Brooklyn High School of the Arts

345 Dean Street | also 508 Pacific Street | Boerum Hill | built 1929

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

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

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  1. 2004

    June

    Brooklyn High School of the Arts graduates its first class, including hip-hop artist Jeannie Ortega

    The Boerum Hill public school held its first graduation in June 2004; among that first class of graduates was the hip-hop recording artist Jeannie Ortega. Students audition for majors in fine art, dance, instrumental music, theater or vocal music, and the school has about 900 students in grades 9 through 12.

    “The school had its first graduating class in June 2004. Hip-hop recording artist Jeannie Ortega was also part of the first graduating class.”

    Source: Wikipedia

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