Brooklyn
fromHoodline
1 day agoNYPD Searches Mill Basin After Suspect Jumps Into Water
A police search for a suspect who jumped into Mill Basin during a car theft attempt unfolded at Kings Plaza.
MILL BASIN - A NEW PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL may be built in Mill Basin. The city's School Construction Authority is currently reviewing a vacant lot and parking area at 7001 Avenue U, according to . The proposed school would span the full block between East 70th and East 71st streets, from Veterans Avenue to Avenue U, and serve about 676 students.
MILL BASIN - A BROOKLYN CHURCH has gone against a citywide trend of houses of worship selling off real estate, purchasing a large Mill Basin development site for $20.6 million, according to city records and Crain's New York. Salvation Church of God, located at 5601 Avenue N in Flatlands, bought two adjacent lots at 6065 and 6075 Strickland Ave., totaling roughly 116,000 square feet. The deed, recorded Monday, lists Pastor Malory Laurent as the signatory for the buyer.
"In 1965 when we bought the building, our border was Linden Boulevard on the north and the Queens border on the east... Today, we start at Rockaway Parkway and go past Gerritsen Beach."