High School of Graphic Communication Arts

New York, NY 10019
212 245 5925
The Midtown West School (PS 212) and the Professional Performing Arts High School cohabitate in the same grand Beaux-Arts building, which housed PS 17 until 1989.
Opened in 1990, the Professional Performing Arts High School has been a magnet for performing artists from grades six through twelve. It counts Britney Spears, Alicia Keys, Claire Danes and Jesse Eisenberg among its alumni.
Once the home to the High School for the Performing Arts, this impressive landmark building was completed in 1895.
Two years prior to the signing of the Constitution, in 1785, the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen was founded, and has been a central hub of skilled tradesmen activity for well over two centuries. Its Mechanics Institute offers tuition-free, technical courses to help people acquire skills … read more