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Family days out in Brooklyn, NY
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Prospect Park Zoo
(1 Miles)
Brooklyn
Meet the zoo’s mascots, a troop of Hamadryas baboons full of entertaining antics that will hold your attention like a good movie. Also in the lifestyles building, learn about animal habitats from treetops to mountains to crater lakes.
Tomato Plant Girl
(1 Miles)
Brooklyn
Irondale presents Wesley Middletons “Tomato Plant Girl”, a powerful exploration of friendship that delights young audiences. This family Friendly presentation is a magical story about closeness, compromise, and growth that explores the question ...
Do Re Mi Play
(1 Miles)
Brooklyn
Do-Re-Mi Play is a place where we sing, laugh, giggle, jiggle, dance, bounce, tap, express rhythm, clap, jump, free play and develop our creativity as well as gross and fine motor skills. It's a fun-filled artistic, musical and learning experience fo...
Puppetworks
(1 Miles)
Brooklyn
Puppetworks has been a holiday tradition at Macys (Herald Square) since Macys built a puppet theatre especially for Puppetworks.
Brooklyn
Youngsters can meet prairie dogs nose-to-nose, and walk among wallabies. The Animal Lifestyles building's centerpiece is a spectacular habitat for baboons. Great idea for things to do in New York with kids.
Brooklyn
A century ago, Brooklyn Botanic Garden's founders had the vision to transform a city ash heap into a premier botanic garden in the heart of the borough. Since the Garden first opened its gates to the public, it has been a vibrant place for education,...
Brooklyn
The New York Transit Museum, one of the city's leading cultural institutions is the largest museum in the United States devoted to urban public transportation history, and one of the premier institutions of its kind in the world.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Children's Museum offers interactive learning adventures through hands-on exhibitions, multicultural performances, creative workshops, and an extensive collection of cultural artifacts and natural science specimens.
Brooklyn
Through innovative multi-media technology, Jewish history, values and culture come to life at the Museum. There are hands on exhibits, computer labs, a game show studio, and even a miniature golf course, so the kids aren't just swamped with informati...
Manhattan
Experience the thrill of a helicopter flight while flying past the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building and many more of New York City's most captivating sights. Fun for the whole family and educational too. Children under 2 years of age and un...
Manhattan
The South Street Seaport Museum in New York City is home to the nation's largest fleet of privately maintained historic vessels. The three types of shops they have are: Stationary, Training, and Workhorses. The ships you can view are: Ambrose, Helen ...
Manhattan
The Police Museum gives visitors an insider's look at the history and traditions of the largest police force in the country. Kids can test out sirens used in an NYPD patrol car, take their friend's "mugshot" in a police line-up.Baseball fans will di...
New York
Downtown Babies offers educational Play & Music Classes, parenting Forums, and Exciting social events & parties for Infants and Children up to 5 years.
BounceU
(3 Miles)
Brooklyn
Kids flip for our unbelievably cool bounce stadiums (imagine the ultimate childrens playground experience in a safe, indoor setting), but they also cant get enough of the games, the food, and sharing the spotlight with family and friends.
Manhattan
The Pond is the centerpiece of Bryant Park's winter season, which also includes the annual Holiday Shops at Bryant Park. The 170' x 100' rink features free admission ice skating, in addition to high quality rental skates, skating shows, special event...
Brooklyn
Find out what on earth wild parrots are doing in Brooklyn? Join Steve Baldwin on his scheduled tour of Brooklyn where you can find out all you ever wanted to know about Brooklyn's parrot population.
New York
Theatrical productions geared to children and families within the NYC community and beyond. These productions are a mix of adaptations of both classical and contemporary literature. These Main-Stage productions run on Saturdays and Sundays, as well ...
Manhattan
Exhibitions at the Childrens Museum of the Arts are designed to create dialogue among museum visitors young and old. Each exhibition is selected to inspire children and their families in their art-making at CMA and beyond.
Playgarden
(4 Miles)
New York City
Clean, green PLAY for the early years! Built GREEN with recycled playground equipment, organic products, natural light and the planet in mind.
New York
The purpose of the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is the collection, preservation, study, education, and display of comic and cartoon art. Every genre of the art is represented: animation, anime, cartoons, comic books, comic strips, gag cartoons, hu...
Kids n Action
(4 Miles)
Brooklyn
Kids n Action offers a wide range of real and adventurous indoor rides for all ages. For the more adventurous kids Kids N Action provides a stimulating indoor roller coaster. Kids N Action offers a unique softplay structure (one of the biggest of its...
Statue of Liberty
(4 Miles)
NYC
It appears that you can no longer go to the crown of the Statue (tell us if we're wrong), however, you can go into the base and a visit to the museum is well worth a visit and to get pictures with the statue is surely a must for every person visiting...
Brooklyn
climb aboard the city's only guided bus tour of Brooklyn's BEST pizzerias. This 4 1/2 hour foodie romp through Brooklyn includes pizza, soft drinks and an audio-visual historical tour of Brooklyn's famous movie locations, landmarks and points of inte...
Kids Fun House
(4 Miles)
Ridgewood
The Kids Fun House is an indoor playground consisting of a tri-story playground for children 4 and older, a toddler playground for 4 and under, and an arcade area. We specialize in themed birthday parties, summer camps and school trips. We also offer...
Manhattan
The Tony Dapolito Recreation Center serves as a year-round hub for many in and around the neighborhood. In addition to providing fitness facilities, it hosts youth and adult athletic leagues, after-school programs, a summer day camp, fitness classes...
City Treehouse
(5 Miles)
New York City
City Treehouse is an indoor children's play and learning center located in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City.
Bike and Roll NYC
(5 Miles)
New York City
NYC's Number 1 tourist destination is Central Park! This guided tour gives a comprehensive look at the park and visitors get to every famous spot they want to see. You'll hear about the park and the residents that live along Central Park West and 5th...
Chelsea Piers
(5 Miles)
New York City
Chelsea Piers, a 28-acre sports village on the Hudson River, consists of The Field House, Sky Rink, The Golf Club, The Sports Center, and The Spa. Each of these venues offers something unique, exciting and fun for the family...
United Nations
(5 Miles)
Manhattan
The guided tour of the United Nations starts with a brief overview of the Organization and its structure. The main part of the tour consists of a visit to the chambers of the Security Council, the Trusteeship Council and the Economic and Social Counc...
NYC
New York City walking tours provide a unique entertaining and educational site-seeing perspective on the Big Apple. New York Talks and Walks are led by Dr. Philip E. Schoenberg and his entourage of NYC experts. Offering over 100 different tours, Dr. ...

There are so many fun places to go with kids in New York - great zoos and aquariums, museums, theme parks, water parks and swimming pools, places to visit outdoors (many of which are cheap or free), historical places of interest, activities and indoor play centres for toddlers as well as the usual family tourist attractions - take a look above, lots of the best things to do with children in NY

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