11 places and programs for kids in and around Clinton Hill, Brooklyn (3 free): art, play spaces, sports. Includes Pratt PreCollege Program and Aozora Community Japanese Programs.
Pratt's program for high school students offers Saturday art and design classes in fall and spring, one-day workshops, and immersive summer sessions on the Clinton Hill campus. Teens build portfolio work and can earn college credit.
At Clinton Hill Library, the youth collection covers everything from lap-sized board books to graphic novels, and the space doubles as a quiet after-school spot for Clinton Hill students. Current calendar offerings for kids include Storytime, Kids Create for the First Five Years and Toy Time.
This Brooklyn nonprofit offers Japanese immersion for young children, including a fully Japanese preschool and a Saturday pre-K class. School-age kids attend Aozora Academy one day a week for three hours of Japanese language and culture, and seasonal day camps run during school breaks.
A Clinton Hill art studio with drop-in art sessions, weekly classes and playgroups for kids starting at 18 months. It also hosts a free weekly story time.
Held inside the Private Picassos studio, this Music Together class invites babies through preschoolers and their caregivers to sing, drum and dance together. Families get recordings to keep practicing the songs at home.
This Champions Martial Arts branch runs martial arts classes for kids from age 3, plus adult and family classes. New students can sign up for a trial class, and the fall class schedule is posted online.
A Clinton Hill academy with a kids jiu-jitsu program alongside adult classes. Children learn grappling while working on focus, respect and responsibility, and families can start with a free trial.
Crispus Attucks Playground is a NYC Parks play area in Clinton Hill, with climbing structures and play equipment scaled for kids. 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 Scandinavian-style play cafe in Clinton Hill for babies to 6-year-olds, with calm play areas in view of the cafe and weekly classes and workshops.
A Clinton Hill play space with a slide, jungle gym, wind tunnel, peg wall and ball wall, plus hands-on learning classes for toddlers.
Taaffe Playground gives Clinton Hill families a free spot to play, with structures sized for young children. On hot summer days the spray showers switch on, and kids run through the water to cool off.
LittleGotham lists 11 places and programs for kids in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The largest groups are 2 art classes, 2 play spaces, 2 sports programs.
Yes. 3 of 11 are free to attend, including Clinton Hill Library, Crispus Attucks Playground, Taaffe Playground.
9 listings are indoors, such as Pratt PreCollege Program, Aozora Community Japanese Programs, Clinton Hill Library.