Douglas Brooks, Director
BCS Family and Children's Services
Duffield Children's Center
BCS Duffield Children's Center has been a reliable resource for parents and children in Brooklyn for more than 20 years. Today we offer free and sliding-scale child care to low-income parents, and provide educationally rich day care and after-school programs to more than 200 children, ages 2 to 12. Duffield Children's Center is:
- Accessible Open 7:30am - 7:00pm year round, including most holidays
- Affordable ACS, HRA, UPK, Head Start and Private Pay available
- Convenient Metrotech/Fort Greene Location, 101 Fleet Place (near LIU - Brooklyn campus)
- Inclusive Classrooms support Special Needs children and families. We help with referrals and accessing services
- Attractive, Safe and Fun We offer a welcoming environment with an enclosed outdoor play space that is fully equipped
- Parent-minded We have an active and involved parent association
- Educational We utilize the nationally recognized Creative Curriculum and offer local cultural resources which include libraries, theaters, parks, colleges and universities
Our teachers and volunteers foster environments where children gain reading and math skills. Our caring and nurturing staff includes:
- Highly qualified and experienced teachers
- Full time social worker
- On-site registered nurse
- Full time literacy consultant
- A licensed nutritionist who plans all meals and snacks
- Volunteers who provide one-on-one interaction with children and share their special skills
Our staff receive monthly training in current approaches to early childhood education and are trained in CPR, first aide, and child abuse and maltreatment reporting. Our staff is also screened by DOH, DOI, and SCR.
Exceptional Curriculum
Through our privately-funded after-school literacy and arts initiatives, children have the opportunity to make their own art and use stories, music, dance and drama to explore history, science, society and culture.
The after-school program focuses on exciting and informative themes that are designed to capture students interest, imagination as well as enhance and extend student's learning.
We utilize the creative curriculum, a comprehensive, research-based early child development curriculum. It guides early childhood educators in encouraging growth in areas of social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development.
For more information or to have a tour of the school, please contact Betty Stromberg, Education Director, at 718.522.5296 or email her at bstromberg@WeAreBCS.org
Duffield Children's Center
101 Fleet Pl.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718.522.5296 tel
718.522.5338 fax
