Rockaway Parkway is a major commercial street in the Canarsie and Brownsville neighborhoods of Brooklyn , New York . It occupies the position of East 97th Street in the Brooklyn street grid. Contrary to its name, Rockaway Parkway does not enter the Rockaways in Queens .
5-883: Canarsie High School , as well as a firehouse and several homes and businesses are on Rockaway Parkway. The following subway stations serve Rockaway Parkway: And these bus routes serve the corridor: Rockaway Parkway originated as an 18th-century road to the Canarsie Ferry. Rockaway Parkway is divided into two segments by the Bay Ridge Branch of the LIRR . Its northern segment begins at East New York Avenue in Brownsville . It then intersects Linden Boulevard and ends past Ditmas Avenue. The southern segment begins north of Avenue D in Canarsie, then intersects Flatlands Avenue , crosses under
10-643: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Canarsie High School Canarsie High School was a public high school in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Canarsie in New York City . It first opened in 1964 but closed in 2011. The building currently operates as Canarsie Educational Campus , housing several smaller high schools. Under the Impact Schools initiative in 2004, Canarsie High School received increased police and security presence. In 2007, it
15-570: The Belt Parkway , and ends at Canarsie Pier. Northbound and southbound traffic is separated by a median between Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Avenue ; south of Seaview Avenue, Rockaway Parkway again becomes separated by a median to its southern terminus at Canarsie Pier. 40°37′52.1″N 73°53′12.3″W / 40.631139°N 73.886750°W / 40.631139; -73.886750 This article relating to roads and streets in New York City
20-654: The 2007-2008 academic year, the school stopped admitting new students. Canarsie High School graduated 40 percent of its final class of 358 students in the Spring of 2011. 84.51% Black or African American , 11.47% Hispanic or Latino , 2.07% White non-Hispanic, 1.66% Asian and 0.28% Native American . The student/teacher ratio is 22.0. The school is part of School District #18. Three schools, High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media, High School for Medical Professions , and Urban Action Academy, are currently operating in
25-569: Was announced Canarsie would close because it "was in such disarray that the only way to fix it would be to shut it down, replacing it with several smaller schools on the same campus. The school had received the lowest possible grades (F and U) under the Department of Education's first citywide progress reports. This was part of a trend in the city beginning in the 1990s and embraced by the administration of then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg to convert failing large high schools into educational campuses. For
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