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What’s Special

Law & justice focus

The Downside

Poor graduation and attendance

Urban Action Academy has a focus on law and public service but since its opening in 2008 has struggled to find its footing, after the founding principal left the school. The graduation rate is low, as is attendance. 

Students participate in moot court and mock trial at Fordham University and may take courses at area colleges. However, only 68 percent of students responding to a 2017 school survey said that the school offered enough academics and outside activities to keep them interested.

Urban Action is one of three small high schools which opened in 2008 in the Canarsie Educational campus to replace the poorly performing old Canarsie High School which closed in 2011. The school share athletic teams. (Pamela Wheaton, web reports December 2017)

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Programs & Admissions

From the 2024 High School Directory

75K753 D75 Inclusion Program at Urban Action Academy (L50U)

Admissions Method: D75 Special Education Inclusive Services

Urban Action Academy (L50A)

Admissions Method: Ed. Opt.

Program Description:

Students have a unique opportunity to take part in a law program.

Offerings

From the 2024 High School Directory

Language Courses

Spanish

Advanced Courses

Other (College Course [Credited]), World Languages (Advanced World Languages)

Boys PSAL teams

Baseball, Basketball, Football, Handball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer

Girls PSAL teams

Basketball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball

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Contact & Location

Location

1600 Rockaway Parkway
Brooklyn NY 11236

Trains: L Line to Canarsie - Rockaway Parkway

Buses: B103, B17, B42, B6, B60, B82, B82-SBS, BM2


Contact

Principal: Fareeda Garcia

Phone: 718-290-8720

Website

Other Details

Shared campus? Yes

This school shares the Canarsie Educational Campus with two other schools

Uniforms required? No
Metal detectors? Yes

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