Cardinal Hayes High School

650 Grand Conc | also 650 East 153rd Street | Concourse Village | 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. 1941

    September 8

    Archbishop Spellman dedicates Cardinal Hayes High School on the Grand Concourse

    Archbishop Spellman dedicated the Art Deco boys' school near the southern end of the Grand Concourse on September 8, 1941. It takes its name from Cardinal Patrick Joseph Hayes, an earlier archbishop of New York, and serves the Archdiocese of New York. Bishop Furlong led it as its first principal from 1941 to 1945; priests and several orders of brothers staffed it over the years, though lay teachers now do most of the work.

    “Cardinal Hayes opened with a dedication by Archbishop Spellman on September 8, 1941.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1946

    Lawrence A. Skantze graduates from Cardinal Hayes and goes on to become a four-star general

    Lawrence A. Skantze, born in 1928, finished at Cardinal Hayes with the class of 1946. He later rose to the rank of four-star general in the U.S. Air Force and died in 2018. He is one of a long list of alumni that also includes filmmaker Martin Scorsese, television host Regis Philbin, novelist Don DeLillo and comedian George Carlin, who left without graduating.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 1954

    Future FBI agent John F. Good, creator of the Abscam sting, graduates from Cardinal Hayes

    John F. Good, born in 1936, was a member of the Cardinal Hayes class of 1954. As an agent of the FBI he later devised the Abscam sting operation. He died in 2016.

    “John F. Good (1936–2016; class of 1954), FBI agent who created the Abscam sting operation…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 1990

    Jamal Mashburn graduates from Cardinal Hayes on his way to an NBA career

    Basketball player Jamal Mashburn was part of the Cardinal Hayes class of 1990. He went on to play in the NBA for the Dallas Mavericks, the Miami Heat and the New Orleans Hornets. Other athletes from the school include NBA player and coach Kevin Loughery and Gerry Ward, a first-round pick in the 1963 NBA draft.

    “Jamal Mashburn (class of 1990), NBA player, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat, and New Orleans Hornets…”

    Source: Wikipedia

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