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( Brooklyn Technical High School)
4,219[1] Together with Stuyvesant High School and Bronx High School of Science, it is one of three original specialized science high schools, operated by the New York City Department of Education, all three of which were cited by The Washington Post in 2006 as among the best magnet schools in the United States.[4] Admission is by competitive examination though, as a public school, there is no tuition fee and only residents of the City of New York are eligible to attend.[5] Brooklyn Tech is a founding member of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology. Brooklyn Tech is noted for its famous alumni[6] (including two Nobel Laureates), its academics, and the large number of graduates attending prestigious universities. Routinely, more than 98% of its graduates are accepted to four-year colleges[7] with the 2007 graduating class being offered more than $1,250,000 in scholarships and grants[8]. The school, built on its present site from 1930-33 at a cost of $6 million, is 12 stories high, and covers over half a city block. Brooklyn Technical High School is directly across the street from Fort Greene Park, site of the "Martyrs Monument" containing the remains of 9,000 (exact number unknown) prisoners who died in the prison hulks (such as the HMS Jersey) moored nearby at Walabout Bay (later to become the Brooklyn Navy Yard). Facilities at BTHS include
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