NEW YORK—Twenty-three new school buildings with more than 13,000 seats will open at the start of the school year next week, marking the largest school construction effort in the city’s history. The announcement was made by Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the newly renovated P.S. 65 on Thursday.
“These new school buildings represent our commitment to ensuring that every New York City student receives an outstanding education in a facility equipped to serve his or her academic needs,” said Klein. “An investment in new school buildings is an investment in our students and in our city’s future.”
Between 2002 and 2012, the Department of Education is on track to construct more than 110,000 new school seats across the city, with more than 82,000 seats already completed. The city says the seats are designed to reduce pockets of overcrowding and ensure that students have the opportunity to learn in fully equipped modern facilities.
“Our commitment to constructing and modernizing schools is changing the landscape of our city and creating increased learning opportunities for our students citywide,” said Bloomberg.
The location of the announcement was P.S. 65, which formerly occupied two separate buildings, and will now move into a single, 97,000 square foot, 700-seat facility. The school’s new building is complete with an auditorium, air conditioning, wireless Internet access, a 5,400 square foot gymnasium with bleachers and a locker room. It also has a cafeteria, science labs, and art and music rooms.
New School Buildings
Bronx
Jonas Bronck Building (238 seats)
James Monroe High School Campus Annex (1,144 seats)
Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education (652 seats)
Reverend James A. Polite Avenue School Complex (723 seats)
Willie Ella Paschal Bowman Campus (416 seats)
Brooklyn
Sunset Park High School Building (1,650 seats)
PS 133 Annex (282 seats)
Shirley Chisholm Campus (506 seats)
Cesiah Toro Mullane Campus (700 seats)
Lucretia Marcigliano Campus (1,154 seats)
New Utrecht High School Addition (442 seats)
PS 229 Addition (650 seats)
Manhattan
Broadway Education Campus (519 seats)
PS 151 Building (80 seats)
Queens
Frank Sinatra School Building (998 seats)
PS 128 Building (648 seats)
PS 49 Addition (410 seats)
PS 102 Addition (936 seats)
PS 113 Addition (446 seats)
PS 14 Annex (204 seats)
PS 188 Annex (211 seats)
PS 78 Annex (50 seats)
Staten Island
Elizabeth A. Connelly Campus (822 seats)