Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the school districts that will receive the next 10,000 2-K seats in the fall of 2027.
The seats expand the program across all five boroughs, including six school districts in Brooklyn, every Bronx school district and all of Staten Island.
“For far too many New York City families, the joy of welcoming a child comes with a terrifying set of questions,” said Mayor Mamdani. “How will I afford child care? Will I need to give up my job? Will I be forced to leave the city I love? Today, for more than 10,000 families, we have an answer.”
In Brooklyn, the following districts will receive new 2-K seats:
- School District 16: Bedford-Stuyvesant, including Stuyvesant Heights; as well as parts of northern Crown Heights and Ocean Hill
- School District 17: Crown Heights; Prospect Lefferts Gardens; Wingate; Prospect Heights; Flatbush; East Flatbush; as well as parts of Erasmus, Farragut, Rugby, Remsen Village, Ocean Hill and Brownsville
- School District 19: East New York; New Lots; Cypress Hills; City Line; Spring Creek; Starrett City; as well as parts of Ocean Hill, Brownsville and Canarsie
- School District 20: Bay Ridge; Fort Hamilton; Dyker Heights; Bath Beach; as well as parts of Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Sunset Park, Kensington, Gravesend, Mapleton / western Midwood and western Flatbush
- School District 21: Coney Island; Sea Gate; Brighton Beach; Gravesend; Homecrest; Mapleton / Ocean Parkway; Midwood; as well as parts of Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Madison and western Flatbush
- School District 32: Bushwick; as well as parts of East Williamsburg and northern Bedford-Stuyvesant
The expansion comes after the previous launch of 2,000 2-K seats in five school districts around New York City earlier this year, including districts 18 and 23 in Brooklyn, beginning in the fall of 2026. Families submitted more than 5,700 applications for seats across those five districts.
The next 10,000 seats will be backed by a $1.2 billion State investment, advancing a vision for universal child care for children from six weeks to five years old.
“Generations of parents have had to contend with the stress of child care costs in this state and state,” Hochul said. “But thanks to our partnership with Mayor Mamdani, that’s changing.”
In preparation for the fall of 2027, the city will release a survey for providers that currently contract with NYC Public Schools and a Request for Information for new providers interested in offering 2-K services.
2-K education will be offered through center-based child care programs and licensed family child care programs through full-day, full-year operating models.
More information about the fall 2027 application timeline for families will be announced in the coming weeks.
For more information about child care options for children under give in New York City, parents can visit nyc.gov/childcare.
