Type Catholic school Closed 1998 Phone +1 718-739-2060 Gender Single-sex education | Established 1936 Grades 9 – 12 Founded 1936 | |
Address 161-2 89th Ave, Jamaica, NY 11432, USA Similar Hillcrest High School, The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica High School, August Martin High School, A Edison Career and Technical | ||
Dominican Commercial High School is a former Catholic High School located in Jamaica, Queens, New York. An all-girls school,it was located at 161-06 89th Avenue. The school first opened in 1936, and moved to its new building on 161st and 89th Avenue in 1938 (leaving the previous building to be converted into a convent). The school closed in 1998. The building later became Wellington Hall, an education facility for Association for the Advancement of the Blind and Retarded.
As of 1941, Dominican Commercial was one of the two largest parochial schools in Jamaica, along with the Mary Louis Academy. Dominican Commercial focused on preparing students for careers directly out of high school. The school was initially not focused on college preparation.