Fort Hamilton High School

Fort Hamilton High School
Address
8301 Shore Rd Brooklyn , New York 11209 United States
Coordinates	40°37′38″N74°02′22″W / 40.62722°N 74.03944°W / 40.62722; -74.03944
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Excellence in Education
Established	1941
School district	New York City Department of Education
NCES School ID	360015101952 [1]
Principal	Kaye Houlihan
Teaching staff	250.32 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	4,232 (2021-2022) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.91 [1]
Campus	City: Large
Color(s)	Navy Blue and White
Mascot	Tigers
Newspaper	The Pilot
Yearbook	Tower
Website	www.fthhs.org

Front entrance

From the Bay

Fort Hamilton High School (HS 490) is a public high school in Brooklyn, New York, United States, under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Education. Students in Bay Ridge, Sunset Park and Dyker Heights are zoned to Fort Hamilton HS.^{[ citation needed ]} It is named for the Army garrison at Fort Hamilton. ^[2]

Ground was broken by then mayor Fiorello LaGuardia on September 23, 1940 and the school opened at 8301 Shore Road on September 8, 1941 at the location of the former Crescent Athletic Club. ^{[3] [2]}

Notable alumni

Albert King, pictured as a member of the boys' varsity basketball team, would go on to be an NCAA All-American and nine-season NBA veteran.

• Stephen Chan (American politician), (Class of 1984), New York State Senator
• Stephen Antonakos (1926–2013), sculptor known for his abstract sculptures and for being a pioneer in the use of neon in art ^[4]
• Bill Antonello (1927–1933), Major League Baseball (MLB) player ^[5]
• James Fyfe (1942–2005), criminologist and professor of criminal justice at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Temple University and American University ^[6]
• Vincent J. Gentile (born 1959, class of 1977), New York City Councilman and State Senator ^[7]
• Jephté Guillaume, multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer
• Paul Jabara (1948–1992), actor and Academy Award-winning songwriter
• Letitia James (born 1958), lawyer, politician, Attorney General of New York and City Public Advocate; the first African-American and first woman to hold each of those posts ^[8]
• Jaiquawn Jarrett (born 1989), NFL safety for the New York Jets ^[9]
• Bruce Johannesson (born 1962), lead guitarist for the rock band Poison under the stage name 'C.C. DeVille'
• Albert King (born 1959), National Basketball Association (NBA) player ^[10]
• Bernard King (born 1956), NBA All-Star ^[10]
• Frank Layden (born 1932), coach and executive of the NBA's Utah Jazz
• Julio Lugo (1975–2021), MLB player ^[11]
• Christopher J. Mega (1930–2011), lawyer, politician, New York Supreme Court Justice, State Senator and State Assemblyman
• Danny Nee (born 1945), longtime basketball head coach at USMMA, Duquesne University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Ohio University
• Lana Parrilla (born 1977), actress best known for Once Upon a Time
• George Preti (1944–2020), analytical organic chemist whose research focused on the nature, origin, and functional significance of human odors ^[12]
• Fred Samara (born 1950), competitor in the men's decathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics ^[13]
• Neil M. Stevenson (1930–2009), rear admiral, Chief of U.S. Navy Chaplains
• Janet Yellen (born 1946, class of 1963), economist, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and Chair of the Federal Reserve (2014–2018); the first woman to hold either post ^{[14] [3]}

References

1. "Search for Public Schools - FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL (360015101952)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved January 28, 2024.
2. Katinas, Paula (October 31, 2016). "Fort Hamilton HS throws big bash to mark 75th anniversary". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
3. General, Theodore W. (February 4, 2022). "Fort Hamilton H.S. opened 80 years ago". The Brooklyn Reporter. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
4. "Stephen Antonakos, Sculptor of Neon, Dies at 86", The New York Times , September 7, 2013. Accessed November 23, 2020. "After graduating from Fort Hamilton High School in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, he served from 1945 to 1947 with an Army artillery unit in the Philippines."
5. Anderson, Dave (August 20, 1952). "Antonello Labeled Most Promising of Dodger Farmhands". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . p. 18. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
6. Baker, Al. "James Fyfe, 63, Criminologist and Police Training Director, Is Dead", The New York Times , November 15, 2005. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Born in Brooklyn on Feb. 16, 1942, Dr. Fyfe graduated from Fort Hamilton High School."
7. "For a New Bay Ridge, A New Tony Manero", The New York Times , April 1, 2001. Accessed November 23, 2020. "'As they are cruising down 86th Street in the movie, it is interesting to see what was standing in 1977 and realize that we've come a long way,' said State Senator Vincent Gentile, a 1977 graduate of Fort Hamilton High School."
8. Barker, CyrilJosh. [amsterdamnews.com/news/2018/dec/27/person-year-letitia-james/ "Person of The Year: Letitia James"], New York Amsterdam News , December 27, 2018. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Raised in Park Slope, Brooklyn, James is one of eight children. She attended Fort Hamilton High School."
9. Cosentino, Dom. "5 things to know about Jaiquawn Jarrett, star of Jets' upset of Pittsburgh Steelers", NJ advance Media for NJ.com, November 10, 2014, updated March 29, 2019. Accessed November 23, 2020. "He starred at Fort Hamilton High School, and last year he told our Darryl Slater he spent weekends during the 2012 season—when he was out of the league after getting cut by the Eagles—back in Brooklyn,"
10. Johnson, Roy S. "Sibling Rivalry in the N.B.A.", The New York Times , November 9, 1982. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Bernard does not find this contrast in their playing styles odd, despite the fact that they are both products of the same coach at Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn. 'You tend to play the way that you were coached, or the way you were used, early in your career,' he said. Because of the three-year age difference, Bernard and Albert were not close when they were young."
11. Boland, Erik. "Division Series Playoffs", Newsday , October 5, 2006. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Lugo, 30, moved from the Dominican Republic to Sunset Park in Brooklyn with his family when he was 13 and attended Fort Hamilton High School."
12. Roberts, Sam. "George Preti, 75, Dies; Studied Bodily Odors as Biological Clues; In his 'bizarre niche' of science, he sought to weaponize odors as a means to sniff out disease, even using dogs to do so.", The New York Times , April 1, 2020. Accessed November 23, 2020. "After graduating from Fort Hamilton High School, he received a bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 1966 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now the Tandon School of Engineering of New York University)."
13. "Samara, Penn Ace, Takes Decathlon In U.S.T.F.F. Meet", The New York Times , May 23, 1971. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Samara, a graduate of Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn, finished second to Princeton's Bill Foucher in the day's other event—the 110‐meter high hurdles—in 14.9 seconds for 859 points."
14. Rappeport, Alan (June 23, 2021). "Yellen Steers the Economy With Brooklyn on Her Mind" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

External links

• Official website