PS 116 (Manhattan)

An elementary school, it serves pupils in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.

The school building is located on East 33rd Street between Second and Third Avenues, although the school yard extends through the block to East 32nd Street.

[1] The 1857–62 Perris, W., Maps of the city of New York show the approximate location of the present school yard as a cleared site while the rest of the block is filled with typical townhouses.

The New York Times reported in 1964 that of the school's 635 students, "Half are Spanish‐speaking, 5 per cent are Negro, 5 per cent are Chinese," and that the school community hoped to maintain its diversity among urban renewal.

[5] In 1992 it was reported that students hailed "from 50 countries" and that "30 arrived from Romania" in the last year.