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- BUY TICKETS NOW for our Ba(b)y Ridge MamaCon, Sunday, November 17 @ 11AM - 2PM, "From Bumps to Babies in Bay Ridge", the first event of its kind here in Bay Ridge! Expert panelists, great vendors, amazing giveaways, and new mama friends! Get 50% off tickets with code "halfoff"
- Sponsor a Family - Operation Gobbler Giving
- Sign up as a Bay Ridge Cares' Thanksgiving Dinner Volunteer (children welcome)
- ~Nov 23, Saturdays 8am-3pm: Bay Ridge Greenmarket @ Walgreen's Parking Lot (9408 3rd Ave)
- ~Nov 24, Sundays 9am-4pm: Bensonhurst Greenmarket @ Milestone Park (18th Ave, 81-82nd St)
- Contact Bay Ridge Cares if you know of someone housebound or alone in need of a Thanksgiving Meal, or sign up to donate or deliver meals and desserts
- ~Dec 5 - Register for Fort Hamilton Holiday Market & Tree Lighting (free, on Dec 6)
- ~Dec 14: Toys for Tots collection at buy buy BABY
- (July 29 until further notice): Play Days and Playdates will be closed except for Thursday Mommy & Me while owner recovers from surgery.
- Family Friendly Day Trips & Weekend Getaway Idea
- FREE - Saturday Storytime @ McKinley Park Library @ 10 - 10:30
- Children's Origami @ 51 35th St @ 10 - 11 ($15)
- FREE - Saturday Storytime! @ Sunset Park Library @ 10:30 - 11
- FREE - Saturday Storytime @ Bay Ridge Library @ 11 - 11:45
- FREE - Ready, Set, Kindergarten! @ Dyker Library @ 11 - 12
- FREE - Ready, Set, Kindergarten! @ Sunset Park Library @ 11 - 12
- FREE - Thanksgiving Party @ buy buy BABY @ 11 - 1
- FREE - E-Waste Recycling & Doc Shredding @ St. Anselm @ 11 - 1
- Open Lab: Tiny Scientists (ages 2-5) @ Urban STEAM Lab @ 11 - 1
- "Llamaste" Little Brushes ($38) @ Pinot's Palette @ 12 - 2
- FREE - Saturday Storytime @ Dyker Library @ 12:30 - 1
- FREE - Family DJ Dance Party - Music of Bob Marley for Kids @ IC Courtyard 5/6 @ 1 - 2
- Yoga & Mindfulness Taster for Teens @ Omn Vibe Yoga Studio @ 1 - 2
- FREE - Chess at 3 @ 237 36th St @ 1 - 5
- FREE - Little Scientists @ Sunset Park Library @ 1:30 - 2:30
- FREE - Build with Duplo @ Sunset Park Library @ 1:30 - 2:30
- FREE - "The Young Tribesman" by Paul Broderick Storytime @ Bookmark Shoppe @ 2 - 3
- FREE - Magician in Residence @ 237 36th St @ 2 - 4
- FREE - Uptown Rock Painting Party at Cocoa Grinder Gold (9302 4th) @ 2 - 4
- FREE - Arabic Storytime @ Dyker Library @ 2:30 - 3:30
- FREE - Saturday Storytime: Cantonese Storytime @ Fort Hamilton Library @ 3 - 4
- FREE - Build with Lego @ Sunset Park Library @ 3 - 4
- Open Lab (5+) @ Urban STEAM Lab @ 4:30 - 7
- Elf the Musical @ Fort Hamilton Army Base Theater @ 8
- Drop-In Karate Class for Kids & Adults ($10) @ Bay Ridge Jewish Center @ 9:30 - 11
- Ba(b)y Ridge MamaCon (pre-purchased tix required) @ Lutheran Elementary School @ 11 - 2
- Family Yoga Class @ Bay Ridge Yoga @ 11:30
- FREE - Project K!d: Seasonal Crafting @ 850 3rd / 237 36th St @ 1 - 4
- Elf the Musical @ Fort Hamilton Army Base Theater @ 2
- Dr. Alex & Friends Singalong ($10) @ Beyond at Liberty View @ 10 - 11
- FREE - Toy Time @ Bay Ridge Library @ 10 - 12
- FREE - Cantonese Storytime @ McKinley Park Library @ 10:30 - 11:30
- Tic Toc Spanish @ Beyond at Liberty View @ 11 - 12
- FREE - Teen Tech Time @ Dyker Library @ 2:30 - 4
- FREE - Lecture on Myopia (Nearsightedness) & Pediatric Eye Health @ CP Eye Institute @ 6 - 7:30
- FREE - StoryPlay @ Bay Ridge Library @ 10 & 11
- Lavender Blues ($10) @ Beyond at Liberty View @ 10:30
- FREE - Project K!d: Seasonal Crafting @ 850 3rd / 237 36th St @ 12 - 2
- Open Lab: Tiny Scientists (ages 2-5) @ Urban STEAM Lab @ 12 - 2
- FREE - Read and Play @ Sunset Park Library @ 1 - 1:45
- FREE - Teen Time @ Sunset Park Library @ 3:30 - 4:30
- BYOBaby Play Date ($5) @ Bay Ridge Jewish Center) @ 3:30 - 5
- FREE - Chess Workshop with Juan Tica @ Bay Ridge Library @ 4 - 5
- FREE - DIY for Teens @ McKinely Park Library @ 4 - 5
- FREE - After School Stories @ Sunset Park Library @ 4:30 - 5:30
- FREE - Loss & Infertility Roundtable @ Il Centro @ 6:30 - 8
- Lavender Blues ($20) @ Dimensions on Stage @ 10 - 10:40
- FREE - Toy Time @ Bay Ridge Library @ 10 - 12
- FREE - Toddler Time @ Dyker Library @ 10:15 & 11:15
- FREE - Babies and Books @ Sunset Park Library @ 10:30 - 11
- FREE - Babies and Books @ Fort Hamilton Library @ 10:30 - 11
- FREE - Toddler Time @ Sunset Park Library @ 11:15 - 12
- FREE - Toddler Time @ Fort Hamilton Library @ 11:30 - 12
- FREE - La Hora Mágica de los Pequeños @ Sunset Park Library @ 1:30 - 2:30
- FREE - Teen Lounge @ Dyker Library @ 2:30 - 3:45
- FREE - Build with LEGO @ Bay Ridge Library @ 3 - 4
- FREE - Teen Anime Club @ Sunset Park Library @ 4 - 5
- FREE - Kids Create @ McKinley Park Library @ 4 - 5
- FHHS Theater Production: Arsenic & Old Lace @ Fort Hamilton High School @ 4
- Mommy & Me with Miss Darlene @ Play Days & Parties @ 10 - 12
- Zumbini Trial Class ($20) @ Bay Ridge Yoga @ 11:30 - 12:15
- FREE - Friends-Giving @ Fort Hamilton Senior Rec Center @ 12 - 3
- FREE - Babies & Books @ Dyker Library @ 1:15 - 2
- FREE - Teen Tech Time @ Dyker Library @ 2:30 - 4
- FREE - Kids Create @ Bay Ridge Library @ 3 - 4
- FREE - Kids Create: Arts and Crafts @ Fort Hamilton Library @ 3:30 - 4:30
- FREE - Teen Tech Time @ McKinley Park Library @ 3:30 - 5
- FREE - Dungeons and Dragons @ Bay Ridge Library @ 4 - 5
- FREE - Chess Workshop with Reinaldo Duran Trujillo @ Sunset Park Library @ 4 - 5
- Drop-In Karate Class for Kids & Adults ($10) @ Bay Ridge Jewish Center @ 6 - 7
- FHHS Theater Production: Arsenic & Old Lace @ Fort Hamilton High School @ 7
- FREE - 普通話故事時間 Mandarin Chinese Storytime @ Sunset Park Library @ 10:30 - 11:30
- FREE - StoryPlay 11am @ Bay Ridge Library @ 11 - 11:45
- FREE - Ready, Set, Kindergarten! @ Fort Hamilton Library @ 11 - 12
- FREE - First Five Years Kids Create @ McKinley Park Library @ 11 - 12
- FREE - Kids Create @ Dyker Library @ 4 - 5
- FREE - Karaoke for Kids @ Bay Ridge Library @ 4 - 5
- FREE - Game On! @ McKinley Park Library @ 4 - 5
- FREE - Tot Shabbat @ Bay Ridge Jewish Center @ 5:30 - 6:30
- FHHS Theater Production: Arsenic & Old Lace @ Fort Hamilton High School @ 7
- Elf the Musical @ Fort Hamilton Army Base Theater @ 8