Berk Trade and Business School is a

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and vocational schools in

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. It was founded in 1945 and is one of the oldest trade and vocational schools in the city. The school's founder, Irving Berk, was committed to trade and

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. The school develops

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skills for the building trades, specifically plumbing, electrical installation and building maintenance. Originally, the school was one of the first trade schools to teach plumbing installation in the country. Berk was a plumber by trade and later decided to add electrical installation to the school's curriculum. The school also taught other trades, such as nursing and phlebotomy, at three different branches before it returned to its original buildings trades model.

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* Universities and colleges in New York City Educational institutions established in 1940 Education in Queens, New York 1940 establishments in New York City {{NewYork-university-stub

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