Abraham Lincoln High School (New York)

Abraham Lincoln High School
Address
2800 Ocean Parkway Brooklyn, New York, 11235 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	Catch the Lincoln Spirit
Established	1929
School district	21
Principal	Ari A. Hoogenboom
Faculty	116.0 FTEs
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	2,325 (as of 2014-15)
Student to teacher ratio	20.0:1
Color(s)	Navy blue, black, and grey
Newspaper	The Lincoln Log
Yearbook	Lincoln Landmark
Team Name	Railsplitters
Website	www.alhs.nyc

Abraham Lincoln High School is a public high school located at 2800 Ocean Parkway, in Brooklyn, New York, USA, under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Education. The school can be reached by public transportation, including the B, Q & F trains, B1, B36, B4 & B68 buses. The school was built in 1929, and since graduated three Nobel Prize laureates, as well as many doctors, scientists, engineers, politicians, musicians, artists, and other notable alumni. The current principal is Ari A. Hoogenboom.

It was built during the Great Depression, and in order to save money, one set of blueprints was used for Lincoln and other high schools in New York City, including Bayside High School, Samuel J. Tilden High School, John Adams High School, and Grover Cleveland High School.

The school features five gymnasiums, an outdoor football and track and field. a swimming pool, a photography studio, an animal science lab, an office classroom and an auditorium.

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