Events
Come rain or shine, the Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair [http://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com/event/the-fabulous-fifth-avenue-street-fair/] is happening this Sunday, May 21, on Fifth between Sterling Place and 12th Street from 10am to 6pm. Hosted by the Park Slope 5th Avenue Business Improvement District [http://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com], this popular annual street fair
camps
We get it; Brooklyn is #trending with Brooklyn-based summer camps. Although you might think the booming borough has it all, it doesn’t have Chelsea Piers Summer Sports Camp [http://www.chelseapiers.com/summer-camp/]s [http://www.chelseapiers.com/summer-camp/]. Chelsea Piers is Manhattan’s premier destination for youth sports
bath beach
Summer is a time for exploration and these summer camps allow for such investigations. A Little Bit of Everything These three summer camps offer a variety of specializations. Photo via Dodge YMCA.Dodge YMCA [https://www.ymcanyc.org/dodge/pages/day-camp-at-the-dodge-ymca] Where: 225 Atlantic Ave., 718-625-3136, fbarretta@ymcanyc.org What:
Business
As the Camp Season kicks into full gear, we decided to take a closer look at some of our favorite camps that offer something a bit unusual. Construction Kids started in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, back in 2009, based on the belief that it is important for children to be allowed
Central Brooklyn
Groundbreaking at Kolbert Park, May 4. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)On a sunny spring day in May, officials and kids gathered to announce a massive and long-overdue renovation to Midwood’s Kolbert Park, a green space shared by three schools and hundreds of neighbors. The improved Kolbert Playground will
camps
Courtesy of Park Slope Day CampSummer is right around the corner; time to break out the shorts, swim trunks, and sunscreen. And there is no better way for a child to spend their summer than with Park Slope Day Camp [http://www.parkslopedaycamp.com/]. Courtesy of Park Slope Day CampActive,
bath beach
Here are the top 16 reasons for signing your child up for traditional Brooklyn summer camps. Indoor/Outdoor Facilities These five summer camps have their own, private facilities that include swimming pools. (Photo via Marks JCH)Marks JCH Summer Camp [http://www.jchb.org/summer-camps/] Where: 7802 Bay Parkway, 718-943-6343
camps
One summer, when I was maybe 11, I spent 4 weeks at a summer camp in Georgia. It literally changed me. (I accidentally sat on my glasses and the eye doctor subsequently told me I didn’t need them anymore.) And I returned, as most do, with a camp trunk
Central Brooklyn
The New York City Police Department will be actively enforcing the law when it comes to school buses starting today, reads the email from the 70th Precinct in Flatbush. Well, to be exact, enforcing it on those who fail to stop when the bus turns on red flashing lights, as
Central Brooklyn
Around 3:30pm on an overcast Wednesday afternoon, NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Martin Maher, Deputy Borough President Diana Reyna and City Council Member Laurie Cumbo, cut the ribbon on the fully renovated Jackie Robinson Playground in Crown Heights. NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Martin Maher speaking at Jackie Robinson
Announcements
Brooklyn Owl, 252 Flatbush Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Brooklyn Owl’s Annie Bruce (Photo by Michelle Danahy, courtesy of Brooklyn Owl)Brooklyn Owl (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Brooklyn Owl (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) Brooklyn Owl (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Brooklyn Owl (Photo by Pamela Wong/
Bensonhurst
We’ve got to move it, move it! Below are 15 camps that get campers on the court, into the water, or up a wall! Jack (and Jill) of all sports There’s never a dull moment at these sports camps that teach the fundamentals of skating, swimming, baseball, basketball,