page_title: Spring Creek, Brooklyn
section_title: Schools
hierarchical_section_title: Spring Creek, Brooklyn / Schools
caption_attribution_description: English: Spring Creek Educational Campus on Elton Street in Brooklyn.
context_page_description: Spring Creek, previously called Spring Creek Basin, is a neighborhood within the East New York section of Brooklyn in New York City. It roughly comprises the southern portions of East New York between Flatlands Avenue to the north, and Jamaica Bay and the Gateway National Recreation Area to the south, with the Brooklyn neighborhood of Canarsie to the west and the Queens neighborhood of Howard Beach to the east. It is named after Spring Creek, one of several creeks that formerly ran through the area and drained into Jamaica Bay.
  For most of its history, the neighborhood of Spring Creek was considered the place where "the city came to an end", consisting of undeveloped marshland used as illegal dumping grounds, and hosting several large landfills and an incinerator during the 20th century. Much of the area was designated as the Fresh Creek Urban Renewal Area in 1967. The area has since seen several major development and restoration projects, including the Starrett City apartment complex, the Gateway Center shopping complex, several affordable housing communities, and Spring Creek Park.
context_section_description: A branch of the New York School of Career and Applied Studies, part of Touro College, is located in Starrett City. There are four elementary schools located in the neighborhood:
  Abe Stark Elementary School (PS 346)
  Gateway Intermediate School (IS 364)
  Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle School (located on the 4th floor of PS 346)
  Be'er Hagolah, a religious (Jewish) school
  Other schools in the area include:.
  P.S. 273 Wortman, on Jerome Street and Cozine Avenue.
  P.S. 224 Hale A Woodruff, on Wortman and Autumn Avenues near the Postal Facility
  George Gershwin Junior High School, on Linden Boulevard and Van Siclen Avenue, also housing the Achievement First Linden Elementary School and The UFT Charter High School.
  Spring Creek Educational Campus, opened in fall 2012 at Flatlands Avenue and Elton Street during Gateway Estates II, at a cost of $73 million. It features the Academy for Young Writers (a high school), and Spring Creek Community School (a grade 6–12 school)
  The William H. Maxwell Vocational High School and Thomas Jefferson Educational Campus (formerly Thomas Jefferson High School) are located on Pennsylvania Avenue in the northern portions of East New York. Additionally, the Canarsie and South Shore Campuses (also formerly high schools) are located in the adjacent Canarsie neighborhood.
caption: Spring Creek Campus on Elton Street and Flatlands Avenue
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