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Brooklyn Frontiers High School

Coordinates: 40°41′24″N 73°59′21″W / 40.690°N 73.9892°W / 40.690; -73.9892
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Brooklyn Frontiers High School
1902 building, originally Brooklyn Friends School
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11201

United States
Coordinates40°41′24″N 73°59′21″W / 40.690°N 73.9892°W / 40.690; -73.9892
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School typePublic, secondary, alternative
Opened2011[1]
Statusopen
PrincipalAlona Cohen
Grades9-12[1]
GenderCoed
Enrollment169[1] (2012-08)
Student to teacher ratio12[1]
Campus typeUrban
Athletics conferencePSAL
WebsiteBrooklyn Frontiers HS official website

Brooklyn Frontiers High School is an alternative high school operated by the New York City Board of Education which opened in 2011.[1] It is located in Brooklyn, New York at 112 Schermerhorn Street, a 1902 building that was designed by William Tubby to house the Brooklyn Friends School and that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2] Pacific High School was housed in the same building from sometime prior to 1992 until its closing in 2012.[3]

Brooklyn Frontiers High school is an NYC DOE transfer school that serves both students entering high school from middle school two years overage as well as students who have already attended high school at another location and want a new start. The school is run in partnership with Good Shepherd Services.

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Brooklyn Frontiers High School". InsideSchools.org. Center for New York City Affairs at The New School.
  2. ^ Anne B. Covell (September 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Friends Meetinghouse and School". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  3. ^ "Pacific High School". InsideSchools.org. Center for New York City Affairs at The New School.
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