# Public School 39

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Public School 39 U.S. National Register of Historic Places New York City Landmark Show map of New York City Show map of New York Show map of the United States Location 417 6th Ave., New York, New York Coordinates 40°40′7″N 73°58′58″W / 40.66861°N 73.98278°W / 40.66861; -73.98278 Area less than one acre Built 1876 Architect Leonard, Samuel B. Architectural style Second Empire, Italianate NRHP reference No. 80002646 [1] NYCL No. 0952 Significant dates Added to NRHP April 17, 1980 Designated NYCL March 8, 1977

**Public School 39**, also known as PS 39 The Henry Bristow School, is a historic school building located in the [Park Slope](/source/Park_Slope) section of [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), New York City. It is a part of the [New York City Department of Education](/source/New_York_City_Department_of_Education).

It was built in 1876-1877 and is a three-story symmetrical brick and stone building combining features of the [Italianate](/source/Italianate_architecture) and [Second Empire](/source/Second_Empire_architecture) styles. The main facade features a central bay or tower with a rusticated first floor. The building has steep [slate](/source/Slate) covered [mansard roofs](/source/Mansard_roof).[2]

It was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1980.[1]

Notable graduates include pitcher [Adam Ottavino](/source/Adam_Ottavino)[3] and politician [Anthony Weiner](/source/Anthony_Weiner).[4][5]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nris_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nris_1-1) ["National Register Information System"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP). *[National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places)*. [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). March 13, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-nrhpdoc_2-0)** Daniel P. Brunetto and Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (October 1979). [National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Public School 39](https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318495). National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 3, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Saunders, Patrick (May 5, 2018). ["Colorado Rockies reliever Adam Ottavino remains in a New York state of mind"](http://www.timescall.com/colorado-rockies-mlb/ci_31856464/colorado-rockies-reliever-adam-ottavino-remains-new-york). *Longmont Times-Call*. Retrieved September 17, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Yingling, Jennifer (June 15, 2011). ["Weiner tried to save school gym for P.S. 39"](https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/256053-weiner-tried-to-save-school-gym-for-ps-39?mobile_switch=standard). *[The Hill](/source/The_Hill_(newspaper))*. Retrieved September 17, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Durkin, Erin (June 16, 2013). ["On Father's Day, Anthony Weiner Hits The Campaign Trail With Son In Tow"](http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/father-day-anthony-weiner-hits-campaign-trail-son-tow-blog-entry-1.1695060). *[New York Daily News](/source/New_York_Daily_News)*. New York. Retrieved September 17, 2018.

## External links

- [PS 39](https://www.ps39.org/)

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Lott House Old Stone House Quarters A John Rankin House Renaissance Apartments Jackie Robinson House Saitta House State Street Houses Stoothoff–Baxter–Kouwenhaven House Joost Van Nuyse House Williamsburg Houses Wyckoff House Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead Houses of worship Churches Andrews United Methodist Church Bay Ridge United Methodist Church Christ Evangelical English Lutheran Church Church of the Holy Innocents Congregational Church of the Evangel Cuyler Presbyterian Church Emmanuel Baptist Church Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Complex Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Friends Meetinghouse and School Greenwood Baptist Church Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church Immanuel Congregational Church Iglesia Pentecostal La Luz del Mundo New Lots Reformed Church and Cemetery New Utrecht Reformed Church Next Step Community Church Old First Reformed Church Plymouth Church Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church and Rectory St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew St. Mary's Episcopal Church St. Paul's Episcopal Church South Bushwick Reformed Church South Congregational Church Synagogues Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park Congregation Beth Elohim Congregation Beth Israel East Midwood Jewish Center Jewish Center of Brighton Beach Jewish Center of Kings Highway Kingsway Jewish Center Congregation Kol Israel Magen David Synagogue Manhattan Beach Jewish Center Ocean Parkway Jewish Center Park Slope Jewish Center Shaari Zedek Synagogue Union Temple of Brooklyn Young Israel of Flatbush Government buildings Military buildings 14th Regiment Armory 23rd Regiment Armory Brooklyn Army Terminal Brooklyn Navy Yard Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle Storehouse No. 2, U.S. Navy Fleet Supply Base Post offices Bensonhurst Flatbush Kensington Williamsburg Others 75th Precinct Police Station 83rd Precinct Police Station and Stable Brooklyn Borough Hall Federal Building and Post Office Flatbush Town Hall Former 18th Police Precinct Station House and Stable Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters Schools Boys High School Erasmus Hall High School Friends Meetinghouse and School Public School 7 Public School 9 and Public School 9 Annex Public School 39 Public School 65K Public School 71K Public School 108 Transit Bridges and tunnels Brooklyn Bridge Cobble Hill Tunnel Joralemon Street Tunnel Manhattan Bridge Roads Eastern Parkway Ocean Parkway Subway stations Ninth Avenue 15th Street–Prospect Park Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Avenue U Bay Parkway Beverley Road Borough Hall Fourth Avenue New Utrecht Avenue Ocean Parkway Wilson Avenue Other Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop Coney Island Yard Gatehouse Floyd Bennett Field Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge No. 79 Mary A. 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