German School Brooklyn (GSB, German: Deutsche Schule Brooklyn) is a German international school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in New York City.

It is categorized as a German school abroad by the Central Agency for German Schools Abroad (Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen).[1]

History

Christine Krabs co-founded the school.[2] with Katrin Nagle and Muriel Plag. It opened with grades Kindergarten through 2 in 2014 and has plans to expand to grade 12.[3] As of June 2023 the school has successfully graduated 3, 8th grade classes. The school has plans for a 9-12 grade system but has not yet received enough enrollment to start it up.

The school was previously on the fifth floor of the Union Temple of Brooklyn in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The school was not a part of the temple's congregation even though it shared a building.[4] By 2021 its interim location was the former Coop School in the Bedford Stuyvesant and Clinton Hill area. In 2021 the school moved all levels to its new site at 9 Hanover Place in Downtown Brooklyn.[5] In January 2023 the then once more moved all grade levels to their new location in Crown Heights.

References

  1. ^ "Weltkarte der Auslandsschulen". Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen, Government of Germany. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  2. ^ Santore, John V. (2016-06-02). "Montessori Preschool Moving to New Crown Heights Location". Prospect Heights Patch. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  3. ^ "About GSB". German School Brooklyn. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  4. ^ "Contact and Location". German School Brooklyn. Retrieved 2020-05-15. The German School Brooklyn is located [...] on the 5th Floor of the Union Temple building on Eastern Parkway.
  5. ^ "Home". German School Brooklyn. Retrieved 2021-07-30.

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Education in Brooklyn
International schools in the New York City metropolitan area
German international schools in North America
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