by NYC Parks / Riverside Park Conservancy
Photo: Momos · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Riverside Park offers access to the Hudson for paddlers, with seasonal kayak rentals near 72nd Street, a kayak launch at 148th Street and boating access at the 79th Street Boat Basin. Older kids can paddle with a parent in warm months.
Warm-weather season
Rental fees vary by operator
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Ages 8–17.
Rental fees vary by operator
Warm-weather season
Riverside Park at W 72nd St, 10023, in the Upper West Side, Manhattan.
No. Riverside Park Kayak Launches is outdoors, so plan for weather, sunscreen and water.
Registration is handled by NYC Parks / Riverside Park Conservancy: nycgovparks.org.
Riverside Park hosts six soccer fields and multiple baseball diamonds between 71st and 107th Streets, plus basketball and volleyball courts. Many Upper West Side youth leagues play here, and families can use them informally when not permitted.
Riverside Park has basketball courts at 71st, 76th, 102nd, 111th and 148th Streets and volleyball courts at 102nd, 105th and 148th. Kids can join free pickup games all along the Hudson.
Upper West Side basketball program with weekly skill classes, school-break and summer camps, and competitive teams by grade. Private coaching and basketball birthday parties are also available.
The club's Upper West Side studio near 91st and Broadway offers fencing classes and private lessons for kids and teens. Beginners learn footwork and bouting while competitive fencers train toward tournaments.
Kids are grouped by age: Tiny Tigers (3-5) work on motor skills and listening, Youth Karate (6-8) builds focus and coordination, and Junior (9-12) and Teen (13-16) students learn kata, sparring and belt progression, with teens also taking on leadership and competition.
A long-running Upper West Side nonprofit league where kids from preschool age through high school play recreational or travel soccer. Younger players start in an intro 'Playground' program, while older kids can move into tournament, travel and academy teams coached with a New York Red Bulls curriculum.