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Riverside Montessori

A Twin Parks campus on Riverside Drive — AMS-accredited, infants through age six, with free Pre-K for All seats.

✓ Accreditation verified
Listed in the American Montessori Society directory as AMS Accredited (re-checked August 2026). Previously we could not find this campus listed separately; AMS now lists all three Twin Parks campuses individually.
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Green  Staff transparency

Twin Parks publishes leadership and faculty pages with degrees, Montessori credential levels and NYS certifications. Why this matters →

At a glance

Snapshot

Location202 Riverside Drive (at W 93rd St), New York, NY 10025 · Upper West Side · map ↗
Ages3 months – 6 years
Tuition 2026–27Infant $37,880 · Toddler $34,080 · Early Childhood $32,360 (extended day higher) — plus free Pre-K for All seats
LeadershipDr. Susan Kambrich (Exec. Director, Twin Parks) · Candace La Douceur (Ed. Director)
AccreditationAMS-accredited · Middle States (MSCES) · ISAAGNY / NYSAIS
ApproachAuthentic AMS Montessori (operated by Twin Parks)
Contacttwinparks.org ↗ · (212) 595-2000
Free Pre-K
Yes
DOE Pre-K for All
Accreditation
AMS-accredited
+ Middle States
Ages
3 mo–6
Photos

See the school

Riverside Montessori building
Exterior
Inside Riverside Montessori
Interior
Location — interactive map. Open in Google Maps ↗
The neighborhood

Upper West Side

Stylized illustration of the Upper West Side: prewar apartment buildings and brownstones beside a green park edge

On Riverside Drive, the school overlooks Riverside Park on the UWS's western edge — prewar buildings, river breezes and the 1/2/3 nearby.

🏛️ Prewar + brownstones🌳 Riverside Park🚇 1/2/3👶 Family-dense

Overview

Riverside is Twin Parks' third UWS campus, AMS- and Middle States-accredited, serving infants through age six overlooking Riverside Park.

Programs & ages

Infant, Toddler and Early Childhood (3–6), with music, Suzuki violin and art enrichment and daily park time.

Tuition 2026–27

Infant $37,880 · Toddler $34,080 · Early Childhood $32,360, extended day higher — and free Pre-K for All seats (see the free 3-K & Pre-K guide).

Leadership & staff

Executive Director Dr. Susan Kambrich with Candace La Douceur as Education Director; credentialed faculty listed on the site.

Accreditation & authenticity

AMS- and Middle States-accredited — strong signals. See the authenticity guide.

What parents say

Feedback is more mixed here than at the other two campuses — GreatSchools shows 3.0/5 across a small handful of reviews, with some concerns about social-emotional support. A small sample, but we note it honestly.

Heard around town

Signals from public parent forums and listservs and our own parent & alumni interviews. Forum chatter is opinion — take it with a grain of salt; interview quotes are first-hand and shared with permission.

No candid community-forum chatter surfaced specifically for this campus yet. Heard something in a UWS parent group? We'd love to add it.

Admissions

Infant/toddler often rolling; Pre-K for All via NYC MySchools. Plan with our admissions planner.

Sources: twinparks.org (riverside, tuition, leadership); amshq.org; GreatSchools. Verified July 2026. Independent profile, not affiliated with the school.
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Health & safety record

Violations heard and decided at the city’s administrative tribunal. We publish these in full, including when there are none.

  • 6cases on record
  • 2018–2024period covered
  • 6sustained
  • $2,920penalties imposed

For comparison: across all 18,161 DOHMH child-care cases heard at OATH, 63.1% were sustained, 21.3% ended in default and 13.1% were dismissed. Most citations concern records, repairs and paperwork — staff immunisation files, premises upkeep, sink water temperature, background-check timing — rather than incidents involving a child.

Source: NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, case status data, checked 11 August 2026. These are adjudicated outcomes, not inspection allegations. The record gives the rule cited and the result, but never the inspector’s narrative — the charge text always reads “see attached NOV”. Outcomes can change on appeal. Something wrong? Tell us.

From the city’s live child-care register

  • Latest inspection: 11/18/25 — Monitoring Inspection Non-Routine: passed with no violations (both programmes)
  • Drinking-water lead test: done — not elevated
  • Permits held by: RIVERSIDE MONTESSORI, INC. — infant/toddler permit 6757 expires 10/22/27 (cap 48); ages 2–5 permit 6583 expires 10/24/27 (cap 137)
Prior inspections (since August 2024):
  • infant/toddler: 10/17/25 — Initial Annual Inspection - Passed inspection with no violations
  • preschool: 10/16/25 — Initial Annual Inspection - Reinspection Required; Fines pending
  • infant/toddler: 4/29/25 — Initial Annual Inspection - Passed inspection with no violations
  • preschool: 4/29/25 — Initial Annual Inspection - Passed inspection with no violations
  • infant/toddler: 11/6/24 — Monitoring Inspection Non-Routine - Passed inspection with no violations
  • preschool: 11/6/24 — Monitoring Inspection Non-Routine - Passed inspection with no violations
  • preschool: 10/8/24 — Monitoring Inspection Non-Routine - Reinspection Required; Violations corrected at time of inspection
  • infant/toddler: 9/19/24 — Initial Annual Inspection - Reinspection Required; Fines pending

Source: NYC Health Department Child Care Connect (live register), checked 15 August 2026; refreshed weekly. Inspection lines are the Department’s own summary results. Pre-adjudicated citation details are not republished here; adjudicated outcomes appear above. Lead results shown with the Department’s protocol status.

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