About Us

P.S. 160 is an oasis in the heart of Borough Park, Brooklyn. Built in 1909, the school has been serving the community for over 100 years. Developing the minds, hearts, and spirits of our children has become our greatest achievement. 

Students and Programs

Students at P.S. 160 know their 2 major goals are to:

Graduate from College

and

Give Back to our Community

They work towards these goals every day by laying the foundation here at our school.

Our school continues to be a top performing school in New York City. Our students score well on the NYS English Language Arts Exam. You can view our School Performance Dashboard for more information. 

P.S. 160 is a Kindergarten through grade 5 school. Our population is approximately 1,000 students, of which 68% are English Language Learners and approximately 6% Special Education. The languages spoken include, but are not limited to: Cantonese, Mandarin, Fukanese, Urdu, Albanian, Arabic, Polish, Russian, Bengali, Turkish, Vietnamese, Hindi, Gujarati and Romanian. Currently 100% of the students enrolled are eligible for free lunch.

P.S.160's curriculum is fully aligned to the New York State Next Generation Standards. We are very proud of the award-winning Chess Team instructed by Yury Laphsun, international Chess Master with a rating of over 2,500.