The John Jay Educational Campus is a

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facility at 237 Seventh Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets in the

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neighborhood of

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. Formerly the location of John Jay High School (originally Manual Training High School), which was closed in 2004 due to poor student performance, the facility now houses John Jay School for Law (K462), Cyberarts Studio Academy (K463), Park Slope Collegiate (K464, formerly the Secondary School for Research) and Millennium Brooklyn High School (K684) . The building was constructed in 1902. It was designed by

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in the Modern French Renaissance style.

Notable alumni

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, professional basketball player. *

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, artist * John J. Buro, sports writer. * Linwood G. Dunn, pioneer of visual special effects in motion pictures. *

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, pediatric surgeon. *

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, real estate developer. *

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, née Davida Skurnick, theater historian and arts journalist *

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. *

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. * Doc Rankin, cartoonist *

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, actress. *

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, rapper. * Jack Ryan, Basketball player and NYC streetball legend. *

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, actor. *

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, comedian. *

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References

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InsideSchools article on proposed school, 2010
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/03/nyregion/neighborhood-report-park-slope-solution-for-troubled-school-has-problems-its-own.html?scp=3&sq=John+Jay+High+School+Brooklyn&st=nyt Times article on controversies in school redesign, March 3, 2002]
(May 2003) Secondary School for Law, Journalism, and Research, "an administrative nightmare for the district," bans journalistSecondary School for Research
Defunct high schools in Brooklyn Park Slope Public high schools in Brooklyn {{Brooklyn-school-stub

Notable alumni

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