P.S. 135

P.S. 135 (Public School 135),^[2][3] also known as P.S. 35 (Public School 35),^[4] is a historic school building located at 931 First Avenue at East 51st Street in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1892^[2][5] on the site of "Mount Pleasant", the estate of James Beekman.^[6] The school was designed by George W. Debevoise in the Romanesque Revival style,^[2] and has been at various times a community center, a homeless shelter and a nursery school, as well as the United Nations International School.^[6][7] There was an addition made to the building in 1904.

P.S. 135
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York State Register of Historic Places
(2013)
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Location	931 1st Avenue Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°45′17″N 73°57′57″W
Built	1892
Architect	George W. Debevoise
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	80002710[1]
NYSRHP No.	06101.000637
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 27, 1980
Designated NYSRHP	September 4, 1980

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. A condominium tower, The Beekman Regent designed by architect Costas Kondylis, was built inside the facade of the building in 2000.^[8][9][10]

See also

• Facadism
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets