High School of Graphic Communication Arts

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The school is on West 49th Street in Manhattan.

High School of Graphic Communication Arts (also referred to as H.S.G.C.A.) is a vocational high school located in the Hells Kitchen (also known as Clinton) district of Manhattan. Founded in 1925 as the New York School of Printing, the school serves to educate students interesting in careers in printing, photography, journalism, the visual arts, and law enforcement (mainly forensics drawing). The school also has allocated some of its space to the Manhattan Playhouse to serve as as a community theater, which showcases many local, off-Broadway productions.

The school is located at 439 West 49th Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues). The school's main telehone number is (212) 245-5925. It is located right across the street from Park West High School. The current principal of the school is Jerod Resnick.