Editing Brooklyn (section)

==Education==
{{See also|Education in New York City|List of high schools in New York City}}
[[File:Bklyn Tech HS from Ashland jeh.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Brooklyn Tech as seen from Ashland Place in Fort Greene]]
[[File:2016 Brooklyn College Library.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Brooklyn College library, part of the original campus laid out by Randolph Evans, now known as "East Quad"]]
[[File:Brooklyn Law School Fell Hall.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Brooklyn Law School]]'s 1994 [[New Classical Architecture|new classical]] "Fell Hall" tower, by architect [[Robert A. M. Stern]]]]
[[File:Wunsch building among MetroTech.jpg|thumb|200px|[[New York University Tandon School of Engineering|NYU Tandon]] Wunsch Building|left]]
Education in Brooklyn is provided by a vast number of public and private institutions. Non-charter public schools in the borough are managed by the [[New York City Department of Education]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36047_kings/DC20SD_C36047.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722224538/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36047_kings/DC20SD_C36047.pdf |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Kings County, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 22, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36047_kings/DC20SD_C36047_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> the largest public school system in the United States.

[[Brooklyn Technical High School]] (commonly called Brooklyn Tech), a New York City public high school, is the largest specialized high school for science, mathematics, and technology in the United States.<ref>New York City School Reports 2006–07</ref> Brooklyn Tech opened in 1922. Brooklyn Tech is across the street from [[Fort Greene Park]]. This high school was built from 1930 to 1933 at a cost of about $6&nbsp;million and is 12 stories high. It covers about half of a city block.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bths.edu/school_history.jsp?rn=9612672 |title=Brooklyn Technical High School |publisher=Bths.edu |access-date=October 24, 2010}}</ref> Brooklyn Tech is noted for its famous alumni<ref>Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation Hall of Fame</ref> (including two Nobel Laureates), its academics, and a large number of graduates attending prestigious universities.

===Higher education===
====Public colleges====
[[Brooklyn College]] is a senior college of the [[City University of New York]] (CUNY), and was the first public coeducational [[liberal arts college]] in New York City. The college ranked in the top 10 nationally for the second consecutive year in [[Princeton Review]]'s 2006 guidebook, ''America's Best Value Colleges''. Many of its students are first and second-generation Americans. Founded in 1970, [[Medgar Evers College]] is a senior college of the City University of New York. The college offers programs at the baccalaureate and associate degree levels, as well as adult and continuing education classes for central Brooklyn residents, corporations, government agencies, and community organizations. Medgar Evers College is a few blocks east of [[Prospect Park (Brooklyn)|Prospect Park]] in [[Crown Heights, Brooklyn|Crown Heights]].

CUNY's [[New York City College of Technology]] (City Tech) of The City University of New York (Downtown Brooklyn/Brooklyn Heights) is the largest public college of technology in New York State and a national model for technological education. Established in 1946, City Tech can trace its roots to 1881 when the Technical Schools of the Metropolitan Museum of Art were renamed the New York Trade School. That institution—which became the Voorhees Technical Institute many decades later—was soon a model for the development of technical and vocational schools worldwide. In 1971, Voorhees was incorporated into City Tech.

[[SUNY Downstate College of Medicine]], founded as the Long Island College Hospital in 1860, is the oldest hospital-based medical school in the United States. The Medical Center comprises the College of Medicine, College of Health Related Professions, College of Nursing, School of Public Health, School of Graduate Studies, and University Hospital of Brooklyn. The Nobel Prize winner [[Robert F. Furchgott]] was a member of its faculty. Half of the Medical Center's students are minorities or immigrants. The College of Medicine has the highest percentage of minority students of any medical school in New York State.

====Private colleges====
[[Adelphi University]], based in [[Garden City, New York|Garden City]], moved its Manhattan Campus in 2023 to a new location on Livingston Street in [[Downtown Brooklyn]]. The move marks a return to Brooklyn for the university, which originated on Adelphi Street with the Adelphi Academy. The facility is shared with [[St. Francis College]], which has created a new campus at 179 Livingston Street.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 8, 2023 |title=Brooklyn Center {{!}} Adelphi University |url=https://www.adelphi.edu/about/locations/nyc/ |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=Meet Adelphi |language=en}}</ref>

[[Brooklyn Law School]] was founded in 1901 and is notable for its diverse student body. Women and African Americans were enrolled in 1909. According to the Leiter Report, a compendium of law school rankings published by [[Brian Leiter]], Brooklyn Law School places 31st nationally for the quality of students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leiterrankings.com |title=Leiter's Law School Rankings |publisher=Leiterrankings.com |access-date=October 24, 2010}}</ref>

[[Long Island University]] is a private university headquartered in [[Brookville, New York|Brookville]] on [[Long Island]], with a campus in Downtown Brooklyn with 6,417 undergraduate students. The Brooklyn campus has strong science and medical technology programs, at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

[[Pratt Institute]], in [[Clinton Hill, Brooklyn|Clinton Hill]], is a private college founded in 1887 with programs in engineering, architecture, and the arts. Some buildings in the school's Brooklyn campus are [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission|official landmarks]]. Pratt has over 4700 students, with most at its Brooklyn campus. Graduate programs include a library and information science, architecture, and urban planning. Undergraduate programs include architecture, construction management, writing, critical and visual studies, industrial design and fine arts, totaling over 25 programs in all.

The [[New York University Tandon School of Engineering]], the United States' second oldest private [[institute of technology]], founded in 1854, has its main campus in Downtown's [[MetroTech Center]], a commercial, civic and educational redevelopment project of which it was a key sponsor. NYU-Tandon is one of the 18 schools and colleges that comprise [[New York University]] (NYU).<ref>{{cite web |title=About NYU |url=http://www.nyu.edu/about.html |publisher=New York University |access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sam Pitroda to give inaugural address at NYU engineering school |url=http://post.jagran.com/sam-pitroda-to-give-inaugural-address-at-nyu-engineering-school-1337055643 |access-date=October 19, 2012 |newspaper=[[Dainik Jagran|Jagran Post]] |date=May 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/finance-collegeshighestsalaries/polytechnic-institute-of-new-york-university-nyu-poly%20/|title=8. Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) – Colleges That Guarantee the Highest Salaries |website=Comcast.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724035400/http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/finance-collegeshighestsalaries/polytechnic-institute-of-new-york-university-nyu-poly%20/|archive-date=July 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Schools and Colleges |url=http://www.nyu.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges.html |publisher=New York University |access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref>

[[St. Francis College]] is a Catholic college in Downtown Brooklyn founded in 1859 by Franciscan friars. Over 2,400 students attend the small liberal arts college. St. Francis is considered by ''[[The New York Times]]'' as one of the more diverse colleges, and was ranked one of the best baccalaureate colleges by ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine and ''U.S. News & World Report''.<ref name="NYTimesDiversity">{{cite news |title=Colleges of Many Colors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/education/data.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523030001/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/education/data.html |archive-date=May 23, 2013 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The New York Times |date=November 5, 2006 |access-date=August 15, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Forbes.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/94/colleges-09_St-Francis-College_94363.html |title=America's Best Colleges List |work=Forbes |access-date=July 8, 2010 |date=August 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name="USNWR">{{cite web |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/brooklyn-heights-ny/st.-francis-college-2820 |title=Baccalaureate Colleges (North) Rankings |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=July 8, 2010 |year=2009}}</ref>

Brooklyn also has smaller liberal arts institutions, such as [[St. Joseph's College (New York)|Saint Joseph's College]] in Clinton Hill and [[Boricua College]] in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]].

====Community colleges====
[[Kingsborough Community College]] is a junior college in the [[City University of New York]] system in [[Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn|Manhattan Beach]].