Thomas Shortman Training School

The narrow stretch of West 18th between Sixth and Seventh feels like a corridor of small-scale instruction: typesetting shops one block, yoga studios the next. Here, Thomas Shortman Training School turns the tradition of trades training into a modern curriculum.

As a dedicated training center, the school keeps schedules dynamic: locksmithing evenings, rigging weekends, scaffold safety intensives during the week, plus online courses for crane operators and CDL permit test prep. Each slot is sized for hands-on work rather than lecture.

You’ll find the building tucked between a printer’s and a frame shop at 25 W 18th St New York, NY 10011, a door without much signage—an unassuming entrance above the deli stoop.

Call ahead for class availability or swing by the site Monday through Saturday; the full roster is always at https://www.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x89c2594b2822f3c9:0x22b3ce694a13b8df for directions.