Public School 255
Public School 255 is a school in Brooklyn, New York. Public School 255 is situated nearby to the metro station Kings Highway station, as well as near Avenue U station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kings Highway station and Avenue U station.
Kings Highway station
Metro station
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The Kings Highway station is an express station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at Kings Highway between East 15th and East 16th Streets on the border of Midwood and Homecrest neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Kings Highway station is situated 1,700 feet north of Public School 255.
Avenue U station
Metro station
Photo: Aio Eo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Avenue U station is a local station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway, located at Avenue U between East 15th and East 16th Streets in Homecrest and Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. The station is served by the Q train at all times. Avenue U station is situated 1,800 feet south of Public School 255.
Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead
Photo: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead in Flatlands, Brooklyn, New York City, is a National Historic Landmark. It is believed to have been built before 1766. During the American Revolution it housed Hessian soldiers, two of whom, Captain Toepfer of the Ditfourth regiment and Lieut. Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead is situated 2,700 feet northeast of Public School 255.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheepshead Bay and Gravesend.
Sheepshead Bay
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Sheepshead Bay is a neighborhood in southern Brooklyn, New York City. It is bounded by Ocean Parkway to the west; Kings Highway to the north; Nostrand Avenue and Gerritsen Avenue to the east; and the Atlantic Ocean to the south.
Gravesend
Neighborhood
Gravesend is a neighborhood in the south-central section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, on the southwestern edge of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York.
Midwood
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Midwood is a neighborhood in the south-central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded on the north by the Bay Ridge Branch tracks just above Avenue I and by the Brooklyn College campus of the City University of New York, and on the south by Avenue P and Kings Highway.
Public School 255
- Type: School
- Also known as: “Barbara Rung School”
- Category: education
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.60434° or 40° 36′ 16″ northLongitude
-73.95599° or 73° 57′ 22″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
87G8J23V+PJOpenStreetMap ID
way 265985519OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolGeoNames ID
5132711
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