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Addicts Rehabilitation Center |
East Harlem |
Manhattan |
Center for substance abuse treatment |
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Aquinas High School |
East Tremont |
Bronx |
Educating young women since 1923 |
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Art Students League of New York |
Midtown |
Manhattan |
Largest independent art school in the U.S., offering classes for budding and established artists |
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Bank Street College of Education |
Morningside Heights |
Manhattan |
A leader in progressive teacher education for more than 80 years |
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Bedford Branch, Brooklyn Public Library |
Crown Heights |
Brooklyn |
The first of the Brooklyn Public Libraries |
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Benjamin Franklin High School (former) |
East Harlem |
Manhattan |
East Harlem's first public high school (now Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics) |
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Boys and Girls High School |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
The oldest high school in the city |
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Bronx Documentary Center |
Melrose |
Bronx |
A gallery and educational center dedicated to the art and practice of photojournalism |
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Brooklyn College |
Flatbush |
Brooklyn |
Since 1930, one of CUNY's foremost institutions |
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Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92 |
Fort Greene |
Brooklyn |
Adapted public gateway to the Brooklyn Navy Yard |
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Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library |
Park Slope |
Brooklyn |
This library offers 1.5 million books, magazines, and multimedia materials, an extensive Brooklyn history collection and a Multilingual Center |
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Brownsville Heritage House |
Brownsville |
Brooklyn |
African American cultural center |
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Brownsville Student Farm Project |
Brownsville |
Brooklyn |
Formerly abandoned Brownsville lot reclaimed as an educational farm |
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Claremont Riding Academy (former) |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
One of the city's oldest stables, now closed |
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CUNY Kingsborough Community College |
Manhattan Beach |
Brooklyn |
Brooklyn's only community college |
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Dominican Academy |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Girls' school run by the Dominican Sisters of Peace for over 100 years |
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Erasmus Hall Academy (former) |
Flatbush |
Brooklyn |
The oldest school structure in New York |
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General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen |
Midtown |
Manhattan |
Charitable organization founded in 1785 by skilled craftsmen that offers cultural, educational, and social services to members and their families |
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Gerry's Place |
Annadale |
Brooklyn |
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Hayden Planetarium |
Upper West Side |
Manhattan |
Redesigned home of one of the United States' earliest planetaria |
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Julia Richman Education Complex |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Restored school building now successfully housing six small schools |
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Kurdish Library & Museum (former) |
Prospect Heights |
Brooklyn |
This unique library draws scholars from around the world |
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Langston Hughes Community Library & Cultural Center |
Corona |
Queens |
Home of New York City's largest Black Heritage collection |
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Leif Ericson Day School |
Dyker Heights |
Brooklyn |
Private Lutheran school in Dyker Heights |
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Leonardo da Vinci Art School (former) |
East Village |
Manhattan |
Provided art education from 1924-1940 |
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Lower East Side Tenement Museum |
Lower East Side |
Manhattan |
House museum presenting immigration history |
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Magnolia Tree Earth Center |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Environmental center and site of a "living" landmark |
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Margaret Sanger Clinic (former) |
Brownsville |
Brooklyn |
The first birth control clinic in the United States |
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Mariachi Academy of New York |
East Harlem |
Manhattan |
School dedicated to teaching a Mexican musical tradition |
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Martha Graham Studio on E. 63rd (site of) |
Upper East Side |
Manhattan |
Where modern dancers learned from an icon |
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Miccio Center of the Police Athletic League |
Red Hook |
Brooklyn |
Offers recreational and educational programs for children |
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Mosaic Mural, "John Wayne and the American Frontier" by Knox Martin at John Wayne School P.S. 380 |
Williamsburg |
Brooklyn |
Striking piece of public art in a public school |
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Museum of Chinese in America |
Chinatown |
Manhattan |
Pioneering museum with strong community base |
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Museum of Jewish Heritage |
Battery Park City |
Manhattan |
A living memorial to the Holocaust |
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Music and Art High School (former) |
Hamilton Heights |
Manhattan |
Specialized arts high school, now merged with the High School of Performing Arts as Laguardia High School |
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New Bed-Stuy Boxing Center |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Center for boxing and martial arts that trained Riddick Bowe, Mark Breland, Eric Kelly and others |
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New York Public Library, Schwarzman Building |
Midtown |
Manhattan |
Reference library with a world-renowned collection and now a Children's Center |
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Nkiru Center for Education and Culture |
Crown Heights |
Brooklyn |
African/American focused bookstore, formerly called Nkiru Books |
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Nontraditional Employment for Women |
Chelsea |
Manhattan |
Women's workforce development center |
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P.S. 52 (now M.S. 52) |
Mott Haven |
Bronx |
Rehearsal space where Latin music legends met and performed |
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P.S. 64/El Bohio (former) |
East Village |
Manhattan |
A historic school building turned into a cultural center |
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P.S. 67 Charles A. Dorsey School |
Fort Greene |
Brooklyn |
First independently-led Brooklyn school for African American students |
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P.S. 70 (former) |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Former public school, now Excellence Boys Charter School |
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Police Athletic League |
Bedford-Stuyvesant |
Brooklyn |
Young people's centers, Play Streets and summer camps |
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Poppenhusen Institute |
College Point |
Queens |
Community cultural center in College Point |
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Pratt Institute |
Clinton Hill |
Brooklyn |
Private college founded in 1887 |
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Provincetown Playhouse |
Greenwich Village |
Manhattan |
Legendary place in theater history, now controversially preserved by NYU |
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Queens County Farm Museum |
Floral Park |
Queens |
The city's largest working farm and a historical site |
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Rand School (former) |
Union Square |
Manhattan |
American socialist educational institution, offering vocational classes as well as ideological ones |
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Revolution, the feminist periodical |
Civic Center |
Manhattan |
Publication of Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
