Bay Ridge Area Kids Events Roundup: Oct 5 - 11

Here's our roundup of the kids' activities and family-friendly events going on in the Greater Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn for the week of October 5 - 11, 2019!

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ONGOING:

• July 29 until further notice (a few weeks) - Play Days and Playdates will be closed except for Thursday Mommy & Me while owner recovers from surgery.
• Family Friendly Day Trips & Weekend Getaways​
• ​Sept 5 - Oct 8: Music Together Free Demonstration Classes
• ​Sept 30 ~ Later this Fall: Bay Ridge Library will be closing for repair
• Oct 6 - Miss Karen's G&T Prep Classes Start (11 weeks, $555)
• Oct 9 - Pre-registration & Payment due for St. Anselm Halloween Party (Sat. 10/26 @ 2 - 5 PM)
• (Saturdays 8am-3pm ~Nov 23) ​Bay Ridge Greenmarket @ Walgreen's Parking Lot (9408 3rd Ave)
• (Sundays 9am-4pm ~Nov 24) Bensonhurst Greenmarket @ Milestone Park (18th Ave, 81-82nd St)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5:

• FREE - Saturday Storytime @ McKinley Park Library @ 10 - 10:30
• FREE - Saturday Storytime! @ Sunset Park Library @ 10:30 - 11
• FREE - FDNY Open House @ 9219 5th Ave & 5113 4th Ave @ 11 - 1
• FREE - Family Movies: Monster Family @ McKinley Park Library @ 11:30 - 1:30
• FREE - Saturday Storytime @ Dyker Library @ 12:30 - 1
• ​​FREE - Family DJ Dance Party - Music of Madonna for Kids @ 238 36th St @ 12:30​​ - 2​
• FREE - FDNY Open House @ 6630 3rd Ave & 5001 7th Ave & 1157 79th St @ 1 - 3​
• FREE - Chess at 3 @ Industry City @ 1 - 5
• FREE - Little Scientists @ Sunset Park Library @ 1:30 - 2:30
• FREE - Build with Duplo @ Sunset Park Library @ 1:30 - 2:30
• FREE - Patty Cake Theater Presents: Donkey Jote @ Fort Hamilton Library @ 2 - 3
• FREE - Arabic Storytime @ Dyker Library @ 2:30 - 3:30
• FREE - Build with Lego @ Sunset Park Library @ 3 - 4
• FREE - Saturday Storytime @ Fort Hamilton Library @ 3:30 - 4
• FREE - Movies Under the Stars Shoktoberfest: City of Bones @ Leif Ericson Park @ 6:30 - 8:45

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6:

• FREE - FDNY Open House @ Various Locations​
• Drop-In Karate Class for Kids & Adults ($10) @ Bay Ridge Jewish Center @ 9:30 - 11​​
• Family Yoga @ Pure Life Yoga Studio @ 10:30 - 11:30
• FREE - Bay Ridge The Hunt with Urban Archive (pre-reg required) @ 69th St Pier @ 1 - 3

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7:

• 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 @ 3 - 4
• FREE - Kids Create: Witch Hat Trick-or-Treat Piñata @ Sunset Park Library @ 3:30 - 4:30
• Young Writers Workshop (1st of 3 weeks) @ Bookmark Shoppe @ 4 - 5:30
• FREE - Sunset Park Bookmark Contest @ Sunset Park Library @ 4:30 - 5:15

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8:

• ​​**cancelled** ​Open Play BRBM Special ($5) @ Play Days & Parties​ @ 10:30 - 12:30​
• Lavender Blues ($10) @ Beyond at Liberty View @ 10:30
• Open Lab: Tiny Scientists (ages 2-5) @ Urban STEAM Lab @ 12 - 2
• FREE - Read and Play @ Sunset Park Library @ 1 - 1:45
• Dr. Alex & Friends Singalong ($10) @ Beyond at Liberty View @ 1:30 - 2:30
• **on break til 10/29** ​BYOBaby Play Date ($5) @ Bay Ridge Jewish Center)
• FREE - Teen Time: Superhero Perler Beads @ Sunset Park Library @ 3:30 - 4:30
• FREE - DIY for Teens @ McKinley Park Library @ 4 - 5
• FREE - Brooklyn Robotics League @ Sunset Park Library @ 4 - 5:30
• FREE - After School Stories @ Sunset Park Library @ 4:30 - 5:30
• Open Lab (5+) @ Urban STEAM Lab @ 4:30 - 7

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9:​

• Alternate Side Parking Suspended, Public Schools Closed (Yom Kippur)
• Day Camp @ Urban STEAM Lab @ 8 - 6
• ​Lavender Blues ($20) @ Dimensions on Stage @ 10 - 10:40
• FREE - Yom Kippur Celebration (children ages 0-5) @ BRJC @ 10 - 11
• 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
• Trial Zumbini Class ($20) @ Raine & Riley's @ 11 - 11:45
• FREE - Yom Kippur Celebration (children ages 6-11) @ BRJC @ 11 - 12:30
• 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 Anime Club: How to Keep a Mummy @ Sunset Park Library @ 4 - 5
• FREE - Kids Create @ McKinley Park Library @ 4 - 5
• FREE - Sunset Park Bookmark Contest @ Sunset Park Library @ 4:30 - 5:15

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10:

• Mommy & Me with Miss Darlene @ Play Days & Parties @ 10 - 12​
• FREE - Babies & Books @ Dyker Library @ 1:15 - 2
• FREE - Teen Tech Time @ Dyker Library @ 3 - 4
• FREE - Teen Tech Time @ McKinley Park Library @ 3:30 - 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​

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11:

• FREE - Discovery Table @ McKinley Park Library @ 10 - 11
• FREE - 普通話故事時間 Mandarin Chinese Storytime @ Sunset Park Library @ 10:30 - 11:30
• FREE - Ready, Set, Kindergarten! @ Fort Hamilton Library @ 11 - 12
• FREE - First Five Years Kids Create @McKInley Park Library @ 11 - 12
• FREE - Game On! @ Sunset Park Library @ 3:30 - 5
• FREE - Teen Tech Time @ Sunset Park Library @ 3:30 - 5
• FREE - Kids Create @ Dyker Library @ 4 - 5
• FREE - Game On! @ McKinley Park Library @ 4 - 5