Henry Street Settlement opens doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social service, arts, and health care programs.
Afterschool programming offered through Henry Street’s Education Services Division serves participants in a network of Lower East Side schools (P.S. 134, P.S. 20, P.S. 110, P.S. 188, P.S. 184, and United Neighborhood Middle School). It also serves participants at two community centers: a Cornerstone program located at 80 Avenue D, and Boys and Girls Republic, located at 888 East Sixth Street.
While each location houses a site-specific program design, they operate holistically as part of the Henry Street Settlement afterschool campus, focused on encouraging positive social interactions, healthy attitudes and decision-making skills, tolerance, appreciation of differences and increased community involvement. All sites operate on a three-cycle calendar with themes for each cycle integrated through all activities.
These sites offer an array of quality-driven educational, enrichment and recreational activities, and also strive to enhance academic success through parent programs and referrals to other supportive services. We reinforce family relationships and the social values of self-confidence, self-expression, positive peer relationships, responsible behavior and a social commitment to contribute to one’s community.
Each site has a full-time Coordinator and a staff of an Enrichment Specialist and Activity Specialist, including community members, parents, school aides and college students. Artists, specialists and volunteers present diverse offerings, including video production, theater, dance, leadership, math clubs, fashion design, rugby, soccer and basketball.
All sites and programs are licensed by the NYC Department of Health.
Click the program links below for more information.
- Afterschool at P.S. 20
- Afterschool & Summer Camp at Boys & Girls Republic (BGR)
- Afterschool & Summer Camp at Jacob Riis Cornerstone located at 80 Avenue D
- Afterschool at University Neighborhood Middle School (UNMS)
- Helping Horizons at P.S. 134
- Afterschool at P.S. 110
- Afterschool at P.S. 188
- Afterschool at P.S. 184
- United Neighborhood Middle School
Boys & Girls Republic and Jacob Riis Cornerstone offer the following:
- Pick up from P.S. 15, P.S. 188, P.S. 34, P.S. 64, Earth School, NEST+m
- Half-day Pickup
- Open mid-winter recess and spring break from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Activities include homework start (Mon. – Thurs.), STEM, athletics at BGR, social emotional learning, arts & crafts, computers, music, and other community events.
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