35 places and programs for kids in and around Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn (10 free): sports, music, theater. Includes Brooklyn Bridge Park and Pier 2 Courts at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
An 85-acre waterfront park along 1.3 miles of the East River, with big playgrounds at Pier 6, sports courts, lawns and pebbly beaches facing the Manhattan skyline. Hundreds of free programs a year include kids' nature education, bike lessons and outdoor movies.
Waterfront pier packed with basketball, handball, pickleball and ping pong courts plus a play turf and swings. In summer the park runs a free youth basketball program here for ages 7–17.
A waterfront learning space where kids get hands-on with East River science, from local wildlife to the park's salt marsh and plants, during free open hours and scheduled programs.
Affordable Saturday-morning recreational league on Pier 5's turf fields for 1st through 6th graders.
Brooklyn Heights Library gives Brooklyn Heights families a free indoor stop with a kids' collection that runs from baby board books to middle-grade novels. Current calendar offerings for kids include Babies & Books, Toddler Time and Preschool Storytime. The rebuilt branch has its own dedicated kids' and teen areas.
Brooklyn's history museum and library in a landmark Brooklyn Heights building, with exhibits on the borough's neighborhoods, people and waterfront. It offers school programs, teen internships and public talks.
Students work through a personalized plan built from an initial skills assessment, getting small-group help from instructors on everything from number sense to algebra and test prep. Kids can also bring school homework to get support during sessions.
Classical chamber music performed on a floating barge docked in Brooklyn Bridge Park, with Manhattan skyline views through the windows. Admission is free in 2026, making it an easy low-stakes way to introduce kids to live classical music.
Kids spend camp days immersed in French, Spanish or Mandarin through hands-on, active play, with groups for beginners through bilingual children. The program also offers after-school sessions and holiday mini-camps.
A Montague Street academy with a youth jiu-jitsu program. Children develop body awareness, balance and basic grappling skills, and families can try a free class first.
Baby and toddler gatherings including a free Friday Shabbat sing-along and K'Ton Ton Time music and movement for infants.
A neighborhood branch of the Champions taekwondo network, with separate classes for preschoolers (Little Tigers), school-age kids and teens. Children practice kicks, forms and self-defense while working on focus and discipline, and the branch also runs after-school pickup, summer camp and a competition team.
A Brooklyn youth theater program where small casts of up to 12 kids rehearse and stage fully produced shows, from musicals to Shakespeare. Teaching artists hold MFAs and Off-Broadway credits, and groups are organized in narrow grade bands.
An artist-founded Brooklyn Heights studio where kids 3 and up explore 2-D and 3-D art. Seasonal camps mix art-making with cooking.
A Brooklyn Heights location for NikosKids' Music Together family classes, including a babies-only section. Little ones and their caregivers sing, bounce and play percussion together each week.
A Henry Street location with gym babies, gym tots and gym kids classes that build to gymnastics levels I-III. It's geared to babies and preschoolers.
Girls-only soccer club with classes and teams across Brooklyn parks including Pier 5, Carroll Park and Wingate Park.
An outdoor roller rink on Pier 2 in Brooklyn Bridge Park with public skate sessions for all ages. Kids can take skating lessons, and the rink hosts birthday parties, school field trips and a hockey league.
Playful intro tennis for preschoolers and young kids at Squibb Park and Van Voorhees Park, moving indoors in colder months.
A game cafe with a library of over 1,000 board games that runs after-school classes in chess, Dungeons & Dragons, Pokemon and Magic, plus school-break camps and weekend junior RPG sessions.
A volunteer community theater in Brooklyn Heights that stages a full season of plays and musicals and runs a Theater for Children program. Families can see shows in an intimate space on a quiet Brooklyn Heights side street.
This Atlantic Avenue branch runs age-based gymnastics and movement classes from infancy through age 12. Younger kids explore with a caregiver while older children learn skills in drop-off classes.
Brooklyn branch of Albion SC with recreational and development soccer at Cadman Plaza, Red Hook, Carroll Park and Williamsburg fields.
A 'wonder emporium' in Brooklyn Heights stocked with mechanical puzzles, jigsaws, board games, playing cards and magic. Its tiny 26-seat theater hosts close-up magic shows.
LittleGotham lists 35 places and programs for kids in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The largest groups are 12 sports programs, 3 music programs, 3 theater programs.
Yes. 10 of 35 are free to attend, including Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 2 Courts at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park Environmental Education Center.
24 listings are indoors, such as Brooklyn Bridge Park Environmental Education Center, Brooklyn Heights Library, Center for Brooklyn History.