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Office of New Americans launches free ESL classes in Flushing

By Alex Robinson

New immigrants can now take advantage of free English and citizenship classes in Flushing.

The state Office of New Americans has launched funding for the classes, which are hosted by the Flushing-based MinKwon Center for Community Action, the Chinese-American planning Council and the Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York.

English classes are running at CPC Monday through Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Classes at KCS run Tuesday and Thursday in two blocks from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The MinKwon Center’s citizenship clinics are taking place once a month until the end of August. The next clinic will be Nov. 11. Those looking to attend must make an appointment with the center at 718-460-5600.

-Alex Robinson