Two prolific school architects

 I am writing this post lest I lose the names of two men who designed school buildings in New York. One is James W. Norton, who designed many public schools in the City of Brooklyn between 1879 and 1898, when Brooklyn became merely one borough of five. Please see this article, which describes his work and happens to mention Colored schools and one Catholic school.

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A few years later, Charles B. J. Snyder oversaw the construction of many public schools in the five boroughs, including Wadleigh High School, which my mother attended. He chose mid-block sites, away from the more trafficked avenues. The schools had an H design, providing courtyards and good lighting in each tall classroom. 

St. John the Baptist

from the Brooklyn Tablet website, not in print

Link HERE. 

St. Catherine of Genoa - St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Academy to close

Sad to relate, St. Catherine of Genoa - St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Academy at 4410 Avenue D in East Flatbush will close at the end of this school year, June, 2024.

Spectrum News

Salve Regina Catholic Academy to close

Salve Regina Catholic Academy is located at 237 Jerome Street in East New York. It is the renamed St Michael parish school. Sad to relate, it will close in June, 2024.

Spectrum News

St. Patrick, Kent Avenue, demolished

In early January of 2024, wrecking crews attacked the church of St. Patrick on Kent Avenue, corner of Willoughby Avenue. Please see the article on the BKReader linked here. The church, designed by Patrick Keely, was built in 1856. Even after the merger with St. Lucy  parish, it apparently had low attendance. The diocese of Brooklyn or one of its entities received $9,250,000 from the sale. Adjacent lots added to that price.

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An article in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of November 5 1854, describes the laying of the cornerstone. The article gives the architect's name as James J. Lyons.

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Also see a Patch article HERE.

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Please see more of my posts about this church on Kent Avenue. They are linked HERE.

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It seems that the closest Catholic church with daily Mass is Sacred Heart at 32 Clermont Avenue, a mile northwest of St. Patrick's. See Mass schedule.

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As to what will be built on the northwest corner, replacing the demolished church: maybe apartments similar to those on the northeast corner, with provisions for sukkah or sukkot.

Elementary school supplement

At the link below, The Tablet offers an excellent guide to the Catholic elementary schools in Brooklyn and Queens. There are two improvements this year: a disclosure of basic tuition rates, which vary considerably by neighborhood; and excellent maps.

Please see https://thetablet.org/back-to-school-2023/ 

Test for Admission to a Catholic High School

 The Archdiocese of New York (seven counties), the Diocese of Brooklyn (two counties), and the Diocese of Rockville Centre (two counties) generally require the test offered on the website https://tachsinfo.com/

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The test is taken by computer at home. It costs $71. The student selects three high schools to which the testing company will send results. The test is apparently scheduled for early November, 2023. Apparently there is some way the downloaded program knows that is is the registered eighth grade student and not a learned grandma answering the test questions.

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The abbreviated name for the test is TACHS. Much more information is at https://tachsinfo.com/