Academy of American Studies
The Academy of American Studies is a public high school in Long Island City, Queens, New York, which was founded in 1996 by the New York City Board of Education and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chase Manhattan Bank Building and Newcomers High School.
Chase Manhattan Bank Building
Historic building
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Sven is a residential building located at 29-59 Northern Boulevard in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York City. At 762 feet tall, Sven is the third-tallest building in Queens behind Skyline Tower and The Orchard, as well as one of the tallest buildings in New York City outside of Manhattan. Chase Manhattan Bank Building is situated 530 feet south of Academy of American Studies.
Newcomers High School
School
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Newcomers High School is a high school located in Long Island City, Queens, New York City, United States. It opened in 1995 with Lourdes Burrows as its principal; Orlando Sarmiento is the most recent principal, and was appointed in 2009.
Queens Plaza station
Metro station
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The Queens Plaza station is an express station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located under the eastern edge of Queens Plaza at the large Queens Plaza interchange, it is served by the E train at all times, the R train at all times except late nights, the F train on weekdays during the day, and the <F> train during rush hours in the reverse peak direction. Queens Plaza station is situated 850 feet south of Academy of American Studies.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harold Interlocking and Long Island City and Astoria.
Harold Interlocking
Locality
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
Harold Interlocking is a large railroad junction in New York City. The busiest rail junction in the United States, it serves trains on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line and Port Washington Branch, which diverge at the junction.
Long Island City and Astoria
Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to the south.
Sunnyside
Neighborhood
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Sunnyside is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It shares borders with Hunters Point and Long Island City to the west, Astoria to the north, Woodside to the east and Maspeth to the south.
Academy of American Studies
- Type: School
- Description: Selective public high school in Long Island City, Queens, New York, which was founded in 1996 by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- Categories: high school and education
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.75141° or 40° 45′ 5″ northLongitude
-73.93688° or 73° 56′ 13″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
87G8Q327+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 357618078OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=school
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“Academy of American Studies” goes by many names.
- French: “Academy of American Studies”
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