# Brooklyn College Academy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brooklyn_College_Academy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brooklyn_College_Academy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_College_Academy > Source revision: 1339810447 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Public school in New York City Brooklyn College Academy The annex site at 350 Coney Island Avenue. Annex Site: 350 Coney Island Avenue Brooklyn, New York, 11218 At Brooklyn College: 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11210 Information Motto A Community of Leaders and Learners Established 1986 Principal Shernell Thomas Grades 9-12 Enrollment approx. 629 Colors Purple and White Mascot Bobcat Website www.brooklyncollegeacademy.com **Brooklyn College Academy** is a high school located in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), New York City. It is part of the [New York City Department of Education](/source/New_York_City_Department_of_Education). A double-sited school, it serves grades 9–12. Brooklyn College Academy was ranked second (tied with [Benjamin Banneker Academy](/source/Benjamin_Banneker_Academy)) for highest graduation rate in the borough of Brooklyn, with 97% of students graduating on time. It provides children with an early college program, which ensures that they get college credit while they are still in high school. ## History Brooklyn College Academy, founded in 1986 in a partnership between the then-[Board of Education](/source/Board_of_Education) and [Brooklyn College](/source/Brooklyn_College), served as an [alternative school](/source/Alternative_school)—a program which was created to help older high school students that have not done well in other settings. The school no longer serves this purpose, and is a normal high school in the school system. Almost all of the school's graduates go on to attend college, two-year or four-year institutions. The current principal is Shernell Thomas. Thomas was given the title of principal in 2019 following the retirement of previous principal, Nicholas Mazzarella, who began his career at [Hostos-Lincoln High School](/source/Hostos_Community_College) in [the Bronx](/source/The_Bronx) and came to Brooklyn College Academy in 2005. ## Buildings and facilities Brooklyn College Academy is housed at two sites. The first is a renovated warehouse, which is known as 'The Annex'. This building houses the lower school (grades 9–10). Annex is located at 350 Coney Island Avenue. The second is William James Hall on the [Brooklyn College](/source/Brooklyn_College) campus. This building houses the upper school (grades 11 & 12). Brooklyn College Academy shares William James Hall with Brooklyn College students. ## Admissions Students must apply to Brooklyn College Academy via the high school selection process in [New York City Public Schools](/source/New_York_City_Public_Schools). But, for acceptance to Brooklyn College Academy, the students' academic record and attendance record are reviewed. ## Sports In 2015, the girls Brooklyn College Academy Bobcats beat the East Harlem Pride to win the Public School Athletic League's girls B Division city championship.[1] ## Notable alumni - [Foxy Brown](/source/Foxy_Brown_(rapper)) — rap musician - [Erick Arc Elliott](/source/Erick_Arc_Elliott) — rap musician with [Flatbush Zombies](/source/Flatbush_Zombies) - [Lil' Kim](/source/Lil'_Kim) — rap musician and singer - [Tarik Phillip](/source/Tarik_Phillip) (born 1993) — British-American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League - [Hunter Walker](/source/Hunter_Walker) — journalist ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Brooklyn College Academy wins rematch of B city championship"](https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/03/23/brooklyn-college-academy-wins-rematch-of-b-city-championship/). *Brooklyn Eagle*. March 23, 2015. ## External links - [Brooklyn College Academy Official Site](http://www.brooklyncollegeacademy.com) - [Brooklyn College Academy PTA](http://brooklyncollegeacademy.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=220275&type=d) [40°37′55″N 73°57′10″W / 40.632°N 73.9529°W / 40.632; -73.9529](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Brooklyn_College_Academy¶ms=40.632_N_73.9529_W_type:edu) v t e Education in Brooklyn Public schools Public School 39 Acad for Excellence in Leadership Acad of Urban Planning Benjamin Banneker Acad Clara Barton HS Boys and Girls HS Brooklyn Acad of Science and the Environment Brooklyn College Acad Brooklyn Democracy Acad Brooklyn Frontiers HS Brooklyn HS of the Arts Brooklyn Int'l HS Brooklyn Latin Brooklyn Prep HS Brooklyn Technical HS Bushwick Leaders HS for Academic Excellence Bushwick School for Social Justice Roy Campanella OTC Rachel Carson HS for Coastal Studies John Dewey HS El Puente Acad for Peace and Justice Fort Hamilton HS Khalil Gibran Int'l Acad Leon M. Goldstein HS for the Sciences William E. Grady CTE HS Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning HS for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow HS for Medical Professions HS of Enterprise, Business, & Tech HS of Telecom Arts and Tech Int'l HS at Prospect Heights John Jay Educational Campus Kingsborough EC SS Abraham Lincoln HS James Madison HS William H. Maxwell CATE HS Midwood HS Edward R. Murrow HS New Utrecht HS P-TECH HS Paul Robeson HS for Business and Technology Franklin Delano Roosevelt HS South Brooklyn Community HS Sunset Park HS Transit Tech HS Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice George Westinghouse CATE HS Williamsburg HS for Architecture and Design Closed Bay Ridge HS Boys HS Canarsie HS Eastern District HS Girls HS Erasmus Hall HS Thomas Jefferson HS Lafayette HS Franklin K. Lane HS Metropolitan Corporate Acad Prospect HS Sheepshead Bay HS South Shore HS Samuel J. Tilden HS George W. Wingate HS Private schools Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn schools Bishop Loughlin Memorial HS Cristo Rey Brooklyn HS Fontbonne Hall Acad Nazareth Regional HS St. Edmund Prep HS Saint Saviour HS of Brooklyn Xaverian HS Closed Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School Bishop Kearney HS Brooklyn Prep Catherine McAuley High School St. Joseph HS Other Al-Madinah Al-Noor Brooklyn Waldorf Berkeley Carroll German School Brooklyn Packer Collegiate Institute Poly Prep Saint Ann's School Shulamith of Brooklyn Sinai Academy Yeshivah of Flatbush Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin Yeshivat Shaare Torah Yeshiva Torah Vodaas Higher education Boricua College (Brooklyn Campus) Brooklyn College College Center for Computer Music Long Island Arnold and Marie Schwartz Pharmacy NYU Tandon Pratt Brooklyn Public Library Central Library branches: Macon Closed Business & Career Library This list is incomplete. 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