Fort Hamilton High School
Fort Hamilton High School is a public high school in Brooklyn, New York, United States, under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Education. Students in Bay Ridge, Sunset Park and Dyker Heights are zoned to Fort Hamilton HS. It is named for the Army garrison at Fort Hamilton.
Ground was broken by then mayor Fiorello LaGuardia on September 23, 1940 and the school opened at 8301 Shore Road on September 8, 1941 at the location of the former Crescent Athletic Club.
Notable alumni
- Stephen Chan,, New York State Senator
- Stephen Antonakos, sculptor known for his abstract sculptures and for being a pioneer in the use of neon in art
- Bill Antonello, Major League Baseball player
- Jean Balukas Women's World Pocket Billiard Champion
- James Fyfe, criminologist and professor of criminal justice at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Temple University and American University
- Vincent J. Gentile, New York City Councilman and State Senator
- Jephté Guillaume, multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer
- Paul Jabara, actor and Academy Award-winning songwriter
- Letitia James, lawyer, politician, Attorney General of New York and City Public Advocate; the first African-American and first woman to hold each of those posts
- Jaiquawn Jarrett, NFL safety for the New York Jets
- Bruce Johannesson, lead guitarist for the rock band Poison under the stage name 'C.C. DeVille'
- Albert King, National Basketball Association player
- Bernard King, NBA All-Star
- Frank Layden, coach and executive of the NBA's Utah Jazz
- Julio Lugo, MLB player
- Christopher J. Mega, lawyer, politician, New York Supreme Court Justice, State Senator and State Assemblyman
- Danny Nee, longtime basketball head coach at USMMA, Duquesne University, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and Ohio University
- Lana Parrilla, actress best known for Once Upon a Time
- George Preti, analytical organic chemist whose research focused on the nature, origin, and functional significance of human odors
- Fred Samara, competitor in the men's decathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Neil M. Stevenson, rear admiral, Chief of U.S. Navy Chaplains
- Janet Yellen, economist, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and Chair of the Federal Reserve ; the first woman to hold either post