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In 1910 the Board of Education had secured sites to build two schools in
the crowded Centerville area of Bayonne. One was a piece of farmland
between 23rd and 24th Streets east of Avenue A. The other was a field
between 10th and 11th Streets east of the Boulevard. |
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No. 12 School was once a baseball field where many a well attended
game was played.
The land it stands on was once the property of the West Side Athletic Club,
and a famous baseball team know as the Olympians played there. |
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No. 12 School on West 10th Street won the race forconstruction and was
opened before No.11 School which was built between 23rd and 24th Streets.
That site is currently the home of Midtown Community School. The cornerstone
for No. 12 School was laid in 1910.
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