82nd Street Academics

82nd Street Academics’ mission is to complement public education in New York City so that students, regardless of home language, have access to quality public higher education. We help students take “early steps to college.”Our main office is located in the heart of Jackson Heights, Queens – a historic New York City neighborhood growing in cultural and lingual diversity. We have additional sites at Hunter's Point Community Middle School, The Renaissance Charter School, and PS 280.A growing staff team of 150 people work with 1,200 students and families at five sites.