Bed Stuy
At the Prospect Park YMCA & Park Slope Armory YMCA [https://ymcanyc.org/locations/prospect-park-ymca/programs-classes/camps] summer day camps, children learn leadership skills and develop self-confidence in a safe, accepting, and stimulating environment. They also build robots, go on field trips, shoot hoops, learn to swim, make new friends,
City Kid Corner
Courtesy of Prospect Park YMCAThe Y is the place for your summer of Fitness, Fun and Savings. 10) All you need for family fun in one place. Parents can work out in our fitness centers while kids take gymnastics or swimming lessons 9) We offer a Dual Membership which gives
Education
Volunteers help out with Senator Jesse Hamilton Holiday Book DriveAs your kids grow out of some of their beloved books, other kids are looking to enjoy them as well. Senator Jesse Hamilton [https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/jesse-hamilton] has teamed up with community partners for a holiday book drive that
Education
Volunteers help out with Senator Jesse Hamilton Holiday Book DriveAs your kids grow out of some of their beloved books, other kids are looking to enjoy them as well. Senator Jesse Hamilton [https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/jesse-hamilton] has teamed up with community partners for a holiday book drive that
Kim's Kids Day Camp
What a beautiful sunny day it is outside. It’s perfect camp weather! Here is a list of traditional summer camps that your little ones will love! The Park Slope Day Camp [http://www.parkslopedaycamp.com/] 339 8th St, Windsor Terrace, Bay Ridge, Carroll Gardens as well as 2 Park
Brooklyn Volunteer Fair
Photo by Karen ChanToday’s photo comes from reader Karen Chan who explored the Brooklyn Volunteer Fair on Thursday looking for opportunities to get involved in the community. If you didn’t make it to the fair but want to learn more about how you can get involved, check out
Park Slope Armory
Photo by jeffyas [https://instagram.com/p/z3HQX7oTCf/]We’ll make it to spring yet! Photo taken in front of the Armory on 8th Avenue by jeffyas [https://instagram.com/p/z3HQX7oTCf/]. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it with us! Add it to our Flickr [http://www.
Healthy Kids Day
There is something fo r everyone at Healthy Kids Day.Healthy Kids Day is happening at YMCAs all over the country. The goal is to promote health and give parents and children more information on how to become and stay healthy. Park Slope Armory will have healthy activities like basketball
Hurricane Sandy Relief Kitchen
A year after so many generous neighbors helped others in need during Hurricane Sandy [/blog/tag/hurricane-sandy], volunteers and donors who worked at Masbia [http://www.masbia.org/], the John Jay High School [http://insideschools.org/high/browse/school/1411] and Park Slope Armory [http://www.ymcanyc.org/parkslopearmory] shelters,
Park Slope Armory
The new bike lanes on 14th and 15th Streets, proposed by the Department of Transportation last summer [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2012-06-21-14th-15th-cb6-cb7.pdf], popped up last week between 3rd and 8th Avenues. Other parts of the safety improvements that are still on the way include: • Painted
Park Slope Armory
Okay, it doesn’t rank up there with losing your home or business, but hundreds of Park Slope residents have been without their gym since the devastating Superstorm Sandy visited in October. The Armory YMCA [http://www.ymcanyc.org/parkslopearmory] was repurposed, brilliantly, as a shelter for nearly 300 Sandy