Fort Hamilton High School

Fort Hamilton High School
Location
8301 Shore Rd

Brooklyn
,
New York
11209

United States

40°37′38″N 74°02′22″W / 40.62722°N 74.03944°W / 40.62722; -74.03944
Information
TypePublic
MottoExcellence in Education
Established1941
School district
New York City Department of Education
NCES School ID
360015101952
Principal
Kaye Houlihan
Teaching staff
250.32 (on an FTE basis)
Grades9-12
Enrollment4,232 (2021-2022)
Student to teacher ratio
16.91
CampusCity: Large
ColorsNavy Blue and White
   
MascotTigers
NewspaperThe Pilot
YearbookTower
Websitewww.fthhs.org
Front entrance
From the Bay

Fort Hamilton High School (HS 490) is a public high school in Brooklyn, New York, United States, under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Education. Students in Bay Ridge, Sunset Park and Dyker Heights are zoned to Fort Hamilton HS.[citation needed] It is named for the Army garrison at Fort Hamilton.

Ground was broken by then mayor Fiorello LaGuardia on September 23, 1940 and the school opened at 8301 Shore Road on September 8, 1941 at the location of the former Crescent Athletic Club.

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL (360015101952)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Katinas, Paula. "Fort Hamilton HS throws big bash to mark 75th anniversary", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 31, 2016. Accessed October 18, 2022.
  3. 1 2 General, Theodore W. "Fort Hamilton H.S. opened 80 years ago", Brooklyn Reporter, February 4, 2022. Accessed October 18, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Stephen Antonakos, Sculptor of Neon, Dies at 86", The New York Times, September 7, 2013. Accessed November 23, 2020. "After graduating from Fort Hamilton High School in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, he served from 1945 to 1947 with an Army artillery unit in the Philippines."
  5. ↑ Anderson, Dave. "Antonello Labeled Most Promising of Dodger Farmhands", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, page 18, August 20, 1952. Accessed January 7, 2024. "Antonello, who played for Fort Hamilton High School in Bay Ridge, is fast for his size and originally was an infielder."
  6. 1 2 DeJesus, Jaime. "Albert King and Jean Balukas inducted into the Fort Hamilton Hall of Fame", Brooklyn Reporter, January 16, 2018. Accessed October 26, 2026. "The Bay Ridge school held its Alumni Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Wednesday, January 10 before the Fort Hamilton Tigers took the court for their game, honoring billiards great Jean Balukas, class of 1977 and basketball legend Albert King, also class of ’77."
  7. ↑ "About Steve Chan", New York State Senate. Accessed October 26, 2026.
  8. ↑ Baker, Al. "James Fyfe, 63, Criminologist and Police Training Director, Is Dead", The New York Times, November 15, 2005. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Born in Brooklyn on Feb. 16, 1942, Dr. Fyfe graduated from Fort Hamilton High School."
  9. ↑ "For a New Bay Ridge, A New Tony Manero", The New York Times, April 1, 2001. Accessed November 23, 2020. "'As they are cruising down 86th Street in the movie, it is interesting to see what was standing in 1977 and realize that we've come a long way,' said State Senator Vincent Gentile, a 1977 graduate of Fort Hamilton High School."
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Spivak, Anna. "Fort Hamilton High School gearing up to celebrate 75 years", Brooklyn Reporter, October 26, 2016. Accessed October 26, 2026. "Additionally, the school boasts numerous notable alumni over the years, including Janet Yellen, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve System; Christopher Mega, former New York assemblymember, state senator, and New York Supreme Court justice; Councilmember Vincent Gentile; Albert King, retired NBA Player; Bernard King, retired NBA All-star; Julio Lugo, retired Major League baseball player; Jaiquawn Jarrett, NFL safety for the New York Jets; and Neil Stevenson, former chief of U.S. Navy chaplains, among others."
  11. ↑ Lin, Ashley. "Fort Hamilton Inducts Paul Jabara into Hall of Fame", Fort Hamilton High School Pilot, June 1, 2023. Accessed October 26, 2026.
  12. ↑ Barker, CyrilJosh. "Person of The Year: Letitia James", New York Amsterdam News, December 27, 2018. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Raised in Park Slope, Brooklyn, James is one of eight children. She attended Fort Hamilton High School."
  13. ↑ Cosentino, Dom. "5 things to know about Jaiquawn Jarrett, star of Jets' upset of Pittsburgh Steelers", NJ advance Media for NJ.com, November 10, 2014, updated March 29, 2019. Accessed November 23, 2020. "He starred at Fort Hamilton High School, and last year he told our Darryl Slater he spent weekends during the 2012 season—when he was out of the league after getting cut by the Eagles—back in Brooklyn,"
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DeJesus, Jaime. "Hamilton Alumni Association completes new Hall of Fame Wall", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 26, 2026. Accessed October 26, 2026. "Other hall of fame members include Lana Parrilla, Fred Samara, Albert and Bernard King, Frank Layden and Bruce 'C.C. DeVille' Johannesson. New members will include former baseball player Julio Lugo, who died in 2021."
  15. 1 2 Johnson, Roy S. "Sibling Rivalry in the N.B.A.", The New York Times, November 9, 1982. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Bernard does not find this contrast in their playing styles odd, despite the fact that they are both products of the same coach at Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn. 'You tend to play the way that you were coached, or the way you were used, early in your career,' he said. Because of the three-year age difference, Bernard and Albert were not close when they were young."
  16. ↑ "Prep Al-America revealed", The Herald Journal, page 14, March 20, 1977. Accessed April 3, 2023 via newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ Boland, Erik. "Odd time to look ahead"}, Newsday, October 5, 2006. Accessed October 26, 2026 via newspapers.com. "Lugo, 30, moved from the Dominican Republic to Sunset Park in Brooklyn with his family when he was 13 and attended Fort Hamilton High School."
  18. ↑ MacLeod, Dan. "Christopher Mega, prolific Bay Ridge politician, 80", Brooklyn Paper, November 2, 2011. Accessed October 26, 2026. "Mega graduated from Fort Hamilton HS, then studied at St. Francis College and Brooklyn Law School."
  19. ↑ Jenkins, Sally. "A Husker Switcheroo", Sports Illustrated, February 4, 1991. Archived March 17, 2017; accessed October 26, 2026.
  20. ↑ Ramos, Anna Ruth. "Making magic: The evil queen from Kings County", Brooklyn Paper, March 12, 2016. Accessed October 26, 2026. "Just in high school [at Fort Hamilton High in Bay Ridge]."
  21. ↑ Roberts, Sam. "George Preti, 75, Dies; Studied Bodily Odors as Biological Clues; In his 'bizarre niche' of science, he sought to weaponize odors as a means to sniff out disease, even using dogs to do so.", The New York Times, April 1, 2020. Accessed November 23, 2020. "After graduating from Fort Hamilton High School, he received a bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 1966 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now the Tandon School of Engineering of New York University)."
  22. ↑ "Samara, Penn Ace, Takes Decathlon In U.S.T.F.F. Meet", The New York Times, May 23, 1971. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Samara, a graduate of Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn, finished second to Princeton's Bill Foucher in the day's other event—the 110‐meter high hurdles—in 14.9 seconds for 859 points."
  23. ↑ Rappeport, Alan (June 23, 2021). "Yellen Steers the Economy With Brooklyn on Her Mind" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved June 24, 2021.