New & New-ish Nursery & Private Schools In NYC

The Goddard School
(search Manhattan, Upper West Side)

The International Preschools
(opening new division on the Upper East Side)

The Learning Experience
(search Manhattan)

Léman Manhattan Preparatory School

The Mandell School
(opened new nursery school divisions near Lincoln Center and in Tribeca)

The Montessori at Flatiron

Upper West Side Playgroup

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Beansprouts Nursery School

Founded in 1980, Beansprouts offers a warm, supportive community in which our classrooms belong to the children. Our teachers serve as guides and mentors, while the children spend their days playing and sharing in a structured environment designed to stimulate their curiosity and build on successful experiences.

Lycee Francais de New York

One of the most renowned bilingual French schools in North America. We welcome students from more than 50 nationalities each year and prepare them to be thinkers, leaders and innovators at home in the world.

Brooklyn Friends School

Since 1867, Brooklyn Friends School has provided a college preparatory program serving students from preschool to grade 12. Committed to educating each student intellectually, aesthetically, physically, and spiritually in a culturally diverse community, Brooklyn Friends is a vibrant, thriving community of educators and learners actively engaged in intellectual growth and participation in the arts and athletics, guided by the Quaker principles of truth, simplicity and peaceful resolution of conflict. Each student is offered a challenging education that develops intellectual abilities and ethical and social values to support a productive life of leadership and service. Brooklyn Friends offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program for high school juniors and seniors.