Construction started in April 2019 on 37 Sixth Avenue, the building slated to house the public middle school at the Pacific Park project (formerly Atlantic Yards), located at the northeast corner of Dean Street and Sixth Avenue. The school is currently planned to be ready for the 2022 school year. In addition to a 640-seat […]
Construction of middle school at Atlantic Yards currently set to begin July 2019
Since the time of the January 2016 announcement that the DOE facility at Atlantic Yards will be a middle school, the anticipated construction schedule has shifted, with the developer Greenland Forest City Partners at various times citing factors such as the change in the New York State 421a tax abatement, and the need to negotiate […]
Parents, experts and elected officials come together to envision a school at the M.S. OneBrooklyn Design Charrette
On Saturday, April 2, Brooklyn Public Library was the site of the first M.S. OneBrooklyn Design Charrette. The event was planned by M.S. OneBrooklyn organizers following the announcement on January 28 by NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina that a new facility for 616 students located at the northeast corner of Dean Street and Sixth […]
Help envision a new middle school in District 13 at the M.S. OneBrooklyn Design Charrette
When a new public school begins construction in Prospect Heights at the Atlantic Yards site later this year, community members will already have put forward a vision for how the facility can best meet the needs of the middle school students of Brooklyn’s District 13 today and for the future. At this event hosted by […]
Major win for students in Brooklyn’s District 13: NYC Schools Chancellor Fariña announces Atlantic Yards facility will house middle school
BROOKLYN, NY, January 28, 2016: This morning, New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña stated that the new Department of Education Facility to be constructed at the Atlantic Yards project will be programmed as a dedicated middle school. The Chancellor spoke at a Brooklyn Newsmakers breakfast hosted by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. Organizers behind […]
Momentum builds for M.S. OneBrooklyn vision among parents, elected officials and institutions
Organizers call on NYC Department of Education to commit to build dedicated middle school at the Atlantic Yards site BROOKLYN, NY, September 16, 2015: Organizers behind the M.S. OneBrooklyn vision for a middle school to occupy space being built for the Department of Education at the Atlantic Yards site today announced that more than 1,000 […]
Community organizations, parents and elected officials announce vision for dedicated middle school at Atlantic Yards
Curriculum to integrate arts, technology and foreign language; Brooklyn cultural and technology communities express support BROOKLYN, NY, July 7, 2015: Today, a coalition including Community Education Council 13; Brooklyn Community Board 8; the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (PHNDC); leaders of the parent-teacher organizations of Brooklyn public schools P.S. 9, P.S. 11, P.S. 20, P.S. […]