Former Public School 47

99 University Place | also 34 East 12th Street, 97 University Place | Greenwich Village | built 1900

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.

1855
Grammar School 47 opens on East 12th Street as a public school for girls only
The Italianate brownstone at 34 East 12th Street opened in 1855 as Grammar School 47, one of the oldest schoolhouses in the city and a rare public school reserved for girls. Ephemeral New York, citing the Landmarks Preservation Commission, notes that the block had been mostly houses and stables a year earlier, and that the school board thought separate schools for each sex cheaper to run.
Source: Ephemeral New York
1897
The schoolhouse becomes Girls' High School, then passes to the Police Athletic League in 1958
In 1897 the building became Girls' High School. The school board kept using it in various ways until 1958, when it was given to the Police Athletic League, which organizes activities meant to keep children out of trouble and foster better community relations.
Source: Ephemeral New York

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