Catholic Central Sells Endicott Building to Islamic School

A Broome County Islamic school has acquired the former Seton Catholic High School building in Endicott.

The building on Broad Street in the village most recently had operated as All Saints Catholic School. It was closed by Catholic Schools of Broome County earlier this year due to declining enrollment.

Property records show The Crescent Academy acquired the property and two adjacent parcels on Madison Avenue from Catholic Central High School in August. The purchase price was $1.3 million.

Seton Catholic High School was constructed at a cost of about $500,000. It opened in September 1957. The high school in Endicott closed in 1976 when it merged with Catholic Central in Binghamton. The All Saints school on Broad Street opened in 2010.

The Crescent Academy was founded 20 years ago. With increasing enrollment, the school had outgrown its original quarters on Endicott Avenue in Johnson City.

Classes at the new location in the village of Endicott began in September. The Crescent Academy is planning for future growth at the Broad Street site.

The school is planning to open a daycare program. It is seeking an experienced person to help launch the new program.

Representatives of Catholic Schools of Broome County and The Crescent Academy declined to comment on the sale of the Endicott property.

Terms of the deal include prohibiting the use of the site for anything that "would bring discredit, ridicule, criticism and/or scandal" upon the Catholic Church. The property also may not be used for worship or "religious observances."

The agreement also prohibits other uses, including: a topless bar, nude club or an X-rated movie theater. The site also cannot be used for "any lounge, bar or club that permits the use of cannabis or other recreational drug."

The property also may not be used for the "performance of same sex marriage or services that promote gender/sexuality contrary to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church."

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