I arrived on time and was greeted by a young man that was the tutor for the center. He was…read moreextremely professional and nice. I met with the head of the center who started at this center recently. The center is very clean, up to date with technology and the staff are extremely friendly. I'm looking forward to my 6 year old starting his tutoring with them. There is a $99.00 evaluation fee to start and based on the evaluation it will determine your monthly fees.

This is where you can send people to get the guidance they need, depends on who you have to help…read moreguide you. I was thinking of working here, but the location is a bit far.

Game-changer for our two kids. Candace's approach builds real understanding, not just memorization…read more Grades improved but more importantly, anxiety disappeared. The tutors genuinely care and it shows. Highly recommend for any Brooklyn family dealing with math struggles.

I was so happy to discover this place in our neighborhood. Our son loves math and wanted to learn a…read morebit more than what is offered in his second grade class. Candace has helped him develop his skills and follow his curiosity in a fun, thoughtful way. Everyone is so friendly and the vibes are happy, energetic and positive. Highly recommend!

My children attend BlueSky Daycare and we are very happy with the care provided by Ms. B and the…read morerest of the staff. They are thoughtful, attentive, and provide meaningful feedback about my children's day. Their holiday and birthday celebrations seem genuinely joyful. Over the summer months, they also go on trips that are fun for the children. Ms. B and BlueSky daycare are a wonderful part of the community and provide quality childcare service.

The teachers are so enthusiastic and loving. They keep the kids engaged and build a cohesive little…read morecommunity amongst the children. I feel very confident leaving my son there daily. He loves it!

Small School with a great community. Kids are fluent in both languages, which is pretty impressive…read more Teaching philosophy makes kids question their surroundings and find their answers, rather than relying on rote memorization. Amazing modern facility - a true find in Prospect Heights, Crown Heights!

Great community of teachers and administrators that really care about the kids from the top down…read more Wonderfully designed school in a new building. Engaging and active parent community

We have been with NY Smart Start for over 3 years and it has been an absolutely phenomenal place…read morefor my children to learn everything from the basics in reading, math, science, geography to etiquette and everything in between. I saw them morph from toddlers who could barely trace to reading books before the age of 5 and embrace learning with profound curiosity and precocious inquisitiveness. This school is unique in many aspects which I think all stem from its principal, Nicky. She is extremely passionate about teaching, compassionate to all children, a fair disciplinarian with high professional integrity and overall a selfless person. My children feel like it is their second home and many times ask to be picked up later. We are truly a family here and feel very hurt by the malicious words about our school.

NY Smart Start was a tutoring center that turned into a "home school". This school was recommended…read moreby a friend whose daughter no longer attends it. I thought the idea of having only 3-4 kids in a classroom would be great for my son since he would get the attention and help needed to excel in school. I was worried that transitioning from a daycare setting to a school setting may be hard and wanted only the best for my son. The price was very expensive compared to other schools, $1,200 per month from 8:45 am - 3pm plus an additional $350 for the after school program. Although this school offered no breakfast, no lunch meals, no security at the premises, no cameras which were "promised" by Nicky Varisov AKA Nika the "principal" of the school. We decided to try it out solely on the fact of the amount of students in the classroom. It has become the most stressful and hardest transition for our family that we regret so much. In about less than 3 weeks, my son has been in three incidents with older students who are not in the same grade or classroom as him where he came home with bruises and scratches on his neck and face. The staff in the school along with the principal Nika belittled my son in numerous ways. After one of the incidents happened he ran to report it to one of the staff members and the principle Nika stated that if he continued to "tattle tale", he would not make any friends in this school and, apparently, be subjected to a more physical type of response without supervisors intervening. On that occasion, an older student grabbed my son and choked him, yet my son was criticized for "tattle taling". When my fiancee picked up my son that day, she gave him a brief explanation of how she was present during this incident but refused to get in between because "this is a school with different morals that are not in style with the American way of schooling". My fiancee and I were very upset and worried when we spoke about the situation later that evening and decided we both show up in the morning to speak on this situation when we dropped off our son. The following morning we tried to communicate with the principle Nika about how worried we were that this happened and the response from Nika was "I have no time to discuss this situation as I spoke with your fiancee yesterday and explained to him what happened". She refused to hear us out or assure that she would run a facility safe for our son and other students. Principal Nika neglected to provide my son a safe environment in this facility, which is located in a private house. She refused to address this situation and continued to state that she has no time for us. We were very frustrated with how she handled this matter but did not want to make a scene and decided to "let it go" on the outside chance that WE were taking it more seriously than we ought to. Following that incident, my son's entire regard for and attitude toward going to school has changed and he attempts to have us let him stay home. While we encouraged him to continue and anticipated that this event would be worked past in time, we were sorely disappointed. The second week, my son came home with a swollen eye and a bruise near it. The staff-member's explanation was that my son and another student were playing with a ball and ended up head-butting each other. My question is why only my son had a resulting injury from this incident. Another incident in another week's time, but very understandable based on the staff-member's explanation and my son did confirm he got hit while playing ball with another child so we both let this go as well. We can understand accidents happen, especially with young children. However, a third incident occurred on what became his last day attending their school. Another classmate hit my son on the face because my son was apparently playing with a toy that child wanted to play with as well. Principal Nika stated to my fiancee when he came to pick up my son that it would be better for my son to be taken out of the after school program. The result being that my 4 year old son needed to be taken out of after school program because another child hit him in the face. How exactly was it my son's fault? Principal Nika then said "We don't have enough teachers/staff to watch all the kids during after school and we would not be able to observe/prevent all incidents with students". My fiancee told Nika that we are pulling him out of that school and this isn't working out. Principal Nika is not properly running the facility, admittedly understaffing it and under-supervising young children. It seems that it is only a matter of time before serious harm is done to one or more children due to their facility's operation. We are very upset with our experience, but now feel it is our obligation to ensure that others are not subjected to the same and potentially much worse.

LLS was our choice after touring about 15 preschools, and we do not regret it for one second. The…read moreapproach at just about everything at this preschool is with great care and thought for the children and intentionality. You can see it in the beautiful design of the space, but also in how the teachers approach anything that comes up with the children, be it potty training or even lunch time -- all the kids in my child's petite classroom read a poem together (all in French) thanking the world for the food they are eating before lunch and learn to take lunches out and put them back on their own. LLS encourages sustainability and teaches children about the beauty of our planet by maintaining a hybrid outdoor program, and encouraging whole fruits vs snacks in plastics. The children work with non plastic toys, they draw abstract art do as to not limit their young imaginations and go to school in a rhythm of songs and structure. We love LLS and highly encourage it for any parent, whether you're looking for French immersion or not!

We absolutely LOVE LLS and are so glad we found it for our children. I toured every daycare and…read moreearly education center in the area, and the warmth and care at LLS just hit different. I am admittedly a very nervous still fairly new mom, and can say with confidence that I know my child is safe and being well taken care of there. Since starting in the fall, his vocabulary has sky rocketed (in both English and French), hes potty training, and is generally much more social and happy. We are fans!

Thank to Dennis and Kumon Bay Ridge, they are amazing and I highly recommended.read more

I rarely write a review but felt the need to share how grateful I am for discovering Kumon (86th…read morestreet Bay Ridge) especially now that my oldest has just finished 8th grade. I originally started my son there during kindergarten because he did not always pay attention in school. Thanks to Kumon Bay Ridge, by the end of kindergarten he was the second highest reader in his class. Throughout the years he continued at Kumon, later switched from reading to math and continued to excell, scoring high on school standardized tests and recently graduating middle school with honors. Seeing his early success at Kumon I started my daughter there as well in reading and math. She just finished elementary school several years above grade level in reading and with almost perfect scores in math. My kids work hard but they would not be where they are without Kumon, and more specifically without Mr. Cerutti and his team. He has always had a lot of patience and understanding, and has gone out of his way to go above and beyond to listen, answer questions and give advice. My kids love Kumon and feel at home there. I am sharing our story in case anyone has a child struggling in school and is considering Kumon Bay Ridge. There are many options in the area for academics but for if you want a teacher who cares and a program that will yield results, Kumon Bay Ridge is the way to go.

Northside's teachers are outstanding. Really amazing, warm, progressive school. Northside taught my…read morechildren how to become thoughtful, curious, articulate, empathetic and engaged humans with a thirst for knowledge, who know how to problem solve and collaborate. My son is thriving in every way possible at Northside. Graduating kids get excellent placements typically at their top choice of schools. My daughter went to the High School of her dreams.

As another parent has noted below, this school is run like a business, not an institution of…read morelearning. While the administration pays a lot of lip service to the Reggio Emilia philosophy, that's all marketing and zero substance at this school. Reggio Emilia at its core is adaptive and flexible; the goal is tailor the educational approach to the learning style of each individual child. Contrary to that approach, the teaching staff (who, it must be said, are mostly very kind and caring) are trained to follow a single approach that is applied to all the children. My child attended the 2's and 3's program. When I observed that some of the classroom approaches were too rigid for her in some ways, and not challenging enough in others, and that the environment was in some ways not conducive to her learning style, I made suggestions to the administration about ways to adapt the setting to better suit her needs. My requests, which were trivial in scope and would not have posed much of a challenge from a budget or logistics perspective, were largely ignored. Instead, I was advised to hire an additional teacher, at my own expense, to work one-on-one with my child because her existing teachers were "too busy" with the other kids to handle my requests. Imagine that: after paying a tuition of over $15,000 per year for pre-school (which was more than I paid for my excellent private college!), I was told that in order to meet my child's educational requirements, I would need to pay for another teacher, an additional $120 per hour! Like the other parent below, we moved our daughter to another Williamsburg school, which has smaller class sizes, and an administration that cares about cultivating a healthy environment of learning. The people who run Williamsburg Northside care more about cultivating a healthy bottom line.