Exploring options for after-school programming for your school-age children? Check out some of these local options, all Columbia Community Service grantees.
More information about these programs is at Columbia Community Service.
Harlem Educational Activities Fund
- Location: 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard in Harlem, 1396 Broadway in Brooklyn, and 51-35 Reeder Street in Queens
- Times: Monday–Thursday from 4:30–6:30 pm
- Cost: Free
- Enrollment deadline: Rolling admission through mid-September
- Contact: Natalie Baez (programs) and Kai Bush (admissions)
Hit the Books
- Location: 340 St. Nicholas Avenue
- Times: Monday–Friday, 2:00–7:30 pm
- Cost: Free to all participants
- Enrollment deadline: September 12
- Contact: Milton Pelotte
The Meeting House
- Location: Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School, 276 W. 151st Street; 122 E. 58th Street; Central Park
- Times: Monday–Thursday 3:00 pm–6:00 pm at Upper East Side and Central Park locations, Fridays 10:30 am–5:00 pm at Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School
- Cost: There is no cost for participation at Thurgood Marshall Academy. Cost for other locations varies and scholarships are available.
- Enrollment deadline: TBD.
- Contact: Olga Daniels
The Reading Team
- Location: Hotel Theresa Building, 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd (corner of 125th), Suite 100
- Times: 3:00–5:30 pm on all NYC Department of Education school days
- Cost: Free
- Enrollment deadline: None
- Contact: Patricia Austin (212-280-2042) or visit the enrollment page.
Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation
- Location: Harlem Children's Zone Armory, 40 W. 143rd Street (Between Lenox and 5th Ave)
- Times: One hour classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
- Cost: $500 for the October-January session. Scholarships are available on a first-come first-serve basis.
- Enrollment deadline: None
- Contact: Jocelyn Perusina (212-316-0315).
