Al-Noor School

189 21st Street | also 657 4th Avenue | Sunset Park | built 1920

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

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1995
Al-Noor School is founded to teach Islamic culture and religion
Al-Noor School was founded in 1995 as a co-ed, gender-separated private school devoted to Islamic culture and religion. Its curriculum pairs Arabic, Islamic Studies and Quran with math, science and other standard subjects, and it now serves more than 650 students from Pre-K through 12th grade.
“The school was founded in 1995 and today serves over 650 students. The school runs from Pre-K to the 12th grade.”
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2002
Al-Noor School graduates its first class
The school's first graduating class finished in 2002, seven years after its founding. Al-Noor offers Regents High School diplomas, and its high school includes a program aimed at juniors and seniors heading into engineering, design and architecture studies.
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2009
A weekend flea market opens in the school's rear parking lot
In 2009 the Park Slope Flea Market launched in the 25,000-square-foot parking lot behind the school. More than 60 vendors came each Saturday and Sunday, from May through the fall, to the block between Fourth and Fifth avenues, selling clothing, jewelry, antiques and Middle Eastern food.
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