New Elementary School Opens In Bayside

BAYSIDE, QUEENS — A new elementary school has opened in Bayside, just in time for students' return to in-person classes.

P.S. 390Q, a 292-seat school for students in kindergarten through 5th grade, is located in the former home of St. Robert Bellarmine School at 56-10 214th St.

Features include a project room, music room, gym, kitchen, student cafeteria, conference room, library and two special-education classrooms with a reading resource room and speech room.

The $14.3 million renovation of the parochial school building was designed by SBLM Architects. Construction started in July 2019.

P.S. 390Q is among eleven new schools and additions that have opened in time for the 2020-2021 school year, even as the coronavirus pandemic delayed construction work, according to the NYC School Construction Authority.

“These projects will open on time despite facing the extraordinary challenge of being paused for weeks and then accelerated to completion while maintaining our rigorous safety and new social distancing protocols,” Lorraine Grillo, president and CEO of the School Construction Authority, said in a statement. “At a time when our kids needed these seats more than ever, the SCA was able to deliver despite this year’s unprecedented circumstances."