Dominican Commercial High School


Dominican Commercial High School is a former Catholic High School located in Jamaica, Queens, New York. An all-girls school, it was located at 161-06 89th Avenue. The school first opened in 1936, and moved to its new building on 161st and 89th Avenue in 1938. The school closed in 1998. The building later became Wellington Hall, an education facility for Association for the Advancement of the Blind and Retarded.
As of 1941, Dominican Commercial was one of the two largest parochial schools in Jamaica, along with the Mary Louis Academy. Dominican Commercial focused on preparing students for careers directly out of high school. The school was initially not focused on college preparation.

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