Bronx Community College

Bronx Community College

Type	Publiccommunity college
Established	1957
Parent institution	CUNY
President	Thomas A. Isekenegbe
Students	10,919 (2016)[1]
Other students	Community College
Location	University Heights, Bronx, New York City , New York , United States
Campus	45 acres (18 ha)[2]
Colors	Black, green, and gold[3]
Nickname	Broncos[4]
Sporting affiliations	NJCAA–CUNYAC
Website	www.bcc.cuny.edu
University Heights Campus (formerly New York University)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
New York City Landmark
Location in New York City Show map of New York City Bronx Community College (New York) Show map of New York Bronx Community College (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates	40°51′29″N73°54′45″W / 40.85806°N 73.91250°W /40.85806; -73.91250
Architect	Stanford White Marcel Breuer
Architectural style	Classical Revival(White) Brutalist(Breuer)
NRHP referenceNo.	12001013
Significant dates
Designated NHL	October 16, 2012
Designated NYCL	Gould Memorial Library Hall of Fame for Great Americans Hall of Languages& Cornelius Baker Hall of Philosophy: February 15, 1966 Begrisch Hall: January 8, 2002

TheBronx Community College of the City University of New York(BCC) is apubliccommunity collegeinthe Bronx, New York City. It is part of theCity University of New Yorksystem.

The college was established in 1957 through the efforts of civic-minded groups who felt that there was a growing need for more higher education facilities in the Bronx. Classes began atHunter College, and later at the former site of theBronx High School of Science.

In 1973, theDormitory Authority of the State of New Yorkacquired theUniversity Heights campusfromNew York University(NYU), which had sold the campus under threat of imminent bankruptcy. Beginning that fall, the BCC moved its operations to the 55 acres (22 ha) site overlooking theHarlem River.^[5]

In 2012, theNorth Hall and Libraryopened. The building is designed to resemble many of the historic buildings on campus, and on one end is located next to an entrance of theHall of Fame for Great Americans.^[6]

The college is home to the Center for Sustainable Energy, which was founded in 2003 as an educational resource for students pursuing careers inalternative energy.^[7]

Bronx Community College offers a wide array of workforce community development and personal enrichment courses and programs through Continuing & Professional Studies.^[8]CPS also delivers customized training for local employers. CPS works closely with unions, city, state and federal agencies and accepts vouchers and other forms of financial aid for individual students.

Since 1987, the college is also the local administrator of the SUNY Bronx Educational Opportunity Center.^[9]The SUNY Bronx EOC provides tuition free academic and vocational programs to New Yorkers who qualify^[10]and it is funded by the University Center for Academic and Workforce Development (UCAWD) part of theState University of New York.^[11]

The BCC campus originally housed New York University's undergraduate college and engineering school – which was absorbed byPolytechnic Institute of Brooklynin 1973 but is once again part of NYU – and was created at a time when a number of prominent local universities had made the move to upper Manhattan and the Bronx in order to build bigger campuses, includingColumbia University, and theCity College of New York.^[12]

The campus consists of a mix ofClassical revivalbuildings designed by architectStanford Whitein 1892–1901 – including the Hall of Languages, the Cornelius Baker Hall of Philosophy and theGould Memorial Library^[13]– andBrutalistconcrete buildings byMarcel Breuer, includingBegrisch Hall(1956–61)^[13]and the Colston Residence Hall and Cafeteria (1964).^[14]Other buildings – such as South Hall, formerly the Gustav H. Schwab House (1857); Butler Hall, formerly William Henry W. T. Mall House (c. 1859); and MacCracken Hall, originally the Loring Andrews House (c. 1880) – are repurposed mansions which predate the campus.^[14]The original landscaping for the campus was byVaux & Co.^[14]The complex of Stanford White buildings, judged one of the finest concentrations of Beaux Arts architecture in the US, was designated aNational Historic Landmarkin 2012.^[15]

On the BCC campus is theHall of Fame for Great Americans, founded in 1900 byHenry Mitchell MacCracken, Chancellor of NYU from 1891 to 1910. It was the first suchhall of famein the United States.^[16]The Hall, which is listed on theNational Register of Historic Places, was also designed by Stanford White, and was established to honor prominent Americans who have had a significant impact on the country's history. It includes bronze busts ofAlexander Graham Bell,Eli Whitney, andGeorge Westinghouse^[12]along with many others. The Hall has not had any new inductees since 1976.^[17]

Bronx Community College teams participate as a member of theNational Junior College Athletic Association(NJCAA). The Broncos are a member of thecommunity collegesection of theCity University of New York Athletic Conference(CUNYAC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, track & field and volleyball.

The college has been used as the set for scenes in many movies:

• In 2001, parts of the filmA Beautiful Mindthat depictedMITwere instead filmed in the BCC, due to the film's low budget.^[18]The dome at BCC was also used in the filming ofThe Good Shepherd.^{[citation needed]}
• The interior of the Gould Memorial Library was featured as a public library in the 1969 filmGoodbye, Columbus.
• The Meister Hall building at BCC by architectMarcel Breuerwas featured as a Russian Embassy in the 2008 filmBurn After Readingby theCoen brothers.
• Other films that used the campus for filming have includedThe Thomas Crown Affair,The Siege,Mona Lisa Smile,Kinsey, andRiding in Cars With Boys.^[19]

• David Berkowitz(b 1953), also known as the Son of Sam and .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer
• Richard Carmona(b 1949), is an American physician, nurse, police officer, public health administrator, and politician. He was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the seventeenth Surgeon General of the United States.
• Joel Martinez (b 1983), professionally known asThe Kid Mero, is a Dominican-American writer, comedian, TV personality, voice actor, YouTube personality, music blogger and Twitter personality.
• Annabel Palma, is an American politician who served in the New York City Council from the 18th district from 2004 to 2017.

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  The Stanford White-designed Hall of Languages
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  The Hall of Philosophy, also designed by Stanford White
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  The Hall of Fame for Great Americansis located on the BCC campus
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  The dome of the Gould Memorial Librarycan be seen above the trees from many locations in Upper Manhattan
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  The western elevation of Marcel Breuer's Begrisch Hall
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  Inside the Gould Memorial Library

• List of New York City Designated Landmarks in the Bronx
• National Register of Historic Places listings in the Bronx
• Bronx Community College Library

• Official website