11 places and programs for kids in and around Bath Beach, Brooklyn (3 free): gymnastics, sports, playgrounds. Includes Bay 8 Playground and Champions Martial Arts Bay Parkway.
The children's area at Ulmer Park Library stocks board books, picture books and chapter books for Bath Beach kids, with computers and table space for after-school reading and homework. Programs for young children and school-age kids have included LEGO Play and English classes for kids. It keeps sizable Russian and Chinese book collections.
A Champions Martial Arts school where children train in taekwondo-based martial arts in age-grouped classes, starting with the Little Tigers program for the youngest kids and moving up to kids and teen classes. The school also runs an after-school program, a summer camp and a competition team.
Children sharpen math and reading skills with brief daily worksheet assignments set at exactly their level, attending the center on scheduled days for instructor-guided work and correction. Students advance once they master each step, building confidence and concentration over time.
Bay 8 Playground gives Bath Beach families a free spot to play, with structures sized for young children. Transfer platforms and ground-level play pieces give kids with limited mobility ways to get onto and around the equipment. On hot summer days the spray showers switch on, and kids run through the water to cool off.
A Bath Beach gym offering progressive gymnastics classes from walking toddlers with a parent through advanced tumblers. Kids rotate through bars, beams, vault and floor, with boys-only and tumbling classes also on the schedule.
Bath Beach ballroom and Latin studio that runs kids' lessons to introduce children to partner dancing. Styles taught at the studio include waltz, cha-cha, samba, rumba, tango, jive and salsa, for both social and competitive dancers.
An affordable Brooklyn youth soccer club with a Futbolitos program for ages 4-8 and development groups for ages 9-13. Older players can move on to travel and elite teams up to U17, and the club also plays futsal indoors.
Kids take private or group lessons in instruments and music theory, along with ballet, hip hop and ballroom dance, drawing and painting, chess, and drama. Toddlers can start with baby lessons from age 2.
A southern Brooklyn Little Gym offering parent-and-child, pre-K and grade-school gymnastics classes. Kids work on tumbling, bars and balance in a kid-scaled gym.
Kids head to Bensonhurst Park Playground at Bay Pkwy & Cropsey Ave to climb, explore and run around on equipment built for children. Ground-level activities and transfer platforms make much of the play area reachable for children with mobility needs. A spray shower makes it a go-to summer stop when children need to splash and cool down.
A kids' space that pairs indoor play with hands-on classes, where children cook, paint and make DIY crafts. It also hosts group events and birthday parties.
LittleGotham lists 11 places and programs for kids in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. The largest groups are 2 gymnastics programs, 2 sports programs, 2 playgrounds.
Yes. 3 of 11 are free to attend, including Bay 8 Playground, Ulmer Park Library, Bensonhurst Park Playground.
8 listings are indoors, such as Champions Martial Arts Bay Parkway, Kumon Math & Reading Center of Bath Beach, Ulmer Park Library.