Directions

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Brooklyn, New York has been the hometown of Poly Prep Country Day School since 1854.

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Lower School Park Slope Campus

Our Lower School campus is located across the street from beautiful Prospect Park and is home to our Nursery-Grade 4 students, as well as Poly Summer, our summer camp for performing arts. 

50 Prospect Park West
Brooklyn, NY 11215-2629
Phone: (718) 768-1103

NOTE: Poly’s Lower School is located at 50 Prospect Park West on the corner of 1st Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn

• By Car

  From Manhattan

  Take the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and follow the signs for I-278 West. Stay to the left and merge onto the Prospect Expressway. Take Prospect Expressway to 10th Avenue–11th Avenue exit. Get off at 10th Avenue–11th Avenue exit. Go up the ramp to the stop sign. Go straight at the stop sign to the first light at 11th Avenue. Make a left onto 11th Avenue. Make a left at the first traffic light to get back on the Prospect Expressway going in the opposite direction. Get off at first exit 7th–8th Avenue. Make a right onto 8th Avenue. Go straight down 8th Avenue to 1st Street. Make a right onto 1st Street. Go up the block to the light at Prospect Park West. Poly Prep Lower School is on the corner of 1st Street and Prospect Park West.

  From Brooklyn and Queens
  

  Take the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to the Prospect Expressway. Get on the Prospect Expressway. Take Prospect Expressway to 10th Avenu–11th Avenue exit. Get off at 10th Avenue–11th Avenue exit. Go up the ramp to the stop sign. Go straight at the stop sign to the first light at 11th Avenue. Make a left onto 11th Avenue. Make a left at the first traffic light to get back on the Prospect Expressway going in the opposite direction. Get off at first exit 7th–8th Avenue. Make a right onto 8th Avenue. Go straight down 8th Avenue to 1st Street. Make a right onto 1st Street. Go up the block to the light at Prospect Park West. Poly Prep Lower School is on the corner of 1st and Prospect Park West.

  From Bay Ridge
  

  Take 4th Avenue to 1st Street. Make a right onto 1st Street. Take 1st Street to the light at Prospect Park West. Poly Prep Lower School is on the corner of 1st Street and Prospect Park West.

• By Subway

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  F train to 7th Avenue
  

  Take the F train to the 7th Avenue stop. You will exit the subway onto 9th Street at either 7th or 8th Avenue. Walk eight blocks to 1st Street. Make a right at 1st Street and walk up to Prospect Park West. Poly Prep Lower School is on the corner of 1st Street and Prospect Park West.

  2 and 3 trains to Grand Army Plaza
  

  Take the 2 or 3 train to the Grand Army Plaza stop. Proceed to Prospect Park West via Plaza Street West. Walk along Prospect Park West to 1st Street. Poly Prep Lower School is located on the corner of 1st Street and Prospect Park West.

• By Bus

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  Nearby bus lines include:

  – B69
  – B41
  – B67

Middle and Upper School Dyker Heights Campus

Middle and Upper School students, and our Administration offices are located on our expansive 25-acre Dyker Heights campus. 

1 Poly Prep Drive
Brooklyn, New York 11228-3698
Phone: (718) 836-9800

NOTE:  The main entrance to our Dyker Heights’ campus is on 92nd Street and Parrott Place. Guest parking is available through this entrance. Space may be limited. The athletic fields are behind the school buildings, one-quarter mile south of the main entrance, on Seventh Avenue. Bus and van parking is also available on Seventh Avenue.

• By Car

  From Points North (Bronx, Westchester, and Connecticut)
  Take I-87 (if coming from the west) or I-95 and the Bruckner Expressway (if coming from the east) south to the RFK (formerly Triborough) Bridge. After crossing the bridge, keep to the right and, after about a mile, exit onto the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278). Take the BQE for thirteen miles, passing all of the Manhattan bridges and continuing south into Brooklyn. Stay to the right when the BQE divides (around 60th Street), and continue for another two miles, exiting at 92nd Street-Fort Hamilton Parkway (Exit 17), the last exit before the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. At the light at the top of the ramp, turn left onto 92nd Street. Take a right at the traffic light for Poly’s 92nd Street entrance (at Parrott Place). Parking is available on campus, but spaces may be limited.

  From Manhattan
  Take the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and follow the signs for I-278 West. Stay to the right when the road divides (around 60th Street), and continue for another two miles, exiting at 92nd Street-Fort Hamilton Parkway (Exit 17), the last exit before the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. At the light at the top of the ramp, turn left onto 92nd Street. Take a right at the traffic light for Poly’s 92nd Street entrance (at Parrott Place).

  From the Belt Parkway (Long Island)
  Heading west, take Exit 4, 14th Avenue-Bay 8 Street. At the light, turn left onto Cropsey Avenue and go two blocks to 14th Avenue. Turn left and continue around the golf course for about one-quarter mile. Fourteenth Avenue runs into 7th Avenue. Continue up 7th Avenue to 92nd Street. Take a left on 92nd Street. Poly’s 92nd Street entrance is on the left at the first traffic light (at Parrott Place).

  From Northern New Jersey through Staten Island
  Take I-95 South to the New Jersey Turnpike. Take Exit 13 to the Goethals Bridge. Cross into Staten Island and take I-278 East to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (about seven miles). Cross the bridge and take the first exit, 92nd Street, Bay Ridge. At the light, turn right onto 92nd Street. Take a right at the next traffic light for Poly’s 92nd Street entrance (at Parrott Place).

• By Subway

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  The closest subway to Poly Prep is the R train (Queens Boulevard/Broadway/4th Avenue Local).

  You can transfer to the R from:
  – the F train at 4th Avenue/9th Street
  – the D or N trains at 36th Street, the N train at 59th Street
  – the 2, 3, or 4 train at either Borough Hall or Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street

  Take the R train to the last stop at 95th Street-Fort Hamilton in Bay Ridge. Walk past the last car on the train and exit the platform using the last stairway.  You will exit the subway on 4th Avenue.  Walk north to 92nd Street and turn right on that street. Walk about five blocks, crossing over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, to 7th Avenue. Poly’s 92nd Street entrance will be on your right (at Parrott Place).