Barrow Street Nursery School At Greenwich House

Barrow Street Nursery School describes its approach as progressive and constructivist, drawing inspiration from Bank Street and Reggio Emilia. It emphasizes play-based, active, experiential learning in which children help co-construct curriculum, teachers use observation and reflection to shape learning, and classroom experiences build social interaction, problem-solving, identity, agency, and community responsibility. (barrowstreetnurseryschool.org)

For the 2026-2027 school year, Barrow Street says families apply online beginning September 1, 2025, and applications are due October 16, 2025; an application is required for first-time, reapplying, and sibling applicants, the standard application fee is $75, and the fee is waived for financial-aid applicants. (barrowstreetnurseryschool.org) Eligible children must be born before January 31, 2025, and the school notes that Toddler and 2s/3s are the main entry points into the program. (barrowstreetnurseryschool.org) Applicants to Toddler, 2s/3s, and 3s/4s first go through an admissions lottery, with results released October 17, 2025, while 4s/5s applicants automatically move forward because that program has no application lottery. (barrowstreetnurseryschool.org) If selected to continue, families complete a Family Information Form, first-time applicant parents must attend an adult-only Parent Conversation and Tour, and children are then scheduled for an in-person child visit on January 16, 2026; later milestones include the October 14, 2025 Open House, February 26, 2026 decision notifications, and a March 5, 2026 noon reply deadline. (barrowstreetnurseryschool.org) The clearest priority categories on the site are returning students and siblings: siblings must still apply but are exempt from the general lottery, 2s/3s sibling applicants have a November child visit, financial-aid forms for siblings/returning families are due November 12, 2025, siblings receive early December notification, reapplicants do not receive preference, and I did not find any waitlist policy described on the admissions pages reviewed. (barrowstreetnurseryschool.org)