{"id":44530,"date":"2025-11-19T06:34:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T06:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/44530\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T06:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T06:34:06","slug":"10000-after-school-seats-are-added-across-nyc-boroughs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/44530\/","title":{"rendered":"10,000 after-school seats are added across NYC boroughs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just 43 days before he leaves office, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Tuesday that he will be adding 10,000 after-school seats at 75 schools and 11 community centers for fall 2026.<\/p>\n

The $331 million investment is part of Adams\u2019 pledge from April to add new 20,000 seats by 2028 in an effort to make after-school programs universal for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. <\/p>\n

To achieve that goal, Adams asked after-school providers, business leaders, and advocacy groups to design a sustainable and universal after-school system that ensures nonprofits organizations can run efficiently, and he tasked them to determine which areas need seats based on economics and service gaps, said Amaris Cockfield, a spokesperson for the Adams administration. <\/p>\n

Among the commission\u2019s experts: former New York City schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter, who is a finalist to lead Chicago public schools<\/a> and has been floated as a possible chancellor candidate for Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. (He has also said he\u2019s considering the current chancellor, Melissa Aviles-Ramos.)<\/p>\n

After-school programs allow more parents to work, and research<\/a> shows such programs support children\u2019s emotional, social, and physical development. But families are burdened with surging child care costs or lack of accessible after-school programs. A 2023 report<\/a> from the nonprofit Citizens\u2019 Committee for Children of New York shows that 80% of NYC families can\u2019t afford after-school services. <\/p>\n

Before Adams\u2019 push for universal after-school, he had made cuts to the sector<\/a> too. That, along with a state funding overhaul<\/a>, hurt several New York City organizations providing free after-school programs.<\/p>\n

Queens schools are expected to receive two dozen new after-school programs, while Brooklyn and the Bronx will have 17 each, Manhattan will get 10, and Staten Island will have seven, Cockfield said.<\/p>\n

The city introduced roughly 5,000 seats in 40 after-school sites <\/a>in September, which was the largest expansion of city-funded after-school sites in over a decade, according to officials. <\/p>\n

Another 5,000 seats will be added in the 2027-28 academic year, bringing the total to 184,000. By 2027, total investment for after-school programming will be $775 million annually, officials said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first big step toward our vision of \u2018After-School for All\u2019 that will help us create a city where every child has a safe, enriching place to grow beyond the classroom,\u201d Adams said in a statement about Tuesday\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n

Here are the list of schools scheduled to have new after-school seats:<\/p>\n

Bronx<\/p>\n

KIPP Freedom Charter School <\/p>\n

1825 Prospect Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Tremont<\/p>\n

Leaders of Excellence, Advocacy and Discovery <\/p>\n

639 St Anns Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Melrose<\/p>\n

P.S. 032 Belmont <\/p>\n

690 E. 183rd St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Belmont<\/p>\n

P.S. 046 Edgar Allan Poe <\/p>\n

2760 Briggs Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Bedford Park<\/p>\n

P.S. 056 Norwood Heights <\/p>\n

341 E. 207 St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Norwood<\/p>\n

P.S. 057 Crescent <\/p>\n

2111 Crotona Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Tremont<\/p>\n

P.S. 065 Mother Hale Academy <\/p>\n

677 E. 141st St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Mott Haven-Port Morris<\/p>\n

P.S. 069 Journey Prep School <\/p>\n

560 Thieriot Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Soundview-Clason Point<\/p>\n

P.S. 078 Anne Hutchinson <\/p>\n

1400 Needham Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester<\/p>\n

P.S. 091 Bronx <\/p>\n

2200 Aqueduct Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: University Heights (South)-Morris Heights<\/p>\n

P.S. 161 Juan Ponce De Leon School<\/p>\n

628 Tinton Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Melrose<\/p>\n

P.S. 170 <\/p>\n

1598 Townsend Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Mount Eden-Claremont (West)<\/p>\n

P.S. 182 <\/p>\n

601 Stickball Blvd.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Soundview-Clason Point<\/p>\n

P.S. 583 <\/p>\n

1028 White Plains Road<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Castle Hill-Unionport<\/p>\n

P.S. 9 Ryer Avenue Elementary School <\/p>\n

230 E. 183rd St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Fordham Heights<\/p>\n

P.S. X088 S. Silverstein Little Sparrow School <\/p>\n

1340 Sheridan Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Mount Eden-Claremont (West)<\/p>\n

Rosalyn Yalow Charter School<\/p>\n

650 Grand Concourse<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Concourse-Concourse Village<\/p>\n

Brooklyn <\/p>\n

Achievement First Apollo Charter School <\/p>\n

350 Linwood St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Cypress Hills<\/p>\n

Achievement First Bushwick Charter School<\/p>\n

1300 Greene Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Bushwick (West)<\/p>\n

Brownsville Ascend Charter School <\/p>\n

1501 Pitkin Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Brownsville<\/p>\n

Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter School <\/p>\n

465 E. 29th St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: East Flatbush-Erasmus<\/p>\n

P.S. \/I.S. 384 Frances E. Carter <\/p>\n

242 Cooper St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Bushwick (East)<\/p>\n

P.S. 052 Sheepshead Bay<\/p>\n

2675 E. 29th St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach<\/p>\n

P.S. 095 The Gravesend<\/p>\n

345 Van Sicklen St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Gravesend (East)-Homecrest<\/p>\n

P.S. 099 Isaac Asimov <\/p>\n

1120 E. 10th St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Mapleton-Midwood (West)<\/p>\n

P.S. 112 Lefferts Park<\/p>\n

7115 15th Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Bensonhurst<\/p>\n

P.S. 151 Lyndon B. Johnson <\/p>\n

763 Knickerbocker Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Bushwick (East)<\/p>\n

P.S. 172 Beacon School of Excellence <\/p>\n

825 4th Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Sunset Park (West)<\/p>\n

P.S. 212 Lady Deborah Moody <\/p>\n

87 Bay 49th St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Gravesend (South)<\/p>\n

P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini <\/p>\n

350 Ave. X<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Gravesend (South)<\/p>\n

P.S. 226 Alfred De B. Mason <\/p>\n

6006 23rd Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Mapleton-Midwood (West)<\/p>\n

P.S. 889 <\/p>\n

21 Hinckley Place<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Kensington<\/p>\n

Riverdale Avenue Community School <\/p>\n

76 Riverdale Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Brownsville<\/p>\n

The School For Future Leaders <\/p>\n

942 62nd St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Dyker Heights<\/p>\n

Manhattan<\/p>\n

James Weldon Johnson<\/p>\n

176 E. 115th St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: East Harlem (North)<\/p>\n

KIPP Infinity Charter School<\/p>\n

625 W. 133rd St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Manhattanville-West Harlem<\/p>\n

P.S. 004 Duke Ellington <\/p>\n

500 W. 160 St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Washington Heights (South)<\/p>\n

P.S. 092 Mary McLeod Bethune <\/p>\n

222 W. 134th St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Harlem (North)<\/p>\n

P.S. 146 Ann M. Short <\/p>\n

421 E. 106th St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: East Harlem (South)<\/p>\n

P.S. 180 Hugo Newman <\/p>\n

370 W. 120th St. <\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Harlem (South)<\/p>\n

P.S. 197 John B. Russwurm <\/p>\n

2230 5th Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Harlem (North)<\/p>\n

P.S.\/I.S. 173 Fort Washington School in the Heights <\/p>\n

306 Fort Washington Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Washington Heights (South)<\/p>\n

Professor Juan Bosch Public School<\/p>\n

12-18 Ellwood St.Manhattan,Neighborhood: Washington Heights (North)<\/p>\n

The Bilingual Bicultural School<\/p>\n

219 East 109th St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: East Harlem (North)<\/p>\n

Queens<\/p>\n

Learners and Leaders <\/p>\n

378 Seneca Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Ridgewood<\/p>\n

Lighthouse Elementary School <\/p>\n

180 Beach 35th St. <\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Far Rockaway-Bayswater<\/p>\n

P.S. 029 Queens <\/p>\n

125-10 23rd Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: College Point<\/p>\n

P.S. 064 Joseph P. Addabbo <\/p>\n

82-01 101th Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Ozone Park (North)<\/p>\n

P.S. 069 Jackson Heights<\/p>\n

77-02 37th Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Jackson Heights<\/p>\n

P.S. 079 Francis Lewis <\/p>\n

147-27 15th Drive<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Whitestone-Beechhurst<\/p>\n

P.S. 100 Glen Morris <\/p>\n

111-11 118th St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: South Ozone Park<\/p>\n

P.S. 107 Thomas A Dooley <\/p>\n

167-02 45th Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: East Flushing<\/p>\n

P.S. 120 Queens <\/p>\n

58-01 136th St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Queensboro Hill<\/p>\n

P.S. 122 Mamie Fay <\/p>\n

21-21 Ditmars Blvd. <\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway<\/p>\n

P.S. 136 Roy Wilkins <\/p>\n

201-15 115th Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: St. Albans<\/p>\n

P.S. 154 Queens <\/p>\n

75-02 162nd St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest<\/p>\n

P.S. 156 Laurelton <\/p>\n

229-02 137th Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Laurelton<\/p>\n

P.S. 160 Walter Francis Bishop <\/p>\n

109-59 Inwood St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: South Jamaica<\/p>\n

P.S. 171 Peter G. Van Alst <\/p>\n

14-14 29th Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Old Astoria-Hallets Point<\/p>\n

P.S. 173 Fresh Meadows<\/p>\n

174-10 67th Ave., Queens<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Fresh Meadows-Utopia<\/p>\n

P.S. 182 Samantha Smith <\/p>\n

153-27 88th Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Jamaica<\/p>\n

P.S. 214 Cadwallader Colden <\/p>\n

31-15 140th St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Flushing-Willets Point<\/p>\n

P.S. 239<\/p>\n

17-15 Weirfield St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Ridgewood<\/p>\n

P.S.\/I.S. 208 <\/p>\n

74-30 Commonwealth Blvd.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Bellerose<\/p>\n

The Gordon Parks School <\/p>\n

233-15 Merrick Blvd.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Laurelton<\/p>\n

The Queens School for Leadership and Excellence <\/p>\n

88-08 164th St.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Jamaica<\/p>\n

The Randolph Holder School for Social Justice <\/p>\n

1307 Central Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Far Rockaway-Bayswater<\/p>\n

Wave Preparatory Elementary School <\/p>\n

535 Briar Place<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Far Rockaway-Bayswater<\/p>\n

Staten Island <\/p>\n

John W. Lavelle Preparatory Charter School <\/p>\n

1441 South Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis<\/p>\n

P.S. 038 George Cromwell <\/p>\n

421 Lincoln Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: New Dorp-Midland Beach<\/p>\n

P.S. 11 Thomas Dongan School <\/p>\n

85 Garretson Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills<\/p>\n

Port Richmond School for Visionary Learning <\/p>\n

1625 Forest Ave.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Port Richmond<\/p>\n

Staten Island School of Civic Leadership<\/p>\n

280 Regis Drive<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Mariner\u2019s Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville<\/p>\n

The Harbor View School <\/p>\n

300 Richmond Terrace<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: St. George-New Brighton<\/p>\n

The Waverly Academy of Empowered Learners <\/p>\n

45 Waverly Place<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills<\/p>\n

Ananya Chetia is an intern at Chalkbeat NY. Contact Ananya at achetia@chalkbeat.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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