Public School 253 – Brooklyn NY

City:
Brooklyn, New York City, NY

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Started:
1933

Description

The Brooklyn school P.S. 253, presently The Magnet School of Multicultural Humanities, was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The building possesses a 1933 cornerstone.

Source notes

https://www.remappingdebate.org/node/989

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 27, 2015.

Location Info

601 Oceanview Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11235

Coordinates: 40.579933, -73.961952

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