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Fort Hamilton High School
Address
Map
8301 Shore Rd

Brooklyn
,
New York
11209

United States
Coordinates40°37′38″N 74°02′22″W / 40.62722°N 74.03944°W / 40.62722; -74.03944
Information
TypePublic
MottoExcellence in Education
Established1941
School districtNew York City Department of Education
NCES School ID360015101952[1]
PrincipalKaye Houlihan
Teaching staff250.32 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment4,232 (2021-2022)[1]
Student to teacher ratio16.91[1]
CampusCity: Large
Color(s)Navy Blue and White
   
MascotTigers
NewspaperThe Pilot
YearbookTower
Websitewww.fthhs.org
Front entrance
From the Bay

Fort Hamilton High School (HS 490) is a public high school in Brooklyn, New York, United States, under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Education. Students in Bay Ridge, Sunset Park and Dyker Heights are zoned to Fort Hamilton HS.[citation needed] It is named for the Army garrison at Fort Hamilton.[2]

Ground was broken by then mayor Fiorello LaGuardia on September 23, 1940 and the school opened at 8301 Shore Road on September 8, 1941 at the location of the former Crescent Athletic Country Club.[3][2]

Notable alumni

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Albert King, pictured as a member of the boys' varsity basketball team, would go on to be an NCAA All-American and nine-season NBA veteran.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL (360015101952)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Katinas, Paula (October 31, 2016). "Fort Hamilton HS throws big bash to mark 75th anniversary". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  3. ^ a b General, Theodore W. (February 4, 2022). "Fort Hamilton H.S. opened 80 years ago". The Brooklyn Reporter. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  4. ^ "Stephen Antonakos, Sculptor of Neon, Dies at 86", The New York Times, September 7, 2013. Accessed November 23, 2020. "After graduating from Fort Hamilton High School in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, he served from 1945 to 1947 with an Army artillery unit in the Philippines."
  5. ^ Anderson, Dave (August 20, 1952). "Antonello Labeled Most Promising of Dodger Farmhands". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 18. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  6. ^ Baker, Al. "James Fyfe, 63, Criminologist and Police Training Director, Is Dead", The New York Times, November 15, 2005. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Born in Brooklyn on Feb. 16, 1942, Dr. Fyfe graduated from Fort Hamilton High School."
  7. ^ "For a New Bay Ridge, A New Tony Manero", The New York Times, April 1, 2001. Accessed November 23, 2020. "'As they are cruising down 86th Street in the movie, it is interesting to see what was standing in 1977 and realize that we've come a long way,' said State Senator Vincent Gentile, a 1977 graduate of Fort Hamilton High School."
  8. ^ Barker, CyrilJosh. [amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/dec/27/person-year-letitia-james/ "Person of The Year: Letitia James"], New York Amsterdam News, December 27, 2018. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Raised in Park Slope, Brooklyn, James is one of eight children. She attended Fort Hamilton High School."
  9. ^ Cosentino, Dom. "5 things to know about Jaiquawn Jarrett, star of Jets' upset of Pittsburgh Steelers", NJ advance Media for NJ.com, November 10, 2014, updated March 29, 2019. Accessed November 23, 2020. "He starred at Fort Hamilton High School, and last year he told our Darryl Slater he spent weekends during the 2012 season—when he was out of the league after getting cut by the Eagles—back in Brooklyn,"
  10. ^ a b Johnson, Roy S. "Sibling Rivalry in the N.B.A.", The New York Times, November 9, 1982. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Bernard does not find this contrast in their playing styles odd, despite the fact that they are both products of the same coach at Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn. 'You tend to play the way that you were coached, or the way you were used, early in your career,' he said. Because of the three-year age difference, Bernard and Albert were not close when they were young."
  11. ^ Boland, Erik. "Division Series Playoffs", Newsday, October 5, 2006. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Lugo, 30, moved from the Dominican Republic to Sunset Park in Brooklyn with his family when he was 13 and attended Fort Hamilton High School."
  12. ^ Roberts, Sam. "George Preti, 75, Dies; Studied Bodily Odors as Biological Clues; In his 'bizarre niche' of science, he sought to weaponize odors as a means to sniff out disease, even using dogs to do so.", The New York Times, April 1, 2020. Accessed November 23, 2020. "After graduating from Fort Hamilton High School, he received a bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 1966 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now the Tandon School of Engineering of New York University)."
  13. ^ "Samara, Penn Ace, Takes Decathlon In U.S.T.F.F. Meet", The New York Times, May 23, 1971. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Samara, a graduate of Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn, finished second to Princeton's Bill Foucher in the day's other event—the 110‐meter high hurdles—in 14.9 seconds for 859 points."
  14. ^ Rappeport, Alan (June 23, 2021). "Yellen Steers the Economy With Brooklyn on Her Mind" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
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