Rachel Carson Intermediate School

46-21 Colden Street | East Flushing | built 1972

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1971
A new Flushing middle school takes the name of Silent Spring author Rachel Carson
I.S. 237 opened in 1971 and was named for the scientist Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring. Part of District 25, the grades 6-8 school later counted more than 1,200 students, and in 1999 it took over Rachel Carson Playground, the park across from the building.
“The school was named after scientist Rachel Carson, the writer of Silent Spring ... it opened in 1971.”
Source: Wikipedia
2006
September
The East-West School of International Studies opens on the fourth floor
In September 2006 a public school focused on Asian studies, Q281, opened in the building with grades 6 through 12. It occupies the fourth floor and shares the cafeteria, auditorium and gym with I.S. 237, and its students aim to graduate with a Regents diploma and proficiency in Mandarin, Japanese or Korean.
Source: Wikipedia

Nearby