Bronx School of Hip Hop
A Bronx School of Hip Hop will open this September at 1600 Webster Avenue and applications are open now — the program is explicitly designed to train the next generation of hip‑hop talent where the culture began (bronxmama.com). Expect curriculum and community programming aimed at preserving roots while building careers in performance, production and entrepreneurship (bronxmama.com).
The New York City DOE lists the Bronx School of Hip Hop as proposal 09X657 and approved its co‑location with I.S. 339 and P.S. X469 in Building X147 as part of the 2026–27 school‑utilization plan. (schools.nyc.gov)) City documents and reporting show the new high school is planned to enroll roughly 115–125 ninth‑grade students in its opening year and to add grades each subsequent year, pairing hip‑hop foundations with entrepreneurship and civic‑engagement coursework. (allhiphop.com)) A DOE merger report cited in local coverage projects that, even after merging I.S. 313 and I.S. 339 and adding the Bronx School of Hip Hop, the building’s overall occupancy would be only about 34–40 percent. (newsbreak.com)) Local enrollment guidance published by BronxMama says the program appears in MySchools under “High School New Schools,” lists an application window through April 17, and states offers would be released in May. (bronxmama.com)) That local timeline sits alongside the DOE’s citywide high‑school calendar, which shows high‑school applications closed Dec. 3, 2025 and that citywide high‑school offers were released on March 5, 2026 — a scheduling discrepancy noted across reporting. (schools.nyc.gov)) Property records describe Building X147 (the site tied to the proposals) as a 132,000‑square‑foot structure built in 1974, and district leaders say program development has included a Grammy‑nominated producer and local business partners. (propertyshark.com))
