John Jay Educational Campus Explained

John Jay Educational Campus
Address:	237 7th Avenue
City:	Brooklyn, New York City
State:	New York
Country:	United States
Zipcode:	11215
Coordinates:	40.6694°N -73.9788°W
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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,^[1] the facility now houses John Jay School for Law (K462), Cyberarts Studio Academy (K463), Park Slope Collegiate (K464, formerly the Secondary School for Research) and Millennium Brooklyn High School (K684)^[2] .

The building was constructed in 1902.^[3] It was designed by C. B. J. Snyder in the Modern French Renaissance style.^[4]

Notable alumni

• Zaid Abdul-Aziz, professional basketball player.^[5]
• Jean-Michel Basquiat, artist
• John J. Buro, sports writer.
• Linwood G. Dunn, pioneer of visual special effects in motion pictures.
• Henri Ford, pediatric surgeon.^[6]
• Anthony Lolli, real estate developer.^[7]
• Davi Napoleon, née Davida Skurnick, theater historian and arts journalist
• Joe Pepitone, major league baseball player, notably with the New York Yankees.^[8]
• Isidor Isaac Rabi, recipient of the 1944 Nobel Prize in Physics.^[9]
• Doc Rankin, cartoonist
• Thelma Ritter, actress.^[9]
• Nitty Scott, rapper.^[10]
• Jack Ryan, Basketball player and NYC streetball legend.
• Alexander Scourby, actor.^[9]
• Henny Youngman, comedian.^[9]
• Sam Parrilla, Major League Baseball outfielder for Philadelphia Phillies^[11]
• Harry Sylvester, and American author and journalist, recipient of the O. Henry Prize.

See also

• List of high schools in New York City

External links

• InsideSchools article on proposed school, 2010
• New York Times article on school closure, 2001
• Times article on controversies in school redesign, March 3, 2002
• (May 2003) Secondary School for Law, Journalism, and Research, "an administrative nightmare for the district," bans journalist
• Secondary School for Research

Notes and References

1. http://parkslope.patch.com/listings/the-secondary-school-for-law-journalism-and-research "The Secondary School for Law, Journalism and Research"
2. http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolSearch/Maps.aspx?q=237%207%20Avenue "237 7 Avenue"
3. http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/?z=8&p=990166,183120&c=GISBasic&f=LANDMARK&s=a:237,7+AVENUE,BROOKLYN "237 7th Avenue, Brooklyn"
4. Book: Brooklyn's Park Slope. Merlis. Brian. Rosenzweig. Lee. Sheepshead Bay Historical Society. 1999. 1878741470. New York. 24.
5. Web site: Zaid Abdul-Aziz . Basketball Reference . August 1, 2014.
6. Web site: Baum . Joan . Dr. Henri Ford, Pediatric Surgeon Extraordinaire . Education Update . February 2006 .
7. Web site: Geberer . Raanan . Adams Names Brooklyn Real Estate Exec As Adviser . Brooklyn Daily Eagle . December 23, 2013 .
8. Web site: John Jay (Brooklyn, NY) Baseball . The Baseball Cube . February 14, 2011.
9. Book: Morrone, Francis . An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn . Gibbs Smith . 2001 . 386, 387. 9781423619116 .
10. Web site: Estevez . Marjua . Certified Fresh: Nitty Scott, MC – A Lyrical Heavyweight . Hip-Hop Wired . June 23, 2014 .
11. News: Young . Dick . Mets Boot 8, Phils Romp 13-3 . 14 June 2024 . . 10 March 1970 . 191.