Franklin K. Lane High School
| Franklin K. Lane High School | |
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Franklin K. Lane High School
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999 Jamaica Avenue Brooklyn New York City, New York 11208 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°41′35″N 73°52′08″W / 40.693°N 73.869°WCoordinates: 40°41′35″N 73°52′08″W / 40.693°N 73.869°W |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Opened | 1923 |
| School board | New York City Department of Education |
| School number | K420 |
| Principal | Marlon D. Bynum |
| Enrollment | 3536 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Knights |
Franklin K. Lane High School (FKLHS) is a public high school in New York City, New York, United States. It began as a combined junior-senior high school in 1923 and moved into its current building in 1937.
The school is administered by the New York City Department of Education as H.S. 420. Today the school is the campus site for five different high schools: The Academy of Innovative Technology, The Brooklyn Lab School, Cypress Hill Prep Academy, The Urban Assembly School for Collaborative Healthcare, and Multicultural High School.
The campus is located on the Brooklyn/Queens border at the bottom of a steep hill at the corner of Dexter Court and Jamaica Avenue. The line separating the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, which runs along Eldert Lane from Atlantic Avenue, passes through the school and the cemetery adjacent to it.
The school is named for Franklin Knight Lane, United States Secretary of the Interior during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson. One of the accomplishments of his tenure was the formation of the National Park Service.
At the time Franklin K. Lane High School was built, it was one of the largest high school buildings in the world. The perimeter of the building measures approximately one-quarter mile; walking four times around it equals one mile.
The school building was a project of the WPA during the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration.
The boys' large gymnasium is named for 1938 alumnus William "Red" Holzman. The library is named for Sam Levenson, another alumnus, Class of 1930. The Guidance Suite of offices is named for Franklin A. Thomas, former President of the Ford Foundation.
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