High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology is a public high school in

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.It was established in the 1980s with a focus on preparing students for careers working with computers, including by teaching about word processing and databases. It has a

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program that is based around the CS4ALL curriculum. It is located at 350 67th Street,

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11220. It has 1300 students. The school is a Gothic style building. It was formerly

Bay Ridge High School Bay Ridge High School was a school based in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Initially the school was co educational, but when New Utrecht High School was formed it became an all girls high school. It served as the sister school to Brooklyn Technical High S ...

. As Bay Ridge High school, it was all girls, but it is now

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. In 2016, the building established a rooftop greenhouse for teaching about botany and food production.

Notable alumni

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* Gothic Revival architecture in New York City Telecommunication education Public high schools in Brooklyn {{NewYork-school-stub