Kingsborough Community College
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| Established | 1963 |
| Type | Public |
| Students | 38,000 |
| Location | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.kingsborough.edu |
Kingsborough Community College (KBCC), part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, is the only community college in Brooklyn, New York. The campus is located at Manhattan Beach, which is at the eastern end of Coney Island. The 71-acre (283,000 m²) campus overlooks Sheepshead Bay, Jamaica Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean. In its early years, it also had an annex, known as the "Mid-Brooklyn campus".
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[edit] Notable alumni
- Jeff Aronson, CEO/Owner, Cash4Gold.com
- Andrew Dice Clay, standup comedian & actor
- Pete Falcone, New York Mets pitcher[1]
- Jeff Koinange, CNN Africa correspondent[2]
- Phillipe Nover, TUF 8 finalist and UFC fighter
- Sid Rosenberg, radio personality
- Larry Seabrook, New York City Councilman[2]
- Liliana Marin,(Broadcasting) News anchor Univision and Telemundo.
[edit] Notable faculty
- Edward H. Bersoff, President, CEO & founder of BTG, Inc.
- Stanley G. Cohen, President of Five Towns College
- Eleanor Cory, composer
- Paul Goldberg, geologist
- Victor Gorelick, comic book editor & executive
- Dan Grimaldi, actor on the HBO TV series The Sopranos
- Fred Mitchell, artist
- Ursula Mamlok, composer
- Basil Tarasko, baseball coach
[edit] External links
- Kingsborough Community College Web site
- BBT/School of Russian American Ballet at Kingsborough. Web Site
[edit] References
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- ^ "Pete Falcone Pitching Statistics". The Baseball Cube. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/F/Pete-Falcone.shtml. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
- ^ a b "Kingsborough Community College". Kbcc.cuny.edu. May 16, 2003. http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/sub-support_kcc/alumni_success.html. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
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Coordinates: 40°34′41″N 73°55′59″W / 40.57806°N 73.93306°W
