New York City Selective Public Schools (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Riverdale)

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Abacus Guide to Stuyvesant

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Abacus Guide's New York Selective Public Schools Directory

New York City is fortunate to have some world-renowned selective public schools.  Here's your direct connection: 

Bronx Science  www.bxscience.edu

Brooklyn Tech  www.bths.edu

LaGuardia  www.laguardiahs.com

Hunter College Elementary http://hces.hunter.cuny.edu/

Hunter College High  http://heimdall.hchs.hunter.cuny.edu/

Stuyvesant   www.stuy.edu

Townsend Harris  www.thhs.qc.edu

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