A public meeting about two proposed shelters planned for Park Slope got heated quickly.

"It's going to take our values of our real estate and drive them down," said one person at the meeting.

"How much is the city paying for those units?" said another. 

Elected officials and representatives from the Department of Homeless Services addressed questions and concerns from residents that run the gamut.

"I'm not really worried about the value of my home going down, but I am worried about the safety of the neighborhood," said one person at the meeting.

"Our safety, and also, I'm concerned about the residents there. What kind of facilities are they going to have?" said another.

One site, 535 Fourth Avenue, is set for 148 units of shelter housing, with the other, right across the street at 555 Fourth Avenue, with 105 shelter units and 29 affordable apartments. Both are under construction and expected to open in the fall.

Some say the city moved forward on the plan with little notice to neighbors.

"They're putting all the people that can't help each other in one pot. How are those people going to help each other get out of the mess they're already in?" said one person at the meeting.

"They don't tell us, they don't want to tell us because they know that we'll be upset and that we'll fight them like Maspeth, Queens did," said another.

The shelters are part of what officials say is a fair share approach to open new, borough-based shelters that keep homeless people close to their communities.

"Our city has both a moral and a legal obligation to provide a safe space to sleep every night," said City Councilman Brad Lander of Brooklyn.

Some residents support the shelters, including Joel Berg, who also heads the nonprofit Hunger Free America.

"You can't say, 'We're for homeless people, but we're just not for them in our neighborhood.' The math just doesn't work," Berg said. "Neighborhoods in the Bronx, neighborhoods in eastern Queens, neighborhoods in central Brooklyn have beared more than their fair share of homeless shelters and other community services. Neighborhoods like this have not." 

Former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is now the president of service provider WIN, which will operate both shelters. Some residents were so frustrated by the process and by her responses that they walked out of the meeting. Quinn points out that the shelters will serve families and that there will be a slew of services to help them get back on their feet.