Thomas Jefferson High School

Thomas Jefferson High School was a high school in the neighborhood of in . 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.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: former high school in Brooklyn, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Jefferson High School” and “Thomas Jefferson Educational Campus”
  • Address: 400 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pennsylvania Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue.

Metro station
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The 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. is situated 830 feet south of Thomas Jefferson High School.

Metro station
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The station is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of and Livonia Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. is situated 1,700 feet east of Thomas Jefferson High School.

Metro station
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The is an elevated 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 and East New York, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times. is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Thomas Jefferson High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East New York and Cypress Hills.

Quarter
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is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the borough of . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are roughly the Cemetery Belt and the borough line to the north; the Queens…

Neighborhood
East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the borough of . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are roughly the Cemetery Belt and the borough line to the north; the Queens…

Neighborhood
Ocean Hill is a subsection of in the borough of . The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 16 and was founded in 1890.

Thomas Jefferson High School

Latitude
40.6669° or 40° 40′ 1″ north
Longitude
-73.89512° or 73° 53′ 42″ west
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
87G8M483+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1547580689
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
5122585
Wiki­data 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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