10 places and programs for kids in and around Canarsie, Brooklyn (7 free): libraries, dance, playgrounds. Includes T. Kang Taekwondo - Canarsie and Jamaica Bay Library.
Canarsie branch of Grandmaster Kang's taekwondo school, which runs a Little Dragons program for young children plus children's and adult classes. The school also offers private training and hosts parties.
Jamaica Bay Library gives Canarsie families a free indoor stop with a kids' collection that runs from baby board books to middle-grade novels. Programs for young children and school-age kids have included Story time, Ready Set Kindergarten, Kids Create and Storytime & Craft. A shaded plaza with benches outside is a nice spot to read on warm days.
The children's area at Paerdegat Library stocks board books, picture books and chapter books for Canarsie kids, with computers and table space for after-school reading and homework. Recurring kids' programs lately have included Grab and Go Tuesday crafts and Teen Time.
Kids from toddlers through teens take hip hop, ballet, tap, Caribbean dance and gymnastics classes at this Brooklyn studio. Combo classes let younger dancers sample tap, hip hop and ballet together.
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A Brooklyn dance studio that has taught young people and adults since 2016, aiming to be a welcoming second home for dancers. The director focuses on helping children build confidence and self-expression through dance.
Kids head to Joseph F. DiNapoli Playground inside Canarsie Park to climb, explore and run around on equipment built for children. Transfer platforms and ground-level play pieces give kids with limited mobility ways to get onto and around the equipment. In warm weather the spray showers turn a playground visit into an easy water-play outing.
Bergen Basin Community Development Corporation runs a Cornerstone program at this housing-development community center, giving local children a free, supervised place for games, academic support, and creative projects after school and in summer.
Canarsie Library is the Canarsie branch of Brooklyn Public Library, with a children's collection and regular early-literacy programs when the building is in service. Right now the building is closed (closed for renovations), so families should use nearby branches or the mobile/pop-up services in the meantime.
Kids head to Sledge Playground in Canarsie to climb, explore and run around on equipment built for children. Transfer platforms and ground-level play pieces give kids with limited mobility ways to get onto and around the equipment. In warm weather the spray showers turn a playground visit into an easy water-play outing.
A Brooklyn park by Jamaica Bay with playgrounds, ball fields and paths near restored wetland edges.
LittleGotham lists 10 places and programs for kids in Canarsie, Brooklyn. The largest groups are 3 libraries, 2 dance programs, 2 playgrounds.
Yes. 7 of 10 are free to attend, including Jamaica Bay Library, Joseph F. DiNapoli Playground, Paerdegat Library.
7 listings are indoors, such as T. Kang Taekwondo - Canarsie, Jamaica Bay Library, Paerdegat Library.