
Queens Childcare
NYC offers free, full-day early childhood education for all 3 and 4 year olds. No income requirements. Browse 656+ Free 3-K and Pre-K programs across 69 Queens neighborhoods.
No tuition, no fees, no income requirements. All NYC families qualify for these city-funded programs.
6 hours 20 minutes of instruction daily, following the DOE school calendar from September to June.
For children turning 3 by December 31. Applications for the 2026-2027 school year closed on February 27, 2026.
Guaranteed seat for every child turning 4 by December 31. Pre-K offers for 2026 are scheduled for May 12, 2026.
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Woodside

Ozone Park

South Ozone Park

South Ozone Park

South Ozone Park
Fresh Meadows
Fresh Meadows
Bayside

South Richmond Hill

Jamaica

Jackson Heights
Jackson Heights

Ozone Park

Jamaica

Ozone Park

Woodhaven

Queens Village

Jamaica

Jamaica

Queens

Flushing

Flushing

Jamaica

Middle Village
Bayside

Bayside

Woodside

Flushing

Fresh Meadows

Flushing

Bayside

South Richmond Hill

Jamaica

Springfield Gardens

Far Rockaway

Corona

Corona

Corona
Jamaica

Laurelton
Long Island City

Bayside

Jamaica

Possibly Flushing or a nearby area, given the street number and borough.

Flushing
Bayside

Astoria

Long Island City

St. Albans

Jamaica

Arverne

Briarwood

Flushing

Forest Hills

Flushing
College Point

Jamaica

Astoria

Astoria

Astoria

Far Rockaway
Flushing

Far Rockaway

Douglaston

Whitestone

Whitestone

Long Island City

Kew Gardens

Kew Gardens Hills
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica

Flushing

Forest Hills

Corona

Fresh Meadows

Richmond Hill

Kew Gardens Hills

Kew Gardens Hills

Jamaica

Astoria

Astoria

Jamaica

Elmhurst

Jamaica

Rego Park
Elmhurst

Little Neck

South Richmond Hill

Flushing

Whitestone

Woodside

Richmond Hill

Forest Hills

Queens

Little Neck

St. Albans
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica

Long Island City

Jamaica

Little Neck

Jamaica

Fresh Meadows

East Elmhurst

Far Rockaway

Bayside Hills

Ozone Park

Elmhurst

Long Island City

Forest Hills

Rego Park

Jamaica

Flushing

Elmhurst

Rockaway Beach

Far Rockaway

Jamaica

Elmhurst

Flushing

Rego Park

Astoria

Springfield Gardens

Woodside

Woodside

Woodside

Kew Gardens

Astoria

Jamaica
Briarwood

Forest Hills

Flushing

Queens Village

Forest Hills

Jamaica

Astoria

Sunnyside

Astoria

Bayside

Long Island City

Queens

Flushing

Maspeth

Queens

Elmhurst
Woodside

Kew Gardens

Kew Gardens

South Jamaica
South Jamaica

Corona

Forest Hills Gardens

Flushing

Woodside

Jackson Heights

Jackson Heights

Queens Village

Astoria
Corona

Ridgewood
Rego Park
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica

Long Island City
Jamaica

Springfield Gardens
Woodside

Astoria

Long Island City

Jackson Heights

Jackson Heights

Flushing

Jackson Heights

Jamaica

Queens Village

Elmhurst

Long Island City

Rego Park

Corona

Astoria

Bayside

Astoria
Cambria Heights
Cambria Heights
Cambria Heights
Cambria Heights

Forest Hills

Flushing

Corona

Corona

Fresh Meadows
Flushing
Bellerose
Briarwood

Rosedale

Rego Park

Rego Park

Astoria

Flushing

Long Island City

Jackson Heights

Jackson Heights

Jackson Heights

Rego Park

Forest Hills

Astoria

Jamaica

Woodside

Kew Gardens

East Elmhurst

Bayside

Long Island City

Elmhurst

Fresh Meadows

Ozone Park

Howard Beach

Sunnyside

Elmhurst

Elmhurst

Astoria

Elmhurst

Jamaica

Bayside

Long Island City
Long Island City

St. Albans

Flushing

Jamaica

Bellerose

Jamaica Estates

Jamaica Estates

Whitestone

Jamaica

Whitestone
South Richmond Hill

Jamaica

Jamaica
Jamaica

Corona

Flushing

Flushing

Rego Park

Flushing

Corona

Bellerose

Forest Hills
Jamaica

Flushing

Rockaway Park

Little Neck

Middle Village
Middle Village

Jamaica

Rosedale

Glendale

Long Island City

Long Island City

Astoria

Flushing

Jackson Heights

Astoria

Middle Village

Springfield Gardens

Fresh Meadows

Laurelton

Jamaica

Corona

Flushing

Laurelton

Bayside

Sunnyside

Oakland Gardens

Long Island City

Jamaica

Queens Village

Flushing

Astoria

Astoria

Astoria

Arverne

Jackson Heights

Flushing

Forest Hills

Ridgewood

Jamaica

Flushing

Elmhurst

East Elmhurst

St. Albans

Ridgewood

Queens Village

Far Rockaway

Far Rockaway

Flushing

Hollis

Oakland Gardens

Long Island City

Fresh Meadows

Far Rockaway

Forest Hills
Little Neck

Jamaica

Jamaica

Woodside

Long Island City
Bayside

Forest Hills
Forest Hills

Forest Hills

Little Neck

Ridgewood

Ridgewood

Ridgewood

Laurelton

Elmhurst

Kew Gardens Hills
Astoria

Flushing
Flushing

Flushing

South Ozone Park

Whitestone

Richmond Hill

Jamaica

South Ozone Park

Woodhaven

Jamaica
Elmhurst
Middle Village

Rochdale Village

Fresh Meadows

Elmhurst

Flushing

Flushing

Glendale

Rockaway Park
QN37

Ridgewood

Douglaston
Long Island City

South Ozone Park

South Ozone Park

Jamaica

Jamaica

South Ozone Park

Fresh Meadows
Jamaica
Jamaica
South Jamaica
Jamaica

Rochdale Village
Elmhurst
Elmhurst
Rego Park
Far Rockaway
Borough Park

Jamaica
Arverne

Bayside
Forest Hills

Kew Gardens

Springfield Gardens

Flushing

Bayside
Bayside
Astoria

Jackson Heights
Jamaica Estates

Cambria Heights

Cambria Heights

Middle Village
Whitestone
Howard Beach

Far Rockaway

Rochdale Village
East Elmhurst

Jamaica

College Point
Howard Beach
Howard Beach

Rockaway Park

Astoria

Long Island City

Ozone Park

Douglaston

Queens
QN37
QN37

Fresh Meadows

Jackson Heights

Jackson Heights

Arverne
Ridgewood

Flushing
Far Rockaway

Richmond Hill

Fresh Meadows

Hunters Point

Jamaica Estates

Astoria
Little Neck

Little Neck

Queens Village
Flushing
Jackson Heights

Elmhurst

Flushing

Flushing

Kew Garden Hills
Jamaica
Astoria

Ridgewood

Far Rockaway

South Ozone Park
QN55

Flushing

Long Island City
Long Island City
Breezy Point

Corona

Corona

St. Albans
Corona

Corona

Woodside

Woodside

Flushing
Corona

Corona

Corona
Jamaica

Woodhaven

Ridgewood
Flushing

Middle Village

Forest Hills

Forest Hills

Corona

Bayside

Floral Park

South Richmond Hill

East Elmhurst

Elmhurst

Woodside

Elmhurst

Jamaica

Astoria

Queens Village

Corona

Flushing

Queens

Flushing

Flushing

Fresh Meadows-Utopia

College Point

Bayside

Flushing

Queens Village
Queens Village

Hollis

St. Albans

South Jamaica

Bayside

Far Rockaway

South Ozone Park

Bayside

Broad Channel

Jamaica

Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill

Woodhaven

Ozone Park

Ozone Park

Richmond Hill

Ridgewood

Jackson Heights

Long Island City

Ridgewood

Astoria

Whitestone

Astoria

Astoria

Ridgewood

Richmond Hill

Ridgewood

Corona

Little Neck

South Ozone Park

Woodhaven

Douglaston

South Ozone Park

Forest Hills

Elmhurst

Far Rockaway-Bayswater

Flushing

South Ozone Park

Long Island City

Dutch Kills

Briarwood

St. Albans

Flushing

South Ozone Park

Astoria

Jamaica

Queens

College Point

Jamaica

Laurelton

Bellerose

St. Albans

St. Albans

Corona

Forest Hills

Howard Beach

East Elmhurst

Jackson Heights

Sunnyside

Woodside

Woodside

Maspeth

Fresh Meadows

South Ozone Park

Laurelton

Bayside

Jamaica

South Richmond Hill

Bayside

Flushing Heights

Flushing

Flushing

Long Island City

Bay Terrace

Astoria

Fresh Meadows

Rego Park

Cambria Heights

QN03

Jamaica

Rockaway Beach

Whitestone

Jamaica

Hollis Hills

Floral Park

Whitestone

Rosedale

Forest Hills

Far Rockaway

Flushing

Oakland Gardens

Bayside
Rego Park

Howard Beach

Whitestone

Jackson Heights

Bayside

Flushing

Flushing

Forest Hills

Little Neck

Jamaica

Woodside

Howard Beach

Astoria

Flushing

QN03
Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill

Saint Albans

Bayside Hills

Jamaica

Maspeth

Ozone Park

Ridgewood

Jamaica

Jackson Heights

Holliswood

Middle Village

Glendale

Jamaica

Queens Village

Hunters Point

Arverne

Belle Harbor
Jamaica

Cambria Heights

Flushing
Woodhaven

Far Rockaway

Corona

Whitestone
Maspeth

Rochdale Village

Ozone Park

Woodside

Rego Park

Rego Park

Jamaica

Ozone Park

Cambria Heights

Bayside

Glendale

Elmhurst

Flushing

Rosedale

Middle Village

Woodhaven
Queens Village

Bellerose
Rosedale
Richmond Hill
Briarwood

Maspeth

Ozone Park

Ozone Park

Astoria

Howard Beach

Astoria

Flushing

Corona

Flushing

Jamaica

Woodside
Astoria

Kew Gardens Hills

Jamaica

Flushing

Queens Village

Bayside Hills

Rosedale

Ridgewood

Woodside

East Elmhurst

Floral Park

Rochdale Village
Bayside
Middle Village

Flushing

Jamaica

Far Rockaway

Jackson Heights

Flushing

Kew Gardens Hills
Woodside

Woodside
Far Rockaway
Fresh Meadows

Rockaway Park

Far Rockaway

Rego Park

Woodside
Woodside
Forest Hills
Kew Gardens
3-K: Child turns 3 by December 31 of the school year.
Pre-K: Child turns 4 by December 31 of the school year.
No income requirements. All NYC families are eligible.
For the 2026-2027 school year, applications closed on February 27, 2026 at MySchools.nyc. Families can still join waitlists and track late availability.
Pre-K offers are scheduled for May 12, 2026 and 3-K offers for May 19, 2026. Waitlists opened on February 28, 2026.
February 27, 2026: 3-K and Pre-K application deadline
February 28, 2026: Waitlists open
May 12, 2026: Pre-K offers release
May 19, 2026: 3-K offers release
Compare Free 3-K and Pre-K programs by neighborhood while you track offer dates and waitlist movement.
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