5 places and programs for kids in and around Stapleton, Staten Island (4 free): art, libraries, playgrounds. Includes Maggie Howard Mini Pool and Stapleton Community Center.
Little ones can join lapsit and toddler story times that mix songs, rhymes and books, and older kids can borrow books, use computers and get help finding homework resources. A historic Carnegie branch with a modern addition, offering programs for every age including young children.
An industrial-scale makerspace on the Stapleton waterfront with a large indoor fabrication shop and an outdoor MakerPark. It hosts K-12 and school programs where young people learn hands-on building and fabrication.
A small, shallow neighborhood pool at Rev. Dr. Maggie Howard Playground in Stapleton, good for younger kids cooling off in summer. Entry is free and no reservation is needed; bring a padlock for the lockers.
A NYCHA community center where a city-funded Cornerstone program run by YMCA of Greater New York offers school-age kids free after-school activities, homework help, sports, and arts. Summer and school-break programming is also offered for neighborhood youth.
Rev. Dr. Maggie Howard Playground offers a dedicated children's area in Stapleton, where kids can climb and play on structures made for them. On hot summer days the spray showers switch on, and kids run through the water to cool off.
LittleGotham lists 5 places and programs for kids in Stapleton, Staten Island. The largest groups are 1 art class, 1 library, 1 playground.
Yes. 4 of 5 are free to attend, including Maggie Howard Mini Pool, Stapleton Community Center, Stapleton Library.
3 listings are indoors, such as Stapleton Community Center, Stapleton Library, Staten Island MakerSpace.