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Friends Meetinghouse and School

The Friends Meetinghouse and School is a Quaker meeting house and adjacent school building at the corner of Schermerhorn Street and Boerum Place in the neighborhood of , .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Quaker
  • Description: Quaker meeting house and adjacent school building in Brooklyn, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Brooklyn Friends Meetinghouse” and “Brooklyn Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)”
  • Address: 110 Schermerhorn Street, 11201

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New York Transit Museum and Brooklyn Frontiers High School.

Museum
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The is a that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, and commuter rail systems in the greater New York City metropolitan region.

School
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is an alternative high school operated by the New York City Board of Education which opened in 2011. It is located in , at 112 Schermerhorn Street, a 1902 building that was designed by William Tubby to house the and that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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The is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in , spanning the between the boroughs of and . Opened on May 24, 1883, the was the first fixed crossing of the East River. is situated 1¼ miles north of Friends Meetinghouse and School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Brooklyn and Boerum Hill Historic District.

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is in . In addition to the downtown area proper, it includes Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and the Navy Yard.

Neighborhood
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is a national historic district in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, . It originally consisted of 238 contributing residential rowhouses and a few commercial buildings built between 1845 and 1890.

Neighborhood
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is a small neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the borough of , bounded by Schermerhorn Street to the north and Fourth Avenue to the east.

Friends Meetinghouse and School

Latitude
40.69005° or 40° 41′ 24″ north
Longitude
-73.98949° or 73° 59′ 22″ west
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
87G8M2R6+26
Open­Street­Map ID
node 357618728
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­quaker
Geo­Names ID
6337582
Wiki­data ID
Q5504194
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In Other Languages

“Friends Meetinghouse and School” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “贵格会聚会所暨学校”

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