New Utrecht High School

New Utrecht High School is a public high school located in Bensonhurst, a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The school is operated by the New York City Department of Education under District 20 and serves students of grades 9 to 12.

New Utrecht High School

40°36′48″N 74°00′11″W / 40.6132°N 74.003°W / 40.6132; -74.003

Public

September 13, 1915

New York City Geographic District #20

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Svetlana Litvin

224.54 (on an FTE basis)^[1]

9-12

3,106 (2023–24)^[2]

15^[2]

Urban

Green and White

Utes

www.newutrechthighschoolnyc.com

A total of 39.6% of students are Asian-American, constituting a plurality of the student population. Despite a steady decline in enrollment the past few years, it remains one of the largest high schools in New York City, ranking 12th out of 542 high schools in the city for number of students in the 2022–23 academic year.

Extracurricular activities[edit]

Clubs[edit]

Several clubs are available for the students of New Utrecht High School, such as the Green Team, Newspaper, the Photography Club, and the Science Olympiad Team.^[41] Many after-school activities are coordinated by the Chinese-American Planning Council, which offers programs to students with the goal of advancing the Asian-American community of New Utrecht.

Events[edit]

A few special events and productions are held at New Utrecht High School:

(1922–1998): economist, university president

Walter Adams

(born 1982): professional basketball general manager

Koby Altman

(born 1946): musician, drummer

Carmine Appice

(born 1959): singer

Steve Augeri

(born 1985): rapper^[42]

Troy Ave

(born 1973): rapper

Lord Have Mercy

(born Eugene Klass; 1919–2009): actor

Gene Barry

(1921–2007): biologist

Seymour Benzer

(born 1933): academic dean

Barbara Aronstein Black

(1910–1985): playwright

Abe Burrows

(1918–1989): professional baseball player^[43]

Pat Capri

: comedian

Jack Carter

: politician

Ronald Castorina

: feminist author, psychologist

Phyllis Chesler

(1923–1978): criminal

Joseph Colombo

(born 1946): criminal

Louis "Louie Bagels" Daidone

(1925–2020): professional baseball player, coach

Billy DeMars

(1913–2018): photographer

Max Desfor

(1915–1995): packaging process inventor

Victor Dorman

(1927–2003): writer

Amram Ducovny

: author

Stanley Ellin

: actor

Jerry Ferrara

: playwright, stage director, producer

Cy Feuer

(1936–1997): politician

Stanley Fink

(born 1933): nephrologist

Eli Friedman

: Broadway photographer

Leo Friedman

(1914–1999): TV personality

Allen Funt

(born 1989): rapper

GASHI

(born 1943): media mogul

David Geffen

(1929–2006): author, editor, publisher, photojournalist

Ralph Ginzburg

(née Bernice Friedman; born 1931): pioneer in the transracial adoption movement, real estate executive

Bernice Gottlieb

(1920–1992): diplomat

Philip Habib

(born Leonard Hacker; 1924–2003): comedian

Buddy Hackett

: writer

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

: television comedian

Sal Iacono

: poet, author

David Ignatow

(born 1945): comic, actor, poker player

Gabe Kaplan

(1915–2007): choreographer

Michael Kidd

(1923–1982): actor

Harvey Lembeck

: dermatologist, Vietnam War resister

Howard Levy

: professional wrestler

Steve Lombardi

: professional boxer

Paulie Malignaggi

(1918–2010): politician^[44]

Harold Martin

: actress

Patty McCormack

(1917–2004): opera singer

Robert Merrill

(1930–2018): psychologist famous for the Marshmallow Test and contributions to personality and social psychology^[45]

Walter Mischel

(1925–2012): businessman, entrepreneur, professional sports team owner

Art Modell

: actress

Doretta Morrow

(1915–2004): professional baseball player

Sam Nahem

: TV personality

Angela "Big Ang" Raiola

: actor, singer

Anthony Ramos

(1918–1984): jazz record producer, promoter, artist manager

Teddy Reig

: singer

Daniel Rodriguez

(1906–1984): professional football player

Stan Rosen

: sportscaster

Spencer Ross

: pornographic actor

Herschel Savage

(1935–2020): actor

John Saxon

(born 1940): physician, scientist, administrator

Ralph Snyderman

: comedian, actor

Arnold Stang

(1922–2021): film and TV actress, singer

Martha Stewart

(born 1944): music producer

Tony Visconti

In popular culture[edit]

New Utrecht High School is the venue for key scenes in the 1947 movie It Happened in Brooklyn, starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Jimmy Durante, and Peter Lawford.

The front and rear views of the school building were used in the opening and closing scenes of the TV sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, which starred alumnus Gabe Kaplan.

Main entrance, 2023

View from 81st St. and 16th Ave., 2023

79th St. student entrance, 2023

View of the field from 80th St., 2023

Rear of the building, 2021

Mural on the field, 2021

View of the train from the field, 2021

The entranceway of the school, 2021

79th St. student entrance, 2021

The side of the school, 2013

The entranceway of the
school, 2013

The rear of the school, 2013

The school in 2003

New Utrecht High School