Transit Tech High School

Transit Tech High School is a vocational high school in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. It is a trade school whose mission is the training of students for careers in the rapid transit industry. It is located at 1 Wells Street, at the corner of Fountain Avenue, between Atlantic Avenue and Liberty Avenue. The athletic field for the school is at the south side of the beginning of Conduit Boulevard.

History

The school lies on the site of the East New York Vocational High School. The school was built on the former site of pumping stations for the Ridgewood Reservoir. It was constructed coincidental with the construction of Conduit Boulevard.[1]

In the late 1980s, it converted to its present mission. Its first graduating class was in 1990.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Ridgewood Reservoir". The East New York Project. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
  2. ↑ Pierre-Pierre, Gary (March 9, 1996). "Express Track for Jobs;Transit Tech Updates Vocational High With Courses on Modern Trains". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

Coordinates: 40°40′42.84″N 73°52′32.82″W / 40.6785667°N 73.8757833°W / 40.6785667; -73.8757833


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