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Coordinates
  
40.764958, -73.827009

School number
  
Q460

Area
  
2 ha

Year built
  
1912

Founded
  
1875

Grades
  
9-12

Phone
  
+1 718-888-7500

Flushing High School

Motto
  
'Widening the Spectrum of Teaching and Learning'

School board
  
New York City Department of Education

Address
  
35-01 Union St, Flushing, NY 11354, USA

District
  
New York City Public Schools

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Flushing High School is a four-year public high school in Flushing, in the New York City borough of Queens. The school is operated by the New York City Department of Education.

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History

Flushing High School, founded in 1875, is the oldest public high school in New York City.

The school, currently located on Northern Boulevard, is housed in a distinctive Neo-Gothic style building featuring turrets and gargoyles. It was built in 1912-1915, with another wing added in 1954. The WPA’s Federal Art Project funded four murals which were installed in 1938.

The building was designated as a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1991. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Notable alumni

  • Dave Barbour, musician who played with Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman
  • Jay Bromley, football player.
  • Jerry Bock, co-author of the Broadway musical Fiddler On The Roof'
  • Lynn Burke, Olympic gold medalist in swimming
  • Calvin O. Butts, Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and President of FHS Senior Class of 1967
  • Godfrey Cambridge, African-American actor and comedian
  • Robert Christgau, music critic, The Village Voice
  • Eddie Fogler, NY all city guard, University of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball star and college basketball coach
  • Harry Kondoleon, Obie award winning playwright.
  • Lenny Lipton, songwriter, co-author of Peter, Paul & Mary's classic hit Puff, the Magic Dragon'
  • George Maharis, Actor best known for his role on the TV show Route 66
  • Paul Meltsner, WPA era artist
  • Joshua Prager, Internationally recognized physician and first Flushing High School graduate to attend Harvard University
  • Harold Rosenbaum, musician, conductor, founder of The New York Virtuoso Singers.
  • Vincent Sardi, Sr., restaurateur
  • George Spitz, Olympic high jumper
  • Webster Griffin Tarpley, historian and political commentator, graduated 1962
  • Dave Von Ohlen, former Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Oakland Athletics
  • Peter Zaremba (musician), member of the band The Fleshtones.

    • References

    Flushing High School Wikipedia
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