{"nrhp_refnum":"03000850","name":"Public School 66","other_names":["Brooklyn Hills School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"85-11 102nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond Hill","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.69782713600006,"lon":-73.84593223299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-08-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Public School 66 (also called the Brooklyn Hills School) is a two-and-one-half-story brick Romanesque Revival school at 85-11 102nd Street in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York, built in 1898 with an addition in 1905-06.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion A in education as a turn-of-the-century New York City school in a once rural area that became suburban, and one of few such schools that survives and is still used as a school. It is significant under Criterion C as an example of Romanesque Revival school architecture. The 1905-06 addition was built under C.B.J. Snyder, Superintendent of School Buildings.","narrative":"Public School 66 is a brick school building on 102nd Street in Richmond Hill, Queens, completed in 1898 by Union Free School District #7 of the Town of Jamaica. It rises two and one-half stories above a raised basement and shows Romanesque Revival detailing, including an off-center entrance tower with a round-arched doorway, sandstone trim and ornamental stucco. The architect of the original block is unknown, though a contractor named Clark is credited with its construction. The school opened in 1901, and an addition of 1905-06, built under C.B.J. Snyder, added classrooms, central heating and a third-floor auditorium. Its significance lies in education and architecture. It represents the city's response to growing outer-borough populations in what was then farmland, and it survives as one of few such schools still serving its original purpose. A 2001 restoration returned the slate roof and the bell tower, whose belfry was removed in 1967. Much of the original floor plan remains inside.","period_of_significance":"1898-1906","architect_builder":"Board of Education, Union Free School Dist. #7; Snyder, C.B.J. (addition)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a grammar school with about 400 students; the roof, stucco frieze and bell tower were restored in a 2001 project.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.658016-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000850.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000850/7eddaf3a92-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000850/7eddaf3a92-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Peter Greenberg","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PS_66_Queens,_Richmond_Hill,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Greenberg</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PS_66_Queens,_Richmond_Hill,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321133","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS_66","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7257554"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/public-school-66-03000850/"}