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    Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York, has had several names. It was originally called "Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute". What name did it have immediately prior to Polytechnic University?

    Question #81272. Asked by mike32768. (May 31 07 11:39 AM)


    Rizeeve

    		It was called Polytechnic Institute of New York in 1973, and changed to Polytechnic University in 1985.
    http://www.poly.edu/glance/timeline/index.php

    May 31 07, 11:51 AM
    Lympathy

    		It was named "Polytechnic Institute of New York" in 1973 until 1985.

    http://www.poly.edu/glance/timeline/index.php

    May 31 07, 11:51 AM
    majorturner

    		Prior to Polytechnic University the name was Polytechnic Institute of New York (changed 1986). That name was changed from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1973 after the merger of NYU's school of engineering from the Bronx.

    Aug 19 07, 11:38 AM

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