also located in the North Forty Area, near the clear flight path zone for Runway 12–30. Coast The former Coast Guard base is located along the eastern coast of Bennett Field. As originally constructed, it contained a hangar, garage, radio station area, barracks, taxiway, apron, and runway. The former Navy base is also located here. It includes Hangars A and B, barracks, two seaplane ramps, and maintenance buildings. The Navy developed a boat basin and recreation area along the coast during World War II. After World War II, the Navy renovated the area, demolishing two baseball fields and replacing them with a running track. Current use The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has divisions located on the former airfield. The department's aviation base is housed in space leased from the National Park Service that was once CGAS Brooklyn, and is also now headquarters for the New York City Police Department Emergency Service Unit. The Driver Training Unit is also located there, using a section of former runway to teach officers to operate many different vehicles used by the department. The New York City Department of Sanitation Training Center is located in Tylunas Hall, the former Building 278. Part of the former runway is used for training drivers. The United States Park Police (USPP) operates out of the District 9 station, located in the former Building 275. It is responsible for police coverage of the New York areas of the Gateway National Recreation Area. The National Park Service's Jamaica Bay Unit Headquarters is located in Building 96. The Civil Air Patrol's Floyd Bennett Composite Squadron regularly meets at the former airfield. The southern section of Bennett Field is also home to the 6th Communication Battalion of United States Marine Corps Reserve. Notable flights Floyd Bennett Field hosted many famous aviators during the later years of the "Golden Age of Aviation" in the 1930s. This arose from a variety of optimal conditions, including the weather, geography, modern infrastructure, and low commercial usage. As a result, Bennett Field was either the origin or destination for many record breaking flights, including 26 around-the-world or transoceanic flights and 10 transcontinental flights. On July 28–30, 1931, Russell Norton Boardman and John Louis Polando flew a Bellanca Special J-300 high-wing monoplane named Cape Cod to Istanbul in 49:20 hours, establishing a straight-line distance record of . As the runway at Bennett Field was only long, they