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George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School

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George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School is a vocational high school in Downtown Brooklyn, New York, United States. It is located at 105 Tech Place, south of Tillary Street and east of Jay Street.

It is named after the electrical pioneer George Westinghouse Jr.

The school was one of a number of New York City public schools that dropped Native American-themed sports team names.{{When|date=December 2012}}

Notable alumni

  • Joe Pignatano, MLB catcher{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/hs/hs_alumni.asp?H=12251 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914133707/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/hs/hs_alumni.asp?H=12251 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-14 |title=Westinghouse (Brooklyn,NY) Baseball |publisher=The Baseball Cube |access-date=2011-02-13 }}
  • Larry McNeill, NBA player
  • Roosevelt Chapman, basketball player and University of Dayton standout
  • Michael K. Williams, actor{{cite magazine |last=Barshad |first=Amos |date=November 29, 2009 |url=http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/62355/ |title=Michael Kenneth Williams's High-Wire Act |magazine=New York}}
  • Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, rapper
  • Busta Rhymes, real name Trevor Smith, Jr., rapper
  • The Notorious B.I.G., real name Christopher Wallace, rapper
  • Oliver "Power" Grant, entrepreneur, producer, actor and close Wu-Tang Clan associate
  • Ed Smith, APF Black Video Game and Personal Computer designer during the 1970s{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3063298/ed-smith-and-the-imagination-machine-the-untold-story-of-a-black-vid|title =Ed Smith And The Imagination Machine: The Untold Story Of A Black Video Game Pioneer|date=September 2, 2016|last=Edwards|first=Ben J.}}
  • Theophilus London, rapper and singer

References

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100823042415/http://www.education.com/schoolfinder/us/new-york/brooklyn/george-westinghouse-career-and-technical-education-high-school/ Site on school at Education.com]
  • [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/13/K605/default.htm Official NYC Department of Education site]

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Category:Public high schools in Brooklyn

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