8 Upper West Side Schools Dealing With COVID Cases: Here's Which

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — After the first week of school, just three Upper West Side classrooms were either fully or partially closed due to coronavirus cases detected in the building. Nearly one month later, that number has jumped to eight.

In the most recent update to the Daily COVID Case Map provided by the city, eight schools in the neighborhood are now dealing with coronavirus cases.

Here are those local schools.

P.S. 165 Robert E. Simon: 234 West 109th Street

• A classroom was closed on Oct. 16 and will reopen on Oct. 22.

P.S. 145 The Bloomingdale School: 150 West 105th Street

• The Bloomingdale School is dealing with the most amount of COVID-19 cases on the Upper West Side of any school. It currently has six classrooms closed due to coronavirus cases getting traced back to the rooms. West Prep Academy, which shares the building with The Bloomingdale School, also has a partial classroom closure.

P.S. 163 Alfred E. Smith: 163 West 97th Street

• Two classrooms are currently partially closed due to COVID cases. One will reopen on Oct. 28, the other on Oct. 25.

P.S. 84 Lilian Weber: 32 West 92nd Street

• A classroom was partially closed on Oct. 20 and will reopen on Oct. 28.

The Center School: 100 West 84th Street

• A classroom was partially closed on Oct. 20 and will reopen on Oct. 28.

The Anderson School/Dual Language Middle School: 100 West 77th Street

• The Anderson School had to close a full classroom on Oct. 18 that will reopen on Oct. 25. The Dual Language Middle School partially closed a classroom on Oct. 21 that will reopen on Oct. 29.

P.S. 199 Jessie Isador Staus: 270 West 70th Street

• P.S. 199 has two classrooms currently closed. Both will reopen on Oct. 24.

The Riverside School for Makers and Artists: 300 West 61st Street

• The school currently has two classrooms fully closed. Both will reopen on Oct. 24.

Students who are vaccinated will be able to stay in their classroom even if a coronavirus case is detected as long as they are asymptomatic, leading to the partial closure of classrooms at the middle and high school levels. Unvaccinated students will quarantine at home and can "test back in" to class with a negative test after the seventh day.

In elementary schools, where children are not old enough to get the shot, the entire classroom will quarantine should a positive case be detected.

You can check out the full COVID Case Map for NYC schools on the city's website.