Brooklyn Navy Yard STEAM Center

No ELA, math, or science proficiency results were provided for this school, so academic performance can't be benchmarked against the district averages of 53% ELA and 46% math. The school's identity as a STEAM center suggests a project- and applied-learning orientation, but without proficiency data there's no way to confirm how students are performing on state assessments. Trajectory can't be assessed either, since there's no multi-year data to compare.

The single climate data point available is a clean one: zero suspensions, against a district average suspension rate of roughly 1.4%. That doesn't necessarily mean the school is calmer — it can also reflect different disciplinary approaches or reporting — but it's a notable signal. Attendance, parent satisfaction, teacher instruction quality, and teacher-reported safety data were not provided, so the day-to-day feel of the school can't be fully characterized from this profile.

Student-level demographic data (race/ethnicity, ELL, IEP, economic need) was not provided for this school, so it's hard to say exactly who attends. The neighborhood census figures around the Navy Yard itself read as all zeros across income, homeownership, education, and family households — a reflection that the surrounding tract is industrial and commercial rather than residential, not that the area is uniformly disadvantaged. In practice, this means most students likely commute in from elsewhere in District 13 rather than walking over from a local block.

The Brooklyn Navy Yard is one of the more unusual settings for a school in the city: an active industrial and maritime campus with manufacturers, fabrication shops, and commercial tenants rather than the typical residential streetscape. The census tract reflects this — the figures provided show no measured residential population, no family households, and no median income, consistent with a working waterfront rather than a residential community. Families who choose this school are generally not picking it for the immediate surroundings but for the program and the unique setting.

The school isn't an easy subway commute — the nearest station is the F at York Street, about a 15-minute walk, with the B/Q/R at DeKalb Avenue about 19 minutes away, so most families will likely rely on school transportation, a bus connection, or a car.