P.S. 135 (Public School 135),"The 1893 Public School 135 – No. 193 1st Avenue " on the Daytonian in Manhattan website also known as P.S. 35 (Public School 35),Morgansen, Thomas G. "P.S. 135, Nee 35" (letter to the editor) The New York Times (September 6, 1987) 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"School Vacation Over" The New York Times (September 10, 1892) on the site of "Mount Pleasant", the estate of James Beekman."Exploring Turtle Bay" on the Turtle Bay Association website The school was designed by George W. Debevoise in the Romanesque Revival style, and has been at various times a community center, a homeless shelter and a nursery school, as well as the United Nations International School."Mayor Offers U.N. East Side Building For Use as School" The New York Times (December 15, 1967) There was an addition made to the building in 1904.
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.New York City Geographic Information System map"Building facades saved from the wrecking ball" Ephemeral New York (November 25, 2009)"They're Part of a New 19-Story Condo at 351 East 51st Street; Saving 1893 School's Facades" The New York Times (October 1, 2000)
See also Facadism National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets
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