The motivation in Mill Basin, where some waterfront homes fetch up to $4 million, is not so clear cut, residents say.

"I just hang up the phone on them," said Mark Tolin, who has lived in Mill Basin for more than 25 years.

In the section of Mill Basin near the site, the houses are similar to, if smaller than, the ones inside where the gate will be.

In Mill Basin, they put a new battery in a smoke detector for a couple in their 80's.

He is retired from practice and lives with his wife Beverly in Mill Basin, Brooklyn.

A new rock-n-roll band plays at a sleepy town called Mill Basin, causing the town's kids to turn into rockers.

In Mill Basin, the number of black residents rose to 26 from 10.

He was 63 and lived in Mill Basin, Brooklyn.

Others navigate their small boats through Mill Basin and out to Jamaica Bay.

Mill Basin still has its link to the sea, too.