Don't Forget: See the New Plan for Park Slope's 5th Avenue Key Food on Nov. 1

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — A coalition of community groups and elected officials will host a public meeting Nov. 1 to unveil the deal they've worked out for the redevelopment of the 5th Avenue Key Food site.

The meeting will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8:3o p.m. at P.S. 133, located at 610 Baltic St.

The fate of the Key Food, located at 120 5th Ave., has been the focus of an intense struggle since the property was purchased by Avery Hall Investments (AHI), as reported by DNAinfo last year.

In February, hundreds of protesters rejected AHI's proposal to build two mixed-income apartment buildings on the site, along with 52,000 square feet of retail space and a grocery store. An online petition calling for the low-cost supermarket to be preserved garnered nearly 1,700 signatures.

In May, a working group led by the Fifth Avenue Committee — and including Park Slope Councilman Brad Lander, Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE), the Boerum Hill Association, Inquilinos Unidos (Tenants United) and other organizations — entered into negotiations with AHI.

While we have yet to learn the details of the plan they created, we do know it has the backing of the Fifth Avenue Committee.

"After more than six months, the negotiations between the Key Food Stakeholder Group and AHI have reached a conclusion," the organization wrote on its website on Monday. "Because our neighbors came together and spoke with a united voice, meaningful progress has been made to address the community’s priorities. The stakeholder group will present the details on November 1st – and recommend that neighbors lend their broad support toward proceeding with the revised proposal. We believe this is a big win for our community (and for community organizing)."

Councilman Lander's office all did not immediately return requests for further details Tuesday, while Craig Hammerman, the district manager of Community Board 6, which represents Park Slope, said the board wasn't involved in any discussions involving the property.

Michelle de la Uz, who leads the Fifth Avenue Committee, said the plan's details will be presented at the Nov. 1 meeting. In a statement, AHI said only that the deal will "advance the interests of the community," adding that "this process will result in a revised plan that meets the needs of area residents.”

A spokeswoman for the organization, Maya Kremen, subsequently said the development would contain a "supermarket," but would not provide any additional details concerning its size.

Pictured at top: The Key Food on Fifth Avenue. Image via Google Maps