Thomas Jefferson High School
Thomas Jefferson High School was a high school in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. It was the alma mater of many people who grew up in the Great Depression and World War II and rose to prominence in the arts, literature, and other fields.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: School building
- Description: former high school in Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Jefferson High School”
- Address: 400 Granville Payne Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11207
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pennsylvania Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue.
Pennsylvania Avenue
Metro station
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The Pennsylvania Avenue station is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Pennsylvania and Livonia Avenues in East New York, Brooklyn, it is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights, when the 4 train takes over service. Pennsylvania Avenue is situated 860 feet south of Thomas Jefferson High School.
Van Siclen Avenue
Metro station
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The Van Siclen Avenue station is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Van Siclen Avenue and Livonia Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. Van Siclen Avenue is situated 1,700 feet east of Thomas Jefferson High School.
Livonia Avenue station
Metro station
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The Livonia Avenue station is an elevated local station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Livonia and Van Sinderen Avenues at the border of Brownsville and East New York, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times. Livonia Avenue station is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Thomas Jefferson High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East New York and Cypress Hills.
East New York
Quarter
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East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are roughly the Cemetery Belt and the Queens borough line to the north; the Queens…
Cypress Hills
Neighborhood
East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are roughly the Cemetery Belt and the Queens borough line to the north; the Queens…
Broadway Junction
Neighborhood
Ocean Hill is a subsection of Bedford–Stuyvesant in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 16 and was founded in 1890.
Thomas Jefferson High School
- Categories: high school, building, and education
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.66699° or 40° 40′ 1″ northLongitude
-73.89516° or 73° 53′ 43″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Height
90 feet (27 metres)Open location code
87G8M483+QWOpenStreetMap ID
way 249547542OpenStreetMap feature
building=schoolGeoNames ID
5122585Wikidata ID
Q7791257
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Thomas Jefferson High School” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ثانوية طوماس جفرسون”
- Belarusian: “Вышэйшая школа імя Томаса Джэфэрсана”
- Belarusian: “Вышэйшая школа Томаса Джэфэрсана”
- Catalan: “Thomas Jefferson High School, Brooklyn”
- French: “Thomas Jefferson High School”
- Hebrew: “תיכון תומאס ג’פרסון”
- Irish: “Ardscoil Thomas Jefferson”
- Japanese: “トマス・ジェファーソン高等学校”
- Swedish: “Thomas Jefferson High School”
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