Pre-K Enrollment For The 2016-2017 School Year Has Begun; Here Is What You Need To Know

It’s that time of year again: pre-kindergarten enrollment season.

The pre-K enrollment process for the 2016-2017 school year runs from January 25 through March 4 and is open to all New York City families with children born in 2012. This includes children with disabilities and who speak a language other than English at home.

• If you are a parent of a child with special needs and/or an IEP, contact the Committee on Special Education; for District 13, 14, 15, and 16 families, either visit their office at 131 Livingston Street, 4th Floor in Downtown Brooklyn or call them at 718-935-4900.
  For District 21 and 21 families, visit the CSE office at 415 89 Street in Bay Ridge or call 718-759-4900.
• 27 pre-K programs have been designated as Dual Language (DL) and nearly 200 pre-K programs are designated as Enhanced Language Support (ELS).

This year, there is a single application to be filled out and submitted — whether online, over the phone (call 718-935-2067), or in-person at a Family Welcome Center. Each application has room for your choice of up to 12 full-day pre-K programs — make sure to rank them in order of preference, with your favorite program as #1, and so forth.

There are hundreds of pre-K options, though, with all Department of Education (DOE) district schools, DOE-run Pre-K Centers, and NYC Early Education Centers qualifying. Families interested in half-day, 5-hour NYCEEC pre-K programs or charter school pre-K programs should contact those programs directly to apply.

To make sense of them and see which ones are closest to you, browse the Pre-K Finder Map or Brooklyn Pre-K Directory. To find out what your school district and school zone is, browse the School Search tool.

You can also attend an information session. Brooklyn’s session is next Wednesday, February 3 at 6pm at Clara Barton High School (901 Classon Avenue).

Here in District 13, programs include new sites and returning ones. All of them can be found in the Pre-K Finder and Brooklyn Pre-K Directory (begin on page ), but here are a few of them:

• P.S. 11 Purvis J Behan (419 Waverly Avenue) — 718-638-2661, ahope@schools.nyc.gov

  72 Full Day seats this year
  Program Features:

  • Breakfast/Lunch
  • Indoor/Outdoor (onsite) playspace
  • Extended day not offered
• P.S. 20 Clinton Hill (225 Adelphi Street) — 718-834-6744
  54 Full Day seats this year
  Program Features:
  • Breakfast/Lunch
  • Indoor/Outdoor (onsite) playspace
  • Extended day not offered
• BCS Duffield Children’s Center (101 Fleet Place) — 718-522-5296, ilopez@wearebcs.org
  101 Full Day seats

  Program Features:

  • Breakfast/Lunch/Snack(s)
  • Indoor/Outdoor (onsite) playspace
  • Extended day offered
    Alert: Program may have income or other eligibility requirements. Contact for more information.
• P.S. 46 Edward C Blum (100 Clermont Avenue) — 718-834-7694, knicholson@schools.nyc.gov
  54 Full Day seats

  Program Features:

  • Breakfast/Lunch
  • Indoor/Outdoor (onsite) playspace
  • Please contact site directly for information about extended day
• P.S. 67 Charles A Dorsey (51 Saint Edwards Street) — 718-834-6756, kjackso5@schools.nyc.gov
  18 Full Day seats
  Program Features:

  • Breakfast/Lunch/Snack(s)
  • Indoor/Outdoor (onsite) playspace
  • Please contact site directly for information about extended day
• Hanson Place CDC (55 Hanson Place) — 718-237-4303, brathwaite4hansonplaceinc@gmail.com
  20 Full Day seats
  Program Features:
  • Breakfast/Snack(s)
  • Outdoor (offsite) playspace
  • Extended day offered
• P.S. 56 Lewis H Latimer (170 Gates Avenue) — 718-857-3149, dclarkj@schools.nyc.gov
  18 Full Day seats

  Program Features:

  • Breakfast/Lunch/Snack(s)
  • Indoor/Outdoor (onsite) playspace
  • Please contact site directly for information about extended day
• Young Minds Day Care (872 Fulton Street) — 718-622-8622
  20 Full Day seats this year
  Program Features: breakfast/lunch/snacks, indoor/outdoor playspace, no extended day
• Community Partnership Charter School Pre – Kindergarten (241 Emerson Place) — 718-399-3824
  18 Full Day seats this year
  Contact the site for info on the program.