Online Events & Local Resources in Bay Ridge during COVID-19 Quarantine

updated: 3/31/20

Spread the Love, Not the Germs:

• Stay home!!!!
• When taking kids out for fresh air and exercise, maintain 6 feet distance from other humans you don't live with, i.e. NO PLAYDATES!!! And don't visit places where surfaces are likely to be touched by others, i.e. NO PLAYGROUNDS!!!
• Quarantine Rainbow Connection: Have your children draw a rainbow and put it in their window. Add your address here. View the map of rainbows here and look for them when out getting fresh air and exercise (while keeping proper social distancing!).
• Alt Side Parking Suspended through April 14
• Schools Closed through April 19

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Local Support & Care for those in need:

• Bay Ridge Cares - offering relief and support to local areas (food shopping, running errands, dog walking, care packages, wellness checks, etc) - contact them if you know someone in need, or would like to volunteer
• Invisible Hands: free, safe deliveries for most at risk community members (sign up to volunteer or request a delivery)
• NYC DOE providing 3 free meals a day for all NYC children, available at 400 sites from M-F 7:30AM - 1:30PM. Click here for locations and hours.

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Online Programs by Bay Ridge Businesses

• Bay Ridge Ballet - FREE ballet classes on their new YouTube channel
• Bay Ridge Jewish Center - will be offering Tot Shabbat and some other programs via FB live
• HY Martial Arts - free live Kung Fu classes on Facebook / Instagram, ages 5+, Tuesdays & Thursdays at 3PM. FREE but donations welcome.
• Music Together of Bay Ridge - spring semester will be online, with weekly group class via Zoom, and unlimited private Facebook lives, $115 per family from April 6, more info & register here.
• Urban Steam Lab: virtual science class held Tues & Thurs for 3 weeks (March 31 - April 16; 6 classes) for children in 3rd - 6th grades. $120 for first child, 66% discount for siblings, inclues science kit that can be picked up or delivered locally.​

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FREE Online Programs (beyond Bay Ridge)

• Daily @ Various Times: Free Live Stage & Classes through KidPass
• Weekdays @ 11AM - Mornings with Papa Tom (FB Live Music Class), suggested donation $10
• Weekdays @ 11AM-1PM - Science Mom's YouTube Live "QuaranTime"​ (Science), FREE
• Weekdays @ 2 - 2:45PM (ages 8-12) - Live YT Art Class, Monster Art School with Steve Ellis
• Weekdays @ 3 - 3:45PM (ages 13+) - Live YT Art Class, Monster Art School with Steve Ellis​​
• Weekdays @ 3PM - Home Safari Facebook Lives at Cincinnati Zoo (Science), FREE
• The Buttons Band FB & IG Live music classes, Wed @ 11AM, Thurs @ 3:30PM, Sun @ 11AM
• FB Live Workouts by With Love Personal Training, FREE, various days/times
• ​Ongoing interactive homeschooling classes for various ages, organized by Emily Drabinski, the head librarian at CUNY's Graduate Center and her partner, Karen Miller, a history professor at Laguardia Community College, FREE
• List of 37+ children's musicians live online music classes
• List of children's book authors doing online readings

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Local Deliveries:

• BookMark Shoppe store is closed but local deliveries receive 20% off online orders with code ADRIFB
• Bubbles & Suds -15% off laundry pickup/delivery for Bay Ridge Residents for next 2 weeks (March 16 - 30?)
• Most grocery stores will maintain their deliveries via phone, internet, or in-store. You can also try InstaCart for delivery from Costco, Aldies, Whole Foods, etc (currently need to schedule delivery a few days ahead), Fresh Direct (currently 1+ week booked out period), and Amazon Fresh (you'll need an Amazon Prime membership, get a free 30-day trial here).
• Leaky Barrel Wines & Sprits: call (718) 256-0346
• Cafes and restaurants can not allow dine-in but most are offering takeout pickup and delivery.

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Other Helpful Info: COVID-19

• NY State Department of Health's COVID-19 Page
• CDC COVID-19 Page
• The Best Materials for DIY Masks​
• What "Non-Essential" vs. "Essential" businesses are and what must be closed

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Other Helpful Info: Remote Learning

• NYC DOE Learn at Home Activities
• Parents Guide to Google Classroom
• Free Texas Instruments Software
• Download 300,000 free books from NYPL
• Scholastic Learn at Home Programs
• Virtual concerts, plays, and museums

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