# Canarsie High School

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Public school in New York City

Canarsie High School Location 1600 Rockaway Parkway Brooklyn, New York 11236 United States 40°38′26″N 73°53′53″W / 40.64056°N 73.89806°W / 40.64056; -73.89806 Information Type Public Established 1964 Closed 2011 (reopened as Canarsie Educational Campus)[2] School district New York City Geographic District #18 Principal Angelo Marrah Grades 9 to 12 Enrollment 2,885[1] (2007–08) Team name The Chiefs [1]

**Canarsie High School** was a public high school in the [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn) neighborhood of [Canarsie](/source/Canarsie) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City). It first opened in 1964 but closed in 2011. The building currently operates as **Canarsie Educational Campus**, housing several smaller high schools.[3]

## Closing

Under the Impact Schools initiative in 2004, Canarsie High School received increased police and security presence.[4] In 2007, it was announced Canarsie would close because it "was in such disarray that the only way to fix it would be to shut it down, replacing it with several smaller schools on the same campus. The school had received the lowest possible grades (F and U) under the Department of Education's first citywide progress reports.[5][6][7] This was part of a trend in the city beginning in the 1990s and embraced by the administration of then-Mayor [Michael Bloomberg](/source/Michael_Bloomberg) to convert failing large high schools into educational campuses.[5][8] For the 2007-2008 academic year, the school stopped admitting new students.[5] Canarsie High School graduated 40 percent of its final class of 358 students in the Spring of 2011.[2]

## Student demographics

84.51% Black or [African American](/source/African_American), 11.47% [Hispanic or Latino](/source/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans), 2.07% [White](/source/White_people) non-Hispanic, 1.66% [Asian](/source/Asian_people) and 0.28% [Native American](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States). The student/teacher ratio is 22.0. The school is part of School District #18.

## Current schools

Three schools, High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media, [High School for Medical Professions](/source/High_School_for_Medical_Professions), and Urban Action Academy, are currently operating in the Canarsie campus.[3][9]

## Notable alumni

- [Ill Bill](/source/Ill_Bill), [Hip-Hop](/source/Hip-Hop) [artist](/source/Artist) from [Canarsie](/source/Canarsie)

- [Warren Cuccurullo](/source/Warren_Cuccurullo), pop and rock guitarist[10]

- Mark "[Prince Markie Dee](/source/Prince_Markie_Dee)" Morales, rapper ([The Fat Boys](/source/The_Fat_Boys) and solo), producer, songwriter, radio personality, actor

- [Alan Edelman](/source/Alan_Edelman), mathematician, computer scientist, co-creator of the [Julia programming language](/source/Julia_programming_language)

- [World B. Free](/source/World_B._Free), [NBA](/source/NBA) basketball player[11]

- [Lotti Golden](/source/Lotti_Golden) singer-songwriter, writer/producer, musician, guitarist

- [Geoff Huston](/source/Geoff_Huston_(basketball_player))-NBA player

- [Karl Kani](/source/Karl_Kani), fashion designer

- [Randy Katz](/source/Randy_Katz), computer scientist

- [Dan Morogiello](/source/Dan_Morogiello), major league baseball player[12]

- [Arlie Petters](/source/Arlie_Petters), mathematical physicist

- [John "Spider" Salley](/source/John_Salley), NBA basketball player and talk show host[10]

- [Lance Schulters](/source/Lance_Schulters) [NFL](/source/NFL) player

- [Howard Schultz](/source/Howard_Schultz), Chairman and CEO of Starbucks Corporation and a former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics.

- [Evan Seinfield](/source/Evan_Seinfeld), actor, singer

- [Curtis Sliwa](/source/Curtis_Sliwa), [Guardian Angels](/source/Guardian_Angels) founder and radio talk show host, [2021 mayoral candidate for New York City](/source/2021_New_York_City_mayoral_election)[13]

- [Stuart Sternberg](/source/Stuart_Sternberg), owner of the [Tampa Bay Rays](/source/Tampa_Bay_Rays)[14]

- [Clarence Taylor](/source/Clarence_Taylor)

- [Taxstone](/source/Taxstone), podcast host and Twitter personality

- [Leon Williams](/source/Leon_Williams_(American_football)), NFL player

## References

**Notes**

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Survey_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Survey_1-1) "[Learning Environment Survey Report 2007-2008](http://schools.nyc.gov/OA/SchoolReports/2007-08/Survey_K500.pdf)" (PDF). New York City Department of Education. "Enrollment: 2544"

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NYTimes-ScholBookClosing-2012_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NYTimes-ScholBookClosing-2012_2-1) Phillips, Anna M. (February 2, 2012). ["SCHOOLBOOK; Report Assesses Final Year at Closing Schools"](https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06EEDC1E3BF931A35751C0A9649D8B63). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2016NYCSchoolsCatalog_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2016NYCSchoolsCatalog_3-1) ["2016 New York City High School Directory"](http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/B0C37C45-E280-434D-9DF7-3251B7F895B0/0/2016HighSchoolDirectory_English.pdf) (PDF). *[schools.nyc.gov](/source/New_York_City_Department_of_Education)*. [New York City Department of Education](/source/New_York_City_Department_of_Education). 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ImpactSchools-June2005_4-0)** ["A Look At The Impact Schools: A Drum Major Institute for Public Policy Data Brief June 2005"](http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/impact_schools.pdf) (PDF). *prisonpolicy.org*. [Drum Major Institute](/source/Drum_Major_Institute). June 2005. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NYTimes-CanarsieHS-LoyaltyPrevails-2007_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NYTimes-CanarsieHS-LoyaltyPrevails-2007_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-NYTimes-CanarsieHS-LoyaltyPrevails-2007_5-2) Medina, Jennifer (December 24, 2007). ["At Canarsie High, Now Marked for Closing, Loyalty Prevails"](https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/nyregion/24canarsie.html?pagewanted=all). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-DailyNews-CanrsieHS-2007_6-0)** Monahan, Rachel (December 5, 2007). ["Canarsie High School to offer new classes, tougher discipline code"](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/canarsie-high-school-offer-new-classes-tougher-discipline-code-article-1.273956). *[Daily News (New York)](/source/Daily_News_(New_York))*. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CanarsieCourier-CHSPhaseOut-2007_7-0)** Friedman, Neil S. (December 13, 2007). ["Canarsie High School Will Be "Phased Out" In 2008"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150905225604/http://www.canarsiecourier.com/news/2007-12-13/OtherNews/005.html). Canarsie Courier. Archived from [the original](http://www.canarsiecourier.com/news/2007-12-13/OtherNews/005.html) on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NYTimes-TroubledGiants-GSC-2001_8-0)** Holloway, Lynette (May 16, 2001). ["A Small Strategy for Troubled Giants"](https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/16/nyregion/a-small-strategy-for-troubled-giants.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Retrieved May 25, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Elliott, Stuart (June 17, 2012). ["The First Graduates From Advertising High"](https://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/the-first-graduates-from-advertising-high/). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Esposito_10-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Esposito_10-1) Esposito, Diana (June 12, 2003). ["Canarsie Once Home To Several Who Attained Fame & Fortune"](http://www.canarsiecourier.com/News/2003/0612/OtherNews/026.html). *Canarsie Courier*. Retrieved October 27, 2008.{{[cite news](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Gutierrez, Paul (May 8, 1999). ["World B. Free, Nba Gunner"](http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1015220/index.htm). *[Sports Illustrated](/source/Sports_Illustrated)*. Retrieved October 27, 2008.{{[cite magazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_magazine)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Canarsie (Brooklyn, NY) Baseball"](http://www.thebaseballcube.com/hs/hs_alumni.asp?H=3596). The Baseball Cube. Retrieved February 14, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["He bosses a band of angels"](http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/day-history-march-26-he-bosses-band-angels). *Brooklyn Eagle*. March 26, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Hau, Louis; Barancik, Scott; Topkin, Marc (January 30, 2004). ["Rays buyer: financial whiz who loves baseball"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110604194807/http://www.sptimes.com/2004/01/30/Rays/Rays_buyer__financial.shtml). *[St. Petersburg Times](/source/St._Petersburg_Times)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.sptimes.com/2004/01/30/Rays/Rays_buyer__financial.shtml) on June 4, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2008.

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