlaimoh bimhairo vymeinu amen!!!

  • What time is it???

    how are the kids gonna get to that plyground???? are they going to have to Leave school-then goo down the block + the place is tiny- how can they make a playground there???

  • OT bought House

    Oholei Torah bought one of the houses a few months ago for $640,000, they did NOT demo it yet.

  • to what time

    they have the area behind all the houses so the can get there
    . this is an amazing idea those greedy chayos are going to run away so fast now that they are surrounded by kids playing from 3 sides, they will even sell for 3-4 hundred

  • Sara

    To: ‘to what time’- What a horrible thing to say!! Would YOU want to be run out of YOUR house because others wanted to buy it????!! One has to be a mentch at ALL times! – Sara

  • other site needs playground too!!

    hopefully next one will be for kids at E flatbush site…

  • To Business man

    Business man, you are way out of line. What should they have done specifically? Maybe being a business man you can sponsor what you felt lacking. Maybe OT was not a good fit for you. Don’t carry bitterness and a grudge. It’s not healthy for you or your children

  • business man

    For stuff like this thy dont seem to have an issue finding money, but when it comes to a proper education thy just send innocent student like me away. I felt as if i was kicked to the curb.I agree with him compliantly my friend went fry because he couldn’t afford to pay $18,000 for Oholei Torah its wrong that yeshivah turned into mansomeone should open a new yeshivah lsham shomayim.

  • to: sarah

    the people in the house do not want to live there! its a noisy place to live they were offered enough money to buy a much bigger house a block over on lincoln place they are just holding out for that 3 million offer they hope we will be forced to make because we need that last house for a proper expansion SO YES I HOPE THEY RUN! learn the facts!dont give me your ignorant liberal hippy nonsense

  • California

    Ahh it’s nice, The halacha says about building a school near a residence, but this Man, I remember Yossel Rosenfeld saying how he offered the Man fair (good) MOney for the house,

    Now i hope the boys go in for the kill, and keep the Shots coming untill he cracks, Rather the should mesh the Foundatiuon

    Yehudale S monica

  • safe location?

    is that a safe place for a playground? open to the public prying eyes?
    its a busy corner and open access through the playground’s gates.
    maybe put up covered gates, a wall perhaps