Public School 158, 1920.

This large school which fronts York Avenue from 77th to 78th Streets opened on Jan. 9, 1899. For more than four years, a school trustee, W. Horithal, had been advocating for a school building to education the rapidly growing population of immigrant children in the neighborhood.

Today the school is named for Bayard Taylor, an American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat.