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Central Harlem

May 07, 2013

Columbia Business School Grad Uses Business Smarts to Open Harlem Preschool

Denise Adusei wants Peartree Preschool to be a neighborhood school.

Cobble Hill

April 30, 2013

Parents at Cobble Hill Pre-K Demand Answers and Tuition from School's Owner

Linden Tree Preschool was closed earlier this year by Christ Church Schools.

Gramercy

March 13, 2013

4,000-Square-Foot 'Sensory' Gym Offers Summer Camp For Preschoolers

Watch Me Grow's "sensory" gym near Stuyvesant Town includes an indoor swing, rock wall and trapeze.

Williamsburg

March 04, 2013

Williamsburg and Greenpoint's Free Pre-K Options in High Demand

From half-day to extra-rigorous, Williamsburg and Greenpoint offer an array of pre-K programs.

Bushwick

March 04, 2013

Bushwick's Free Pre-K Programs Struggle to Meet Neighborhood's Needs

Bushwick and East Williamsburg pre-K programs receive far more applications than seats.

Park Slope

February 25, 2013

New School, New Zones, But Still Few Seats for Park Slope Pre-K

Some Park Slope schools receive several hundred applications for a few dozen pre-K seats.

West Village

January 07, 2013

Downtown Preschool Relocating to the Village to Avoid Future Flooding

Hurricane Sandy caused the Mandell School to scrap plans to open a location in the Financial District.

Williamsburg

November 06, 2012

Reopened Brooklyn Schools Help Those Destroyed After Hurricane Sandy

Schools received an outpouring of support from parents, principals said.

Williamsburg

October 12, 2012

City to Shutter Seniors' Bingo, Dance and Hot Meal Haven After 40 Years

The Swinging Sixties Senior Center is being closed by the city, community members said.

Financial District

August 16, 2012

Upper West Side's Mandell School Expands to the Financial District

The Mandell School will open a program for young children at 30 Broad St. in 2013.

Lower East Side & East Village

February 16, 2012

Eldridge Street Fire Closes Preschool of America, Leaves Parents Scrambling

The Preschool of America at 39 Eldridge St. on the Lower East Side was shut down after a pre-dawn fire.

Upper East Side

February 08, 2012

French Preschools are En Vogue as Parisian Parenting Takes Spotlight

French preschools on UES are en vogue as "Bringing Up Bebe" parenting book hits the spotlight.

Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen

October 04, 2011

Penn South Parents Don't Want School Change

Parents who waited months to be in P.S. 11's school zone are furious they may soon have to send their children to P.S. 33 instead.