Homecomings: La Salle Academy prepares to return to original East Village campus

Renovations continue on Second Street near Second Avenue as La Salle Academy readies its longtime East Village building for the 2025–26 school year. 

The move marks a homecoming for one of New York City's oldest all-male Catholic high schools, which had operated out of nearby St. George Academy on Sixth Street since 2010. (The school opened on Second Street in 1856.)

The Nord Anglia International School New York, which leased the building, relocated to Gramercy Park for the fall.

The decision to return follows years of financial restructuring after the 2008 economic downturn, when La Salle began sharing facilities with St. George while maintaining its own identity. At the same time, leasing its East Village property helped the school stabilize and retire debt, school officials have said.

La Salle also sold its annex at Second Avenue and Second Street in 2020 for $14.5 million. The site, which included several other parcels, remains undeveloped.

The school announced its return to Second Street in March 2024.

Previously on EV Grieve: 

• School shuffle: La Salle Returning to 2nd Street as St. George seeks new tenants