This church can’t do anything rite.
Brooklyn residents are flocking mad that Greenpoint Reformed Church quietly launched a 10-bed homeless shelter — saying it’s the last straw in a cavalcade of food pantries and AA meetings that bring trash and feces to their block.
Milton Street neighbors say the holy house should have notified locals before launching the city-run shelter in November.
“The church has been operating on a system of ‘it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission,’ ” said neighbor Teresa Toro. “It’s a testament to the goodwill of Milton Street residents that no one’s complained until now.
“It’s really not about the shelter,” she added. “It’s about the lack of open dialogue.”
The line for the church’s food pantry often goes around the block, beer bottles and garbage are jettisoned on the sidewalk, and unsavory characters linger near the chapel at night, neighbors said.
One longtime neighbor said she has witnessed men defecating on her lawn and that one drunk stranger broke into her home.
Pastor Ann Kansfield was surprised that some residents want the church to alter its charitable ways.
She said she didn’t notify residents about the shelter because the church quickly filled in for another congregation that had canceled a proposed shelter at the last minute.
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