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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Kingsborough Community College teams participate as a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The Wave are a member of the community college section of the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, tennis and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, tennis, track & field and volleyball.
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KBCC has programs in marine biology and maritime technology
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- 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
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Coordinates: 40°34′41″N 73°55′59″W / 40.57806°N 73.93306°W / 40.57806; -73.93306
