Xaverian High School

7100 Shore Road | Bay Ridge | built 1961

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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. 1981

    Chris Mullin, later a Dream Team member and NBA player, graduates from Xaverian

    Chris Mullin, class of 1981, is listed among Xaverian High School's notable alumni on Wikipedia. He went on to play in the NBA and to be a member of the Dream Team, and he later coached the St. John's Red Storm. The same list includes the actors Scott Baio and Pete Davidson.

    “Chris Mullin, "Dream Team" member and NBA player, former head coach of the St. John's Red Storm, 1981…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2002

    Xaverian dedicates a granite memorial to 23 alumni killed on September 11

    In 2002 the school dedicated a lasting memorial to 23 alumni who died in the September 11 attacks. The eight-foot black granite monument has an eternal flame at its base and a section of North Tower steel donated by the city's Office of Emergency Management. The alumni's names are engraved on one panel, and each September the school holds a memorial Mass in its Performing Arts Center.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2014

    March 2

    Xaverian's Pipe and Drum Corps leads off the Rockaway St. Patrick's Day parade

    On March 2, 2014, members of the Xaverian High School Pipe and Drum Corps opened the 39th annual Rockaway Saint Patrick's Day parade. The Brooklyn Paper noted that Rockaway was in another borough but still close to Brooklyn's Irish community. The corps was also scheduled to march on March 23 in Bay Ridge's St. Patrick's Day Parade.

    Source: brooklynpaper.com

  4. 2015

    March 5

    Xaverian's trustees decide to make the school coeducational, starting in 2016

    On March 5, 2015, the school's board of trustees decided to make Xaverian coeducational, beginning in 2016. The first class of both boys and girls was admitted for the 2016-2017 school year. The Xaverian Brothers founded the school in 1957, and it is run independently of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.

    “On March 5, 2015, the board of trustees made a decision to incorporate co-education to the high school, beginning in 2016.”

    Source: Wikipedia

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