Franklin K. Lane High School (FKLHS) is a public high school in New York City

New York City

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, United States

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. The school is administered by the New York City Department of Education

New York City Department of Education

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 as H.S. 420.
The campus is located in Brooklyn

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 at the bottom of a steep hill at the corner of Dexter Court and Jamaica Avenue. The school is named for Franklin Knight Lane

Franklin Knight Lane

Franklin Knight Lane was an American Democratic politician from California who served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 to 1920...

, United States Secretary of the Interior

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 during the administration of President Woodrow Wilson.
The county line separating Kings (Brooklyn) and Queens counties divides the school in half, running along Eldert Lane from Atlantic Avenue

Atlantic Avenue (New York City)

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, through the school and the cemetery behind it.

The high school is named for the American Democratic politician Franklin K.