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Dec 26, 2010 · Erasmus Hall High School, Flatbush and Church Avenues, often called the "mother of high schools," began as a small private academy in 1787 with an enrollment of twenty-six boys. It was the first secondary school to be chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York and hence is the nucleus out of which grew the vast system ...
Oct 5, 2023 · Records (known as the Archives) of Erasmus Hall Academy (1787–1896) and its successor, Erasmus Hall High School (1896–circa 1975), at 911 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn. The first school chartered by the Regents of the State of New York, Erasmus Hall educated, initially, the children of Dutch-speaking farmers of Flatbush, and, later, thousands of students in the Brooklyn and New York City Board ...
Erasmus Hall Academy1 Erasmus Hall High School, originally Erasmus Hall Academy, is the oldest secondary school in New York State, tracing its antecedents back to the village school of the Dutch town of Flatbush in the seventeenth century. The Academy was founded as a private school by Reverend John H. Livingston and
↑ The Chronicles: A History of Erasmus Hall High School from 1906 to 1937(The General Organization Erasmus Hall High School, 1937), 23[BC Archives]. ↑ Frank McKeown, " At 85, He finally gets HS Dipolma,"Daily News, Sept 12, 1984[Brooklyn Collections Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch]
Our high school has long been known as a training ground for some of the most accomplished Americans. Most alumni are aware that Barbra Streisand (1959) and Bobby Fischer (1960) were Erasmians . But there are many others, including some of our classmates, who are notable.
