[New York City Community of Applied Arts and Sciences]
New York City Community of Applied Arts and Sciences - Student Government Association, east side of Pearl Street, between Johnson Street and Tillary Street.
Center for Brooklyn HistoryNo. 303 Pearl Street, on the east side of Pearl St. between Johnson and Tillary Streets, July 19, 1959.
The sign above the doorway reads: "New York City College of Applied Arts and Sciences; Student Government Association." The school was founded in 1946, to address postwar demand for technically skilled workers. In 1953, it became the city's first community college, and was absorbed into the CUNY system in 1964.
Today, Pearl Street no longer exists in much of Downtown Brooklyn, due to the development of MetroTech Center; the site of the former Student Government building is now part of the square-block including the New York City College of Technology's Namm Building.
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