21 places and programs for kids in and around Brighton Beach, Brooklyn (2 free): sports, dance, play spaces. Includes Shorefront Y – Lenny Krayzelburg SwimRight Academy and Shorefront Y Youth Sports.
The Shorefront Y's swim academy follows the SwimRight method, taking kids from 3 months old through nine levels that end with all four competitive strokes. There are also swim teams and Red Cross aquatics courses.
Brighton Beach community center offering kids basketball, rhythmic gymnastics and swim instruction through its SwimRight Academy. After-school and summer camp programs round out the offerings.
A small Brighton Beach boxing gym with group classes for kids and teens on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Families can buy monthly class packs, single drop-ins or private coaching.
The children's area at Brighton Beach Library stocks board books, picture books and chapter books for Brighton Beach kids, with computers and table space for after-school reading and homework. Recurring kids' programs lately have included Story Play and teen creative/gaming time. Its collection includes a large shelf of Russian-language books, reflecting the neighborhood.
A Brighton Beach ballet school founded in 2000 where children start with pre-ballet at age 3 and progress through classical ballet and pointe. Students can also take contemporary, jazz, hip hop, stretch and acrobatics, and even piano or guitar, and perform in a Nutcracker production.
Kids 4 to 14 learn basketball in grade-grouped weeknight practices, with optional weekend in-house league games. There are pre-K classes, skills sessions, private lessons, travel teams and summer camp.
A family fun center with arcade games, virtual reality experiences and bumper cars. It hosts customizable birthday parties, school and camp group outings, and afterschool classes.
A Brighton Beach-based co-ed soccer academy with travel and recreational teams for kids roughly 4-14. Players train on weekday evenings at Scarangella Park and Six Diamonds.
Campers entering K-9 rotate through arts, science, drama, dance and singing, sports, yoga, and swimming at the pool and beach. NYC and tri-state trips are included, and older groups take overnight outings.
Children train in jazz, modern, lyrical, acro, stretching and flexibility in age-grouped classes. Group and private lessons are both available.
An enrichment center where kids build and program LEGO robots, make art with paint, collage and clay, and train in judo and karate. It also hosts themed birthday parties.
Champions teaches kids martial arts in age-grouped classes, starting with a Little Tigers program for the youngest students and continuing through kids, teen and adult classes. Students work on kicks, forms and self-defense while building focus, and the school also offers after-school care, summer camp and a competition team.
A Brighton Beach sports center where kids take karate, self-defense and kids' yoga, and can play on competitive dodgeball teams. It also runs youth and summer camps, led by a multi-time world karate champion.
A Brighton Beach judo and jiu-jitsu school where kids as young as 4 learn throws and grappling in age-grouped classes. Older kids can add BJJ or MMA, and the school runs an after-school program and summer camp.
A children's dance studio mixing ballet, hip-hop, modern and choreography with gymnastics and acrobatic skills. Classes are grouped by age, from playful balance-and-flexibility sessions for preschoolers to more technical ballet and acro work for older kids.
A girls' rhythmic gymnastics program at the Shorefront Y with recreational and competitive options. Gymnasts learn flexibility, dance elements and apparatus routines.
A boxing gym on Ocean Parkway that runs structured classes for youth and teens as well as adults, with instruction adjusted to each age group. Classes are held several times a week.
One of several Lions Fight gyms in south Brooklyn, offering kickboxing and MMA classes for kids and teens. Young students can also take jiu-jitsu, karate and judo-based self-defense.
One of several Lions Fight gyms in south Brooklyn, offering kickboxing and MMA classes for kids and teens. Young students can also take jiu-jitsu, karate and judo-based self-defense.
A Brighton Beach shop for Russian-language books and Eastern European gifts with a dedicated kids' section. Families can find children's books, puzzles, educational toys, craft kits and plush.
A Brighton Beach karate academy that trains children of all ages alongside teens and adults in sport and traditional karate. Students drill basics, forms (kata) and sparring (kumite) with conditioning work, led by a world-champion head instructor.
LittleGotham lists 21 places and programs for kids in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. The largest groups are 11 sports programs, 3 dance programs, 2 play spaces.
Yes. 2 of 21 are free to attend, including Brighton Beach Library, St. Petersburg Books & Gifts (RusKniga).
19 listings are indoors, such as Shorefront Y – Lenny Krayzelburg SwimRight Academy, Shorefront Y Youth Sports, Boxing Gym Plata.