Sheepshead Bay High School is a defunct public high school in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Closed in 2016, the building currently operates as Frank J. Macchiarola Educational Complex, housing several smaller high schools.
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History
Sheepshead Bay High School was a large, multi-cultural high school in Brooklyn, New York City that closed in 2016. SBHS opened in 1959, welcoming ninth to twelfth grade students. The first graduating class was 1961. When the school opened there were no juniors or seniors and the sophomores were the senior class for three years.
Closure
On March 12, 2013, the New York City Department of Education's Panel For Educational Policy voted to approve plans to phase out Sheepshead Bay High School and introduce four new schools.
Notable alumni
Randall Amster (1984) – author, professor
Elayne Boosler (1969) – actress, comedian
Frank Brooks (circa 1996) – MLB player
Duval Clear a.k.a. Masta Ace (circa 1984) – rapper
Larry David (1965) – comedian; film/television producer/writer
Warren Davis (1973) – Q*bert designer/programmer
Terry Gross (1968) – radio talk-show host
Howard Kurtz (1970) – journalist
Katorah Marrero a.k.a. Young M.A (2010) – rapper
Anthony Melchiorri – hospitality expert and television personality
Brad Meltzer (1988) Author & TV Personality
Donna Pescow (1972) – actress
Rico Petrocelli (1961) – MLB player
Gene Pritsker (1989) – Composer
Fred Stoller – stand-up comedian/voice artist/writer
Glenn Thrush, New York Times White House correspondent
Mark Turenshine (1944-2016) - American-Israeli basketball player
Kelly Wallace (1983) – television news correspondent
Notable faculty
Dov Markus (born 1946) - Israeli-American soccer player