High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology is a public high school in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.It was established in the 1980s with a focus on preparing students for careers working with computers, including by teaching about word processing and databases. [1] It has a software engineering program that is based around the CS4ALL curriculum. [2]
It is located at 350 67th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220. [3] It has 1300 students. [4]
The school is a Gothic style building. [4] It was formerly Bay Ridge High School. As Bay Ridge High school, it was all girls, but it is now coed. [4]
In 2016, the building established a rooftop greenhouse for teaching about botany and food production. [5]
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