Those despairing over the demolition of Bay Ridge’s Green Church might feel a tad better with the latest news about the site: rather than a 70-unit condo building, a school will be built there, reports the Brooklyn Paper. Earlier this month, a “For sale or lease” sign had been affixed to the property, at Fourth and Ovington Avenues, offering “School, Medical, Not-for-Profit or Residential,” as possibilities. Seems the School Construction Authority, which was considering nabbing a couple of other properties through eminent domain, took notice. They are “planning to purchase the former site of the emerald-hued Bay Ridge United Methodist Church to construct a kindergarten- through eighth-grade school that could seat between 600 and 700 students, according to Dena Libner, a spokeswoman for Councilman Vince Gentile (DBay Ridge).” Developer Abe Betesh bought the land for $9.75 million, then apparently decided to sell when the condos were a no-go; the article doesn’t say how much the School Construction Authority would pay Betesh.
Green Church to Become a School [Brooklyn Paper]