Happenings around town:
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| Brooklyn Boulders ~ boulder/rock climbing! |
Best rock climbing in the city! 8am -10am on Sat. and Sunday are family hours! 575 Degraw Street, corner of 3rd Ave and Degraw.
(347) 834-9066 |
| Brooklyn Bridge Park |
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All new home to Jane's Carousel!
A restored 1920's carousel. Recently given a new home at Brooklyn Bridge Park!
Nighttime light show! 26 New Dock Street, at East River.
$ 2 rides
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| Bike Rentals! |
Brooklyn 9th Street Cycles. On 9th street and 6th Ave.
They even fix stroller tires! |
| Prospect Park, Brooklyn |
Children's Zoo
Tennis Center: 718.436.250
Events Hotline: 718.965.8999
Party Rentals: 646.393.9031 exten. 2 |
Family Camping at Floyd Bennett Field
52 campsites now available! |
50 Aviation Rd. at Flatbush Ave, Marine Park 718-338-3799. Up to 6 people per campground, $20 each night, reservations and permit required. |
| Prospect Park Alliance |
Introduction to bird watching every Saturday, noon to 1:30pm at the Audubon Center. |
Desert Island
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"The best" comic book shop in Williamsburg! Rated best comic book store in New York! 540 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn (718) 388-5087 open 7 days a week. Mon-Sat 12-9 pm / Sun 12-7 pm |
Campo de' Fiori ~ Best Pizza!
Franny's ~ also the BEST PIZZA
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187 5th Ave, Brooklyn (347) 673-0933
295 Flatbush Avenue. Great thin crust pizza! Purchases locally grown foods and serving them in the seasons during which they are grown. Gets crowded! (718) 230-0221 |
Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.
372 5th Ave (718) 499-9884
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If you're in need of a secret identity, a brain mold or a robotic shark, this fantastical little boutique is the answer. The shop raises money for 826NYC, a nonprofit started by author Dave Eggers to teach creative and expository writing to kids. |
| 826NYC, 26 Valencia Writing Center |
The Park Slope nonprofit holds workshops for elementary-school pupils, helping them to learn the craft, and has worked with more than a thousand kids, stimulating their brains with seminars on food reviews, superhero lairs, love songs, and the like. |
| Spice, Great Thai Food! |
Park Slope, 61A 7th Ave, (between Lincoln Pl & Berkeley Pl) 718.622.6353 |
| Alice in Wonderland at Puppeworks |
At Puppetworks, 338 Sixth Avenue (at 4th Street)
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11215/ 718-965-3391
Saturdays & Sundays at 12:30 & 2:30 |
| Brooklyn Museum |
Arty Facts: on Sundays at 11am and 1pm, for kids 4 to7 yrs old and their adult friends. |
| Brooklyn Children's Museum |
Multicultural and science-based actvities for children to experience. |
| The Brooklyn Botanical Garden |
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is amazing, one of the most beautiful gardens! Free guided tours on Saturdays and Sundays at 1pm!
(718) 623-7200 / Adults $8, children under 12 free! |
| Dumbo Art Galleries |
Photos and art gallery information.... |
| Brooklyn Indie Market! |
Great gifts/finds! Smith Street at Union Street, Carroll Gardens.
Sat. 11-7pm, Sunday 11-6pm. |
| YMCA in Prospect Park! |
The YMCA turned the 113-year-old building, which spans nearly an entire block between 14th and 15th streets and Seventh and Eighth avenues, into an adult fitness center and sports facility that will host teen and after-school activities, a day camp, and community meetings, operating between 7 am and 11 pm every day. |
| Brooklyn Arts Council / BAC |
Click on name for calendar of events! Dance, poetry, performances for all ages. |
| Dewey's Candy Shop |
A candy emporium to delight all ages. Dewey's is also available for events. 141 Front Street (near Pearl), Dumbo. |
| Prospect Park Zoo |
Sea Lion Feedings: everyday at 11am, 2pm and at 4pm. Indoor and outdoor activities!
For teenagers -Volunteer- as a Discovery Guide, you’ll answer questions about animals, direct visitors around the zoo, help out at special events and run children’s activities. As an Education Docent you’ll interpret animal exhibits, lead tours, manage discovery stations, and train as an animal handler and present live animal encounters to the public. |
The Brooklyn Public Library
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The library's notable architecture was created to resemble an open book, with the spine on Grand Army Plaza and the building's two wings opening like pages onto Eastern Parkway and Flatbush Avenue. Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza / # 718-230-2100 |
| The Brooklyn Children's Museum |
Click on name for updates on events!
Located next to beautiful Brower Park, just one mile from Grand Army Plaza. 145 Brooklyn Avenue (at St. Marks Avenue) |
| Yoga Beans |
Mommy & Me Yoga! For kids 3 to 13. / 181 Lincoln Place |
| New York Aquarium |
In Coney Island! Check out feeding times of the walrus, sea otters and shark! Surf Ave & W 8th St, Brooklyn |
| Brooklyn Flea Market |
Sundays, 10 - 5pm- Fort Greene Flea & Brooklyn Bridge Flea Market |
The Salt Marsh Nature Center
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Brooklyn's largest park, 530 acres, filled with wildlife! |
| Spoke the Hub |
Creation Center on Union Street. Housed in the Gowanus Arts Building. Poviding the general public with affordable creative arts study, contemplation, and practice opportunities of the highest caliber. Dance class schedule. |
| Oragnic farming for kids |
A community gardening experience for all ages. |
| Grand Army Plaza Green Market |
Prospect Park West & Flatbush Avenue, Northwest corner of Prospect Park.
Saturdays - year round, 8am - 4pm. |
| Greenwood Cemetery |
Founded in 1838 as one of America’s first rural cemeteries, the Green-Wood Cemetery soon developed an international reputation for its magnificent beauty and became the fashionable place to be buried. By 1860, Green-Wood was attracting 500,000 visitors a year, rivaling Niagara Falls as the country’s greatest tourist attraction.
Map of Greenwood Cemetery |
| Space Craft Brooklyn |
Craft store, play den! Classes and workshops, great for parties!
355 Bedford Ave / 718.599.2718 |
| Audubon Center |
Fun things to explore and discover in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. |
NY Transit Musuem - Brooklyn |
Children $3 (Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street) Entrance looks like your going into a subway station! |
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The park features more than a dozen kiddie rides, including a miniature roller coaster, ferris wheel, carousel, and train. Although most of its amusements appeal to younger children, Nellie Bly also sports an 18-hole miniature golf course, batting cages, and go-carts. / 1824 Shore Parkway
Great for birthday parties or just good fun! |
| The Moxie Center |
Loads of indoor activities throughout the week, kids eat free, beer and wine for adults. 81-83 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn (near Hicks St.) 10am to 8:30pm daily. |
| Carroll Park |
Carroll Park has been nominated in the Best Playground or Park in Brooklyn category of Nick’s Parents Connect “Parents Pick 2009″ |
| Food ideas... |
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| Jacques Torres Chocolate |
Jacques Torres in D.U.M.B.O., 66 Water Street, Brooklyn. Store hours: Monday through Saturday, 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. Sundays from 10 am to 6 pm. |
| Almondine Bakery |
Located at 85 Water Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn |
| Frannys |
Great thin crust pizza! Purchases locally grown foods and serving them in the seasons during which they are grown. Gets crowded! 295 Flatbush Avenue / # (718) 230-0221 |
| Brooklyn's China Town |
Located in Sunset Park and 8th Ave. In Chinese, the word "eight" sounds like the word for "prosperity", and "Eight Avenue" can be construed as a sort of "Road to prosperity".
Take the N train to the 8th Avenue stop. |
| Blue Marble Ice Cream |
Underhill Hill shop shares space with New York City Explorerswhich offers our littlest of customers a fantastic play space and fun array of enrichment programs.
186 Underhill Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) 399-6926 |
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