PS 41 explained

PS 41
Address:116 West 11th Street
State:New York
Zipcode:10011
Country:United States
Website:ps41.org
Coordinates:40.7356°N -73.9993°W
Other Names:
  • Greenwich Village School
  • Public School 41
Established:1867
Principal:Michelle Amato
Picture Caption:Main entrance to P.S. 41, 2022.

Public School 41, also known as the Greenwich Village School, is a public school in Manhattan, New York City.

History

PS 41 opened in 1867. When Grammar School No. 41 first opened, it was located by what is now the school yard entrance at Greenwich Avenue and Charles Street. At the time a girls’-only school, it was described by The New York Times as a “model of comfort and neatness” and “one of the finest school buildings in the city.” [1]

Grammar School No. 41 was touted in the 1867 BOE Annual Report as having “been erected with great care,”and as “one of the most elegant and substantial School Houses yet erected." Over the years, the school became known for its academic excellence,frequently making headlines for the high number of its graduates who qualified for “Normal School” (i.e. those who qualify to teach school). In 1957, a new building replaced the original structure, designed by the New York City Board of Education's chief architect, Michael L. Radoslovich.[2] [3]

Now PS 41 serves students in grades 3-K through 5 from its designated neighborhood zoned area.[4]

In 2021, PS 41 was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School.[5]

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The New Female Grammar School No. 41 . New York Times . 8 July 2024.
  2. Blind but Now I See: The Biography of Music Legend Doc Watson by Kent Gustavson. Blooming Twig Books.
  3. News: February 13, 1956 . School Building Record Set With 119 City Units Voted; Sketches of Some of the New City Schools School Building Progress . 2024-03-31 . The New York Times . en.
  4. Web site: P.S. 41 Greenwich Village - District 2 . Inside Schools . 9 July 2024.
  5. Web site: PS 41 Greenwich Village - New York, NY PS 41: 2021 Awardee . National Blue Ribbon Schools . 8 July 2024.
  6. Book: Dougan . Andy . Untouchable: A Biography of Robert De Niro . 2003 . Da Capo Press . 1560254696.
  7. Web site: Sakina Jaffrey . . Woody King Jr.'s New Federal Theatre . 12 June 2022 . Grew up in Greenwich Village, where she attended PS-41. Later attended and graduated from Nightingale-Bamford School and graduated from Vassar College with a High Honors degree in Chinese Language and Literature...
  8. News: Scoopy's Notebook. The Villager. 78. 3. June 18, 2008. July 28, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090108143834/http://www.thevillager.com/villager_268/scoopysnotebook.html. January 8, 2009.
  9. He was in my kindergarten class in 1947