John Jay Educational Campus (Brooklyn)

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District New York City Public Schools Headquarters Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

The John Jay Educational Campus is a New York City Department of Education facility at 237 Seventh Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. Formerly the location of John Jay High School, (originally Manual Training High School) which was closed in 2004 due to poor student performance, the facility now houses the Secondary School for Law (K462), the Secondary School for Journalism (K463), Park Slope Collegiate (K464, formerly the Secondary School for Research) and Millennium Brooklyn High School (K684).

The building was constructed in 1902.

Notable alumni

Zaid Abdul-Aziz, professional basketball player.

John J. Buro, sports writer.

Linwood G. Dunn, pioneer of visual special effects in motion pictures.

Henri Ford, pediatric surgeon.

Anthony Lolli, real estate developer.

Joe Pepitone, major league baseball player, notably with the New York Yankees.

Isidor Isaac Rabi, recipient of the 1944 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Thelma Ritter, actress.

Nitty Scott, rapper.

Alexander Scourby, actor.

Henny Youngman, comedian.

References

John Jay Educational Campus (Brooklyn) Wikipedia

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