At a Glance
A tiny Modern Orthodox yeshiva where every child is known by name — and Torah study is the heart of the school day.
Best suited for
Modern Orthodox Jewish families in southern Brooklyn who want a small, warm, Torah-centered elementary education and are prepared to find a middle school option by sixth grade.
What stands out
- A 6.5-to-1 student-teacher ratio — nearly twice as personal as a typical private elementary classroom.
- Class size capped at 18 students, preserving small-group instruction even as the school grows.
- Torah studies are woven into the daily schedule rather than offered as an add-on.
- Kings Highway station (B and Q) is a three-minute walk, making drop-off and pickup easy for commuters.
Things to consider
- The school goes only through 5th grade — families will need a separate middle school plan.
- With just 73 students total, the peer group is small and siblings-and-neighbors will be your child's main cohort.
- Demographic profile is heavily homogeneous, which may or may not match what your family is looking for.
- Public information beyond parent review sites is limited, so a tour and conversations with current parents matter more than usual here.
Identity
Despite its Queens-sounding name, this yeshiva operates on a quiet Brooklyn block, offering a Modern Orthodox education for boys and girls from pre-K through fifth grade. The school blends rigorous Judaic study — Torah, prayers, Hebrew — with a standard elementary secular curriculum. Class size is capped at 18, which keeps the community feeling like a close-knit kehillah rather than a large institution.
Community
The student body reflects the surrounding Orthodox community: roughly 92% White and 8% Black in the most recent reporting, with no Hispanic or Asian enrollment recorded. For a yeshiva of this size and orientation, this homogeneity is consistent with its feeder community rather than a sign of exclusion. The school is intentionally small, so the cohort each year is drawn from a tight local population.
Neighborhood
The school is in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, a middle-income southern Brooklyn neighborhood where median household income sits around $69,000 and roughly 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree. The block itself is residential and quiet, while Kings Highway's commercial corridor — restaurants, shops, and errands — is a short walk away. It's a practical, working-family patch of Brooklyn with a long-established Orthodox Jewish presence nearby.
Transit access is unusually easy for a neighborhood school — Kings Highway (B and Q) is about a three-minute walk, with Avenue M (Q) around 12 minutes and Avenue U (Q) roughly 15 minutes on foot.
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What Parents Are Saying
5-star ratings across two sets of parent reviews; described as excellent with positive community feedback.
Synthesized from public parent reviews · Apr 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is YESHIVA OF BELLE HARBOR a good school?
- Published quality ratings aren't available for YESHIVA OF BELLE HARBOR yet on Motley. It's a private school serving grades Pre-K to 5 in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest.
- What grades does YESHIVA OF BELLE HARBOR serve?
- YESHIVA OF BELLE HARBOR serves grades Pre-K to 5.
- How do students get into YESHIVA OF BELLE HARBOR?
- YESHIVA OF BELLE HARBOR runs its own private admissions process — typically an application, a visit, and sometimes testing.
- Is YESHIVA OF BELLE HARBOR public, charter, or private?
- YESHIVA OF BELLE HARBOR is a private school.
- What neighborhood is YESHIVA OF BELLE HARBOR in?
- YESHIVA OF BELLE HARBOR is in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn.