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    Variance approved for Mill Basin synagogue

    Board of Standards & Appeals  •  Variance  •  Mill Basin, Brooklyn

    Community opponents raised issues of parking and building height. Sephardic Center of Mill Basin proposed to construct a new 1 0,800 square-foot, two-story synagogue to replace its 20-year old, 6,800-squarefoot synagogue on the corner of Strickland and Mill Avenues in Mill Basin, Brooklyn. As proposed, the new synagogue would exceed the permitted floor area by 5,384 sq.ft., exceed the district’s permitted height by seven feet and fail to provide sufficient parking.

    The Center claimed that the height limitation created a hardship since the synagogue needed a double- height worship area that would allow the men o n the lower level and the women on the upper level to view the rabbi from segregated praying areas, The Center also claimed that it needed additional space for segregated immersion pools, separate dairy and meat kitchens, private offices and a large events space. (more…)

    Tags : 6208-6216 Strickland Avenue, Brooklyn Community Board 18, Sephardic Center of Mill Basin
    Date: 11/15/2005
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