Deadline For Pre-K Applications Is March 30

Families with children born in 2014 have until March 30 to apply for free, full-day Pre-K. All NYC kids who apply by the deadline will be guaranteed an offer in mid-May, according to NYC Department of Education (DOE).

Who can apply to Pre-K?

• New York City residents
• Families with children born in 2014
• Students who move to NYC during the admissions process—more information
• Students with disabilities—more information
• Students whose home language is a language other than English. No program may deny admission/registration/enrollment to a student based on the student’s fluency/perceived fluency in English
• Students living in temporary housing, even if their housing situation is uncertain

Click on Pre-K Finder or the Pre-K Directory to find programs near you. Select up to twelve programs for your application.

Apply online, by phone 718-935-2009, or in-person at a Family Welcome Center by the March 30 deadline.

Brooklyn Family Welcome Centers
Bay Ridge: 415 89th Street, 5th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11209
Districts Served: 20 (Borough Park, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, the southern section of Sunset Park, as well as the Fort Hamilton army base), 21 (Coney Island and Brighton Beach)

Bed-Stuy: 1665 St. Marks Avenue, Room 116, Brooklyn, NY 11233
Districts Served: 19 (East New York), 23 (Ocean Hill, Brownsville, and parts of East New York), 32 (Bushwick and the northern tip of Bedford-Stuyvesant)

Fort Greene: 29 Fort Greene Place (BS12), Brooklyn, NY 11217
Districts Served: 13 (Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Bedford-Stuyvesant), 14 (Williamsburg and Greenpoint), 15 (from Carroll Gardens to Sunset Park, including Park Slope, Red Hook, Windsor Terrace, and parts of Boerum Hill and Fort Greene), 16 (Bedford-Stuyvesant)

Midwood: 1780 Ocean Avenue, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11230
Districts Served: 17 (Prospect Heights, East Flatbush, and Crown Heights), 18 (Flatbush and Canarsie), 22 (from Ditmas Park to Mill Basin)

Pre-K admissions is not first come, first served. All applications received by the deadline will be treated the same.

Learn more at the NYC DOE Pre-K website.