{"id":205370,"date":"2026-04-21T22:58:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205370\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:58:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:58:42","slug":"nyc-will-open-7-new-early-education-centers-this-fall-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205370\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Will Open 7 New Early Education Centers This Fall: What To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BROOKLYN, NY \u2014 Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Department of Education on Tuesday announced that the city will open seven formerly vacant early childhood education centers \u2014 including a Downtown Brooklyn site this fall. <\/p>\n<p>The openings this fall will add about 240 new 3-K seats citywide. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"26844973-1776802141\" data-image=\"26844973-1776802141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/55222413384_1ce863698c_k.jpg\" data- \/><\/p>\n<p>At press conference at 274 Atlantic Ave., Mamdani said that no family should have to &#8220;cross borough lines for child care when the space exists right on their block.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For years, these classrooms sat empty while parents were told to wait. Today we&#8217;re opening doors \u2013 and we&#8217;re proving that this city can meet the urgency of working families with action, not excuses,&#8221; he added. <\/p>\n<p>The Atlantic Ave. education center will provide 63 3-K and pre-K seats, city officials said. <\/p>\n<p>Mamdani also announced that the city will add 450 3-K seats at community-based organizations this fall, the first phase of a broader expansion aimed at making 3-K universal. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am proud to expand access to these critically-needed programs for nearly 700 kids across the City, ensuring New York&#8217;s Cutest have the strong start they deserve,&#8221; Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BROOKLYN, NY \u2014 Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Department of Education on Tuesday announced that the city will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-205370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}