tract between 168th Street to the east and Chapin Partway to the west in the Jamaica Hills section of Jamaica, across from Captain Tilly Park. The school faces towards Gothic Drive at the south end of the campus. 84th Avenue marks the north end of the site, one block south of the Grand Central Parkway. The property is in size. This large expansive campus is unconventional for a New York City school. Across 84th Avenue is Thomas A. Edison High School, a vocational school. Across to the south and west is Captain Tilly Park. The campus occupies a hilltop location with commanding views on Gothic Drive. When the building first opened, views were available across to the bodies of water surrounding Long Island: the Long Island Sound, East River, and Atlantic Ocean. A large lawn separates the school building from Gothic Drive, with a stone stairway and pathway leading up from the street to the school. An iron fence encircles the entire property. The building stands three stories high with a basement, extending horizontally east-to-west over the large property. It occupies 625,000 square feet of space. The school features an auditorium, swimming pool, and two gymnasiums. It also contains numerous science labs and demonstration rooms, computer labs, a library, and a cafeteria. The auditorium was designed to seat 1,500 with a balcony for 200. An organ was installed in the auditorium in 1931 by Estey Organ, identical to six others installed in other New York City high schools. The organ is no longer operational. The gyms are located on the second and third floors, intended for boys and girls respectively. The swimming pool, located in the basement below the gyms meets short course competition regulations, measuring 28 feet by 75 feet. The cafeteria is also at basement level. Today certain spaces such as the gyms and auditorium are shared between the current small schools. The building was designed with a 3,388 student capacity, although the school's enrollment has been higher than that number in the past. The building currently has a "target capacity" of 2,116 students set by the Department of Education. The building was designed by William H. Gompert in the Georgian Revival style, occasionally referred to as "colonial" style during its construction. It forms a symmetrical "E" or "W" shape. This layout features two outer wings holding 83 classrooms, and a central wing which houses the building's auditorium,