With Labor Day behind us, Back-to-School season is in full swing, and we’ve got you covered. 

Our Children’s Education program, the first of its kind in the city, teaches NYC students about New York and American history using our neighborhoods as a living museum. Fresh off a record-breaking year serving over 3,000 students in local public and independent schools regardless of need, we’re gearing up for a new year of teaching about immigration, architecture, the Revolutionary War, Native American and Black history, and so much more, through the lens of our neighborhoods

Fall also means a new semester of our highly praised Continuing Education program for adults, The Architectural and Cultural Heritage of Greenwich Village, The East Village, & NoHo. It offers experts in the fields of architecture, planning, design, history, law, and government as guides to deepen your knowledge of our neighborhoods and our city, how they grew and how they are governed, and the value of historic sites. Open to any member of the public, it’s also a way for real estate professionals to earn required continuing education credits. Four weekly sessions for a total of 22.5 hours run through October. 

Learn more about the history behind the schools in our neighborhoods. We have the greatest concentration in the world of schools designed by master school architect C.B.J. Snyder; explore them all. Learn about the African Free Schools located in our neighborhoods; pioneering progressive educational institution Little Red School House/Elizabeth Irwin High School; how the Hebrew Free School movement was launched in Greenwich Village and the East Village; some of the historic former schools in our neighborhoods and their new uses today; what was the largest school in the world when built, located in our neighborhood; W.E.B. DuBois’ history-making first Black history course, taught in our neighborhood; the founding of the West Village Nursery, a model progressive nursery school; and one of the first schools in New York for women and girls, whose building still stands in our neighborhood.

You can explore more of Village Preservation’s educational resources HERE.