Kingsborough Community College

Kingsborough Community College

Type	Public
Established	1963
President	Farley Herzek
Students	19,261
Location	Brooklyn, New York, United States
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. Located in Manhattan Beach, the 71-acre (283,000 m²) campus overlooks Sheepshead Bay, Jamaica Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean. It is also located on the site of the old Manhattan Beach Air Force Station.

In its early years, it also had an annex, known as the "Mid-Brooklyn campus".

Kingsborough is the only college in New York City with its own private beach, which is open for swimming during the summer.^[1]

Athletics

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.

Kingsborough was named one of the top four community colleges in nation by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program in 2013^[2]^[3]
In 2011, the college was identified as one of the top 120 community colleges in the nation by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program.
In 2009, Kingsborough received the Diana Hacker TYCA Outstanding Program in English Award from the National Two-Year College English Association (TYCA)^[4]
Kingsborough's "Eco-Festival" won the 2008 CUNY Sustainability Award for environmental education and advocacy^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
Kingsborough received an award from the Center for Digital Education for "exceptional technology support to students and educators" in 2009^[9]
In 2007, the college was one of several to receive a Brooklyn Buildings Award from the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes "newly completed construction projects that have a positive impact on [Brooklyn's] economy and quality of life.^[10]

From the sea

KBCC has programs in marine biology and maritime technology

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Units of the City University of New York

Two-year (Community Colleges)	Borough of Manhattan Bronx Guttman Hostos Kingsborough LaGuardia Queensborough

Four-year	Baruch Brooklyn City City Tech Hunter John Jay Lehman Macaulay Medgar Evers Queens Staten Island York

Graduate	Graduate Center Journalism Law Professional Studies School of Public Health Biomedical Education Medicine

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