{{Short description|Public school in New York City}} {{Use American English|date=October 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox school | image = SheepsHeadBayHS.jpg | name = Sheepshead Bay High School | principal = John P. O'Mahoney | director = | superintendent = Aimee Horowitz | type = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]] | faculty = | enrollment = | address = 3000 Avenue X | city = [[Brooklyn]] | state = [[New York (state)|New York]] | country = United States | colors = Blue {{Color box|Blue}} Orange {{Color box|Orange}} white {{ color box| white}} | mascot = Shark | nickname = Sharks | district = 22 | website = [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/22/K495/default.htm] | coordinates = {{coord|40.594071|-73.936885|display=inline,title|format=dms|type:edu}} | status = Closed | opened = 1959 | closed = 2016 }}
'''Sheepshead Bay High School''' is a defunct public high school in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. Closed in 2016, the building currently operates as '''Frank J. Macchiarola Educational Complex''', housing several smaller high schools.<ref name="BklynDailyNov2014">{{cite news |last1=Ogle |first1=Vanessa |title=Campus Renamed to Honor Former Chancellor |url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/campus-renamed-to-honor-former-chancellor/ |accessdate=31 March 2020 |work=Brooklyn Paper |date=November 19, 2014}}</ref>
== History == Sheepshead Bay High School was a large, multi-cultural high school in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]] that closed in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://insideschools.org/component/schools/school/937|title=Sheepshead Bay High School / The Frank J. Macchiarola Educational Complex - District 22 - InsideSchools}}</ref> SBHS opened in 1959, welcoming ninth to twelfth grade students. The first graduating class was 1961.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} 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 [[New York City Panel for Educational Policy|Panel For Educational Policy]] voted to approve plans to phase out Sheepshead Bay High School and introduce four new schools.<ref name=Close>{{cite news|last=Berke|first=Ned|title=voted last night to approve plans to phase out and ultimately shutter Sheepshead Bay High School|url=http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/tag/sheepshead-bay-high-school/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128190021/http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/tag/sheepshead-bay-high-school/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 28, 2010|accessdate=April 4, 2013|newspaper=Sheepheads Bites|date=March 13, 2013}}</ref>
== Notable alumni == *[[Randall Amster]] (1984) – author, professor *[[Elayne Boosler]] (1969) – actress, comedian *[[Frank Brooks (baseball)|Frank Brooks]] (circa 1996) – [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] player<ref name="thebaseballcube1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/hs/profile.asp?HS=338|title=Sheepshead Bay (Brooklyn, NY) Baseball |publisher=The Baseball Cube |date= |accessdate=2020-01-12}}</ref> *Duval Clear a.k.a. [[Masta Ace]] (circa 1984) – rapper<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uri.edu/features/hip-hop-from-masta-to-legend/ |title=From Masta to Legend |date=November 2018 |accessdate=2020-01-12 |publisher=[[University of Rhode Island]]}}</ref> *[[Larry David]] (1965) – comedian; film/television producer/writer *[[Q*bert|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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sheepsheadbayhighschool.org/class-of-2010.html |accessdate=2020-01-12 |title=Sheepshead Bay High School, class of 2010}}</ref> *[[Anthony Melchiorri]] – hospitality expert and television personality * [[Brad Meltzer]] (1988) Author & TV Personality{{citation needed|reason=no mention of hths school in his article|date=January 2026}} *[[Donna Pescow]] (1972) – actress *[[Rico Petrocelli]] (1961) – MLB player<ref name="thebaseballcube1" /> * [[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
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