the first in the Spring Creek area. One of the neighborhood's local public high schools, Thomas Jefferson High School, shut down in June 2007 due to extremely low academic performance: a graduation rate of 29%, with only 2% entering the school at grade level in math and 10% entering at grade level in reading. The school was known for its ROTC program. Four new high schools were organized in the old building. Libraries The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) has four branches in East New York: The Arlington branch at 203 Arlington Avenue near Warwick Street, a Carnegie library. The Cypress Hills branch at 1197 Sutter Avenue near Crystal Street. It was founded in 1955 and the current building opened in 1995. The New Lots branch and New Lots Learning Center at 665 New Lots Avenue near Barbey Street. It was founded in 1942 and became a BPL branch in 1949. The Spring Creek branch at 12143 Flatlands Avenue near New Jersey Avenue, which opened in 1977. Transportation East New York is well-served by public transportation, including these New York City Subway services: The at Pennsylvania Avenue, Van Siclen Avenue and New Lots Avenue on the IRT New Lots Line. The at Broadway Junction, Atlantic Avenue, Sutter Avenue, Livonia Avenue, and New Lots Avenue. The at Broadway Junction, Liberty Avenue, Van Siclen Avenue, Shepherd Avenue, Euclid Avenue, and Grant Avenue on the IND Fulton Street Line. The at Broadway Junction, Alabama Avenue, Van Siclen Avenue, Cleveland Street, Norwood Avenue, Crescent Street, and Cypress Hills on the BMT Jamaica Line. The following MTA Regional Bus Operations routes serve the neighborhood: The express routes The local routes In addition, the neighborhood contains the East New York station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch. The New York City Subway's East New York Yard, Livonia Yard, and Pitkin Yard, as well as New York City Bus's East New York Bus Depot and Spring Creek Bus Depot, are all in the neighborhood, but none of these are open to the public. The freight-only Bay Ridge Branch demarcates the western border of East New York. Avenues and other major highways and roadways designed for automobiles include: Atlantic Avenue Pennsylvania Avenue Fulton Street Linden Blvd (NY-27) Fountain Avenue Sutter Avenue Conduit Avenue Flatlands Avenue Belt Parkway Jackie Robinson Parkway Related TV Show In October 2022, CBS series debuted a TV drama serial show simply called East