Welcome to the "Pacific Park Campus": School Construction Authority posts new video, plus photos of artwork at new building.

Looking south on Sixth Ave. toward entrance
Photos: Norman Oder

The Sept. 5 opening date for the new hybrid middle school/high school/special needs program approaches for the building with the address 491 Dean Street, now dubbed the Pacific Park Campus, approaches.

The New York City School Construction Authority has posted a new video, as well as images of a new mural visible from the building's entrance on Sixth Avenue between Dean and Pacific Streets

The campus is in the base of B15 (aka Plank Road), which has the residential address of 662 Pacific Street. That's just across Sixth Avenue from the arena block, between Pacific and Dean streets.

Future open space may be across Pacific Street, just east of Sixth Avenue, but the extant "Pacific Park" today is one long block away.

The video

The video takes viewers through the various spaces--classrooms, special purpose rooms, gym, outdoor play spaces--and is worth a view.

The text:

Real estate is at a premium here in New York City and we’re always thinking outside the box about how we can create more educational spaces. The new 5-floor Pacific Park Campus is part of a new mixed-used development in Prospect Heights, which delivers 812 seats for grades 6-8 in District 13.
The new Campus will have 28 classrooms and 2 special education classrooms along with reading and speech resource rooms and art and music classrooms. There will be a science lab, science prep room and project room, a library, a gymatorium, a gymnasium and 2 outdoor play spaces. There will also be medical, guidance and administrative suites, a conference/community room and a kitchen and cafeteria.

Looking at below-grade cafeteria through
a Dean Street window

I think the notion that the megaproject would include a school in a building was always "inside the box," actually.

The mural

Artist duo Ghost of a Dream (@ghostofadreamart) created “REMEMBER WHEN TOMORROW CAME” for the new Pacific Park Campus in Brooklyn opening in September! This thought-provoking artwork suggests the hopeful and transformative experience of middle school. #24in2024 pic.twitter.com/gktLiQkVbZ

— New York City School Construction Authority (@NYC_SCA) July 22, 2024

The credits:

Fabricator: Pulp Studio Glass NYC @pulpstudioglassnyc (Instagram)
Photo Credit: Samuel Morgan Photography @sammysachs (Instagram) 📷

— New York City School Construction Authority (@NYC_SCA) July 22, 2024

The big question

Students, parents, faculty, and administrators surely will embrace a new facility. For neighbors, the big question is how the school fits in the neighborhood, given busy traffic, police and fire vehicles, and, periodically, arena events and loading.

Looking northeast from Sixth Avenue near Dean Street