tags

School Construction Authority

Recent Headlines

Park Slope

April 08, 2013

Asphalt Lot Is Fine Substitute for Bulldozed Garden, Ed Department Says

The School Construction Authority's promised "replacement community garden" is a field of asphalt.

Jackson Heights

February 22, 2013

Two New Schools Coming to Jackson Heights and Corona

The School Construction Authority unveiled designs for two new schools in the area.

Sunnyside

January 31, 2013

Construction Starts on New Sunnyside Elementary School

Officials broke ground on P.S. 313, saying the new school will help overcrowding in Queens District 24.

Hell's Kitchen & Clinton

January 16, 2013

P.S. 51 to Return to Hell's Kitchen in September

The school had to move to the Upper East Side because of construction.

Woodside

January 04, 2013

Woodside School Will Get Annex to Replace Longtime Trailer Classrooms

The city will build an addition at crowded P.S. 11, which has used portable classrooms for over a decade.

Astoria

December 19, 2012

Hallets Point Development May Include New School on NYCHA Campus

The developers of the Astoria waterfront plan are exploring the possibility of a K-8 school at the site.

Sunnyside

December 12, 2012

New Sunnyside School Will Have Rooftop Play Space

Designs for the future P.S. 313 were presented at a Community Board 2 meeting.

Woodside

November 15, 2012

Hundreds of New School Seats Planned for 'Epicenter of Overcrowding'

The city plans to add nearly 500 seats to P.S. 339 and add an annex to P.S. 11 to seat hundreds more.

Long Island City

October 19, 2012

New Hunters Point Schools Not Enough for Growing Nabe, Parents Say

Two news schools, P.S. 312 and I.S./H.S. 404, will open in Hunters Point in September 2013.

Park Slope

September 21, 2012

Brooklyn's P.S. 124 Still Waiting on Renovations to Crumbling Bathrooms

P.S. 124 won $150,000 for bathroom upgrades in April, but has yet to hear when the project will begin.

Windsor Terrace

August 15, 2012

Windsor Terrace Residents Say New School Will Gobble Parking

Locals worry that a new school slated to open in September 2015 will worsen traffic and parking.

Hell's Kitchen & Clinton

August 14, 2012

City Breaks Ground on New Beacon School in Hell's Kitchen

The new campus on West 43rd Street is set to open in 2015.

Boerum Hill

June 14, 2012

New Playground in Boerum Hill to Include Outdoor Classroom, Kickball Field

The student-led redesign of P.S. 261's play yard will begin this year.

Cobble Hill

May 21, 2012

Mount Sinai to speak to parents of health risks with construction at PS 29

Mount Sinai's Pediatric Environmental Health Unit to discuss health concerns with parents of P.S. 29.

Cobble Hill

May 03, 2012

School-Year Asbestos Removal Plan Concerns Some P.S. 29 Parents

P.S. 29 in Cobble Hill is undergoing an overhaul while school is still in session.