Welcome to the Brooklyn STEAM Center
A school that believes in building with our community, not for.
OVERVIEW
The Brooklyn STEAM Center is an innovative career and technical training hub for 11th and 12th grade students, immersed within a robust industry environment, which prepares a pipeline of talented young adults who will thrive in the rapidly evolving manufacturing, technology, and creative fields. At STEAM, students engage in high quality professional work, develop robust and real industry networks, and explore tangible pathways to economic opportunity, all within the industry ecosystem at the Brooklyn Navy Yard - a 300 acre industrial park that houses over 400 businesses in cutting-edge industries.
SHARED TRAINING HUB
Eight partner high school send students to the Brooklyn STEAM Center. Partner high schools focus on core academics while STEAM prepares students in career and technical education. Our partner schools are:
- George Westinghouse High School
- Benjamin Banneker Academy
- Bedford Academy High School
- High School for Global Citizenship
- Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology & the Creative Arts
- Science Technology and Research (STAR) Early College High School at Erasmus
- Boys and Girls High School
- Medgar Evers College Preparatory High School
5 INDUSTRY PATHWAYS
STEAM Center students train for two years in one of five high demand fields:
INDUSTRY ECOSYSTEM
The Brooklyn STEAM Center is located within the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a robust industry ecosystem of over 400 businesses that span manufacturing, technology, food, fashion and media. The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation leads industry advising and engagement, including:
- Convening an Advisory Council of 30+ businesses and higher education partners
- Coordinating Industry feedback loops to inform the curriculum
- Creating opportunities for work based learning
THE STEAM EXPERIENCE
Students graduate from the STEAM Center with:
