Brooklyn College

2007 Gradulation on Brooklyn Campus New York
2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210 718.951.5000

Brooklyn College was founded on May 15, 1930, by the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York as the first public coeducational
Once known as the Wood-Harmon property, this 40- acre field in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn eventually became the site of the new campus for the growing Brooklyn College.liberal arts college in the city.
The goal was to provide a high-quality education to the sons and daughters of immigrants, working people, and others who could not afford private higher education. More than seventy years later, that remains the College's goal.