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Erasmus Hall High School was a four-year public high school located at 899–925 Flatbush Avenue between Church and Snyder Avenues in the Flatbush neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
Erasmus Hall, one of New York's most storied high schools -- and perhaps its most beautiful -- has gone through difficult times and many changes in the past 25 years. The famous school in Flatbush and is now home to five small schools. Read more.
Dec 26, 2010 · Learn about the history and achievements of Erasmus Hall High School, the first secondary school chartered by the University of the State of New York in 1787. See photos of the old academy building and the bronze statue of Desiderius Erasmus.
Jul 15, 2013 · Learn about the oldest secondary school in New York, founded in 1786 by Dutch settlers and supported by Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. See the Collegiate Gothic quadrangle and the Tiffany stained glass windows that surround the historic academy.
Erasmus Hall High School, often called the "mother of high schools," began as a small private academy in 1787 with an enrollment of twenty-six boys.