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Duffield Children's Center is a day care center that is located in Brooklyn, N.Y. It serves more than 350 children up to the age of 11. The center provides assistance and child care services, as well as educational day care programs to low-income parents. Duffield Children's Center also conducts various after-school literacy and art activities. It is a part of the Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service, which was founded in 1866. The Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service is one of the oldest and largest nonprofit, community-based social services agencies in New York. It offers an array of social services, including community support and mental health services for persons with disabilities and vocational training and job placement for low-income individuals. The agency additionally provides a variety of child welfare and family support programs that include foster care prevention, homemaker, and group and family day care services.

BASIS Independent Brooklyn is a premier PreK-12 private school that provides students with the best possible start to their education. The new Lower School campus, opening fall 2021 in Downtown Brooklyn, offers a large dedicated learning space to meet the needs of Early Learning and Primary students (PreK-Grade 2) as they engage in Mandarin, STEM, literacy, art, and more. These years feature a well-rounded, advanced curriculum that encourages inquiry, creativity, and independent thinking from day one, as well as a unique two-teacher model designed to facilitate accelerated learning and support. At BASIS Independent Brooklyn, students cultivate a genuine love for learning as they advance in their educational journeys.