Canarsie High School

1319 East 95th Street | also 1600 Rockaway Parkway, 1660 Avenue K | Canarsie | built 1940

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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 1964

    Canarsie High School opens

    Canarsie High School first opened in 1964 as a public school serving the Canarsie section of Brooklyn. It was part of School District 18, and its student body was later reported as about 85 percent Black or African American. Its alumni include Howard Schultz, later chairman and CEO of Starbucks, and Curtis Sliwa, who founded the Guardian Angels.

    “It first opened in 1964 but closed in 2011.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2004

    The school receives more police and security under the Impact Schools initiative

    In 2004 Canarsie High School was placed in the Impact Schools initiative, which brought increased police and security presence to the school. Three years later, in 2007, the city announced that it would close.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2007

    Plans to close Canarsie High School and replace it with smaller schools are announced

    In 2007 it was announced that Canarsie High School would close, to be replaced by several smaller schools on the same campus. It had received the lowest grades, an F and a U, in the Department of Education's first citywide progress reports. The school stopped admitting new students for the 2007-2008 year, part of the Bloomberg administration's conversion of failing large high schools into educational campuses.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 2011

    Spring

    The last class graduates, and the building becomes the Canarsie Educational Campus

    Canarsie High School closed in 2011 after graduating 40 percent of its final class of 358 students that spring. The building now operates as the Canarsie Educational Campus, housing several smaller schools, including the High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media and the High School for Medical Professions.

    “Canarsie High School graduated 40 percent of its final class of 358 students in the Spring of 2011.”

    Source: Wikipedia

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