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Kids' Board Games

Mon, Sep 25   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Cypress Hills Library

Kids after school table-top & board games

Join us for kid's board games, Mondays from 4-5PM!

Kids' Board Games

Hispanic Heritage Month Craft for Kids:Tissue Paper Flowers

Mon, Sep 25   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Crown Heights Library

Kids Hispanic Heritage Month kids create kids explore

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with us! Learn all about the traditions and celebrations as we create beautiful flowers out of tissue paper. 

Hispanic Heritage Month Craft for Kids:Tissue Paper Flowers

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Kid Tech Time

Tue, Sep 26   3:00 pm to 3:30 pm   Gravesend Library

Kids game on kids tech time

Come to explore new and old games and have fun to play with your friends.

 

Kid Tech Time

Kids Create

Tue, Sep 26   3:30 pm to 4:15 pm   Macon, The Fireplace

Kids after school arts and crafts kids create

Create, experiment and have fun!  Arts and crafts (and reading) for school age children 5-12 years.

 

 

Children under 6 should be closely supervised by an adult. 

Kids Create

Serving up MyPlate with City Harvest

Tue, Sep 26   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Crown Heights Library

Kids community partner cooking Healthy Communities kids explore

Join City Harvest for a six week series of free cooking and nutrition classes! Children and Teens will have fun cooking healthy foods, play fun games, and learn about healthy eating! All food will be provided by City Harvest. 

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Serving up MyPlate with City Harvest

Kids Movies @ the Library - Sing!

Tue, Sep 26   4:00 pm to 6:00 pm   Coney Island Library

Kids family movie movies movies at the library

Join us for a showing of Sing!

Kids Movies @ the Library - Sing!

Kids Create

Tue, Sep 26   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Canarsie Library

Kids arts and crafts kids create

Let your imagination soar at this weekly kids crafting program. 

Kids Create

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Grab & Go Craft: Cubed Kirby

Wed, Sep 27   10:00 am to 6:00 pm   Kensington Library

Kids arts and crafts grab and go kits kids create summer reading

Stop by Kensington Library and pick up our latest Grab & Go craft: Cubed Kirby!

(Supplies Limited) 

 

 

Grab & Go Craft: Cubed Kirby

Arts and Crafts

Wed, Sep 27   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Cypress Hills Library

Kids after school arts and crafts

Flex your creative muscles and enjoy creating a new craft to take home every week! Kids 5+ welcome!

Arts and Crafts

Kids Create Grab-and-Go: Paper Bird Kite

Wed, Sep 27   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Highlawn Library

Kids arts and crafts grab and go kits kids create

Stop by the Highlawn Library and pick up a kit with everything you need to make your own paper kite! Kits include a pre-punched template, paper, string, eye stickers, and instructions.  

Kits will be available at the Highlawn...

Kids Create Grab-and-Go: Paper Bird Kite

Home Work Help

Wed, Sep 27   3:00 pm to 6:00 pm   Crown Heights Library

Kids after school homework help

If you are in grades K-8, we can help you with your homework!

Come visit our home work helper. 

Home Work Help

After School Homework Help

Wed, Sep 27   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Brownsville Library

Kids after school Events for Youth and Family homework help

Need some help with your homework? We can help!

For school-aged children, ages 6-12.

After School Homework Help

Kids Tech Time

Wed, Sep 27   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Crown Heights Library

Kids kids tech time techknowledge video games

Get your Game on with Xbox and Switch. We also have Roblox on iPad. 

This program is for kids, so content may vary depending on the audience.

Kids Tech Time

Chess For Children

Wed, Sep 27   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Homecrest Library

Kids after school Chess Workshop

Chess after school for children!  Come learn how to play, improve your strategy, and most of all...have FUN, FUN, FUN!!!

Chess For Children

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Kids Create Grab & Go:Decorate Your Own Blank Notebook

Thu, Sep 28   2:30 pm to 5:00 pm   Gravesend Library

Kids arts and crafts grab and go kits kids create

Stop by the Gravesend Library and pick up a decorate your own blank notebook kit.

Kits will be available on the main floor until we run out.

For kids ages 5-10

 

 

    

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Kids Create Grab & Go:Decorate Your Own Blank Notebook

Kids Create: Grab & Go Decorate Your Own Notebook

Thu, Sep 28   2:45 pm to 5:00 pm   Gravesend Library

Kids arts and crafts grab and go kits

Create something new and all your own! Get a Grab and Go kit to take home and create! For kids age 4-11 years old. First come, First Served! 
Grab & Go Kits  will be available on the main floor.

Kids Create: Grab & Go Decorate Your Own Notebook

Kids Tech Time

Thu, Sep 28   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Highlawn Library

Kids kids tech time video games

Join us in the Highlawn Meeting Room for Kids Tech Time.  

Kids Tech Time

Ezra Jack Keats Story and Craft

Thu, Sep 28   3:30 pm to 4:15 pm   Macon, The Fireplace

Kids arts and crafts ezra jack keats storytime summer reading

Through the Ezra Jack Keats Story and Craft program, librarians read aloud to children and offer a grab & go craft activity related to the themes and images of the book. At the end of each session, every child is given a free copy of one...

Ezra Jack Keats Story and Craft

Teen Tech Time

Thu, Sep 28   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Coney Island Library

Kids teen tech time video games

Let’s play!

Join us for weekly gaming fun at Coney Island Library. Put your smash skills to the test, race against your peers, or have a dance off with your friends!

We have a wide selection of video games...

Teen Tech Time

Family Game Night : BINGO

Thu, Sep 28   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Brownsville Library

Kids after school Events for Youth and Family game on table-top & board games

Spend the afternoon playing with your family. Today we'll be playing BINGO!

If you don't know how to play, we'll teach you - it's easy! 

Come have fun and win a prize!

Fun for all ages and all types of ...

Family Game Night : BINGO

Chess Workshop for Kids

Thu, Sep 28   5:00 pm to 6:00 pm   Gravesend Library

Kids Chess Workshop table-top & board games

Come learn to play chess, or improve your skills.

For Kids
Ages 5 & up

Chess Workshop for Kids

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Coloring for Kids

Fri, Sep 29   3:00 pm to 6:00 pm   Homecrest Library

Kids arts and crafts first five years kids create

Kids receive age appropriate coloring sheets, crayons and create wonderful pictures.

Coloring for Kids

Tween Time

Fri, Sep 29   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Bay Ridge Library

Kids arts and crafts conversations kids create

Tween time is a weekly program where kids ages 9-12 can make different crafts, learn new skills and make new friends! 

Tween Time

Kids Create

Fri, Sep 29   3:30 pm to 4:30 pm   Brownsville Library

Kids after school arts and crafts kids create

What will you make?

Join us each Friday for a different craft! We'll use different materials, such as paint, clay, beads, paper, and more to create one-of-a-kind creations you can take with you.

This weekly after-school...

Kids Create

Movies @ the Library: Coco

Fri, Sep 29   4:00 pm to 5:30 pm   Crown Heights Library

Kids Hispanic Heritage Month movies movies at the library

Come by the library and watch a movie with us. 

Movies @ the Library: Coco

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Saturday Storytime

Sat, Sep 30   11:00 am to 11:45 am   Macon, The Fireplace

Kids early literacy first five years saturday storytime storytime

All ages storytime!

Join the Macon Children's Librarian to share rhymes, songs, and books! 

 

Saturday Storytime

Beaded Jewelry

Sat, Sep 30   12:00 pm to 2:00 pm   Homecrest Library

Kids arts and crafts jewelry making

Choose from a colorful selection of beads to make a stretchy bracelet. All materials are provided.

Beaded Jewelry

OCT
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Decorate Your Own Trick or Treat Bag

Mon, Oct 2   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Coney Island Library

Kids arts and crafts halloween holiday

Transform a canvas tote into a trick or treat bag to match your Halloween costume! Kids, Tweens and Teens welcome!

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Decorate Your Own Trick or Treat Bag

Kids' Board Games

Mon, Oct 2   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Cypress Hills Library

Kids after school table-top & board games

Join us for kid's board games, Mondays from 4-5PM!

Kids' Board Games

Game On: Board Games for Kids

Mon, Oct 2   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Homecrest Library

Kids everyone is welcome here summer reading

Play retro board games like Connect 4, Monopoly, Jenga and many more.

Game On: Board Games for Kids

Kids Create: Little Bits

Mon, Oct 2   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Kensington Library

Kids kids create techknowledge

Kids will learn the basics of circuitry and electronics with Little Bits. In this free workshop, kids ages 6-18 will get to make basic robotics and more.

 

Kids Create: Little Bits

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Kid Tech Time

Tue, Oct 3   3:00 pm to 3:30 pm   Gravesend Library

Kids game on kids tech time

Come to explore new and old games and have fun to play with your friends.

 

Kid Tech Time

Serving up MyPlate with City Harvest

Tue, Oct 3   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Crown Heights Library

Kids community partner cooking Healthy Communities kids explore

Join City Harvest for a six week series of free cooking and nutrition classes! Children and Teens will have fun cooking healthy foods, play fun games, and learn about healthy eating! All food will be provided by City Harvest. 

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Serving up MyPlate with City Harvest

Kids Create

Tue, Oct 3   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Canarsie Library

Kids arts and crafts kids create

Let your imagination soar at this weekly kids crafting program. 

Kids Create

OCT
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Cadman Park Storytime

Wed, Oct 4   10:30 am to 11:00 am   Brooklyn Heights Library

Kids BPL Outdoors first five years live music stomp clap and sing

Hello Friends!!

Join us for Outdoor Storytime at Cadman Park! We will be singing songs and reading stories on the grass right next to the Juneteenth Grove. 

For all ages and their grownups.

*No...

Cadman Park Storytime

Arts and Crafts

Wed, Oct 4   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Cypress Hills Library

Kids after school arts and crafts

Flex your creative muscles and enjoy creating a new craft to take home every week! Kids 5+ welcome!

Arts and Crafts

Home Work Help

Wed, Oct 4   3:00 pm to 6:00 pm   Crown Heights Library

Kids after school homework help

If you are in grades K-8, we can help you with your homework!

Come visit our home work helper. 

Home Work Help

Chess For Children

Wed, Oct 4   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Homecrest Library

Kids after school Chess Workshop

Chess after school for children!  Come learn how to play, improve your strategy, and most of all...have FUN, FUN, FUN!!!

Chess For Children

Books Unbanned Storytime: A Big Mooncake for Little Star

Wed, Oct 4   4:00 pm to 4:30 pm   Brighton Beach Library

Kids banned books storytime

Join us for a Books Unbanned Storytime as we celebrate stories that have been challenged and pulled from the shelves of libraries across the US. This storytime is open to all ages. We will be reading A Big Mooncake for Little Star as well as...

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Books Unbanned Storytime: A Big Mooncake for Little Star

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Kids Tech Time

Thu, Oct 5   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Highlawn Library

Kids kids tech time video games

Join us in the Highlawn Meeting Room for Kids Tech Time.  

Kids Tech Time

Teen Tech Time

Thu, Oct 5   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Coney Island Library

Kids teen tech time video games

Let’s play!

Join us for weekly gaming fun at Coney Island Library. Put your smash skills to the test, race against your peers, or have a dance off with your friends!

We have a wide selection of video games...

Teen Tech Time

Kids Create: Arts & Crafts

Thu, Oct 5   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Homecrest Library

Kids arts and crafts kids create

Join us at the Library to create fun and easy art projects.

Kids Create: Arts & Crafts

OCT
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Coloring for Kids

Fri, Oct 6   3:00 pm to 6:00 pm   Homecrest Library

Kids arts and crafts first five years kids create

Kids receive age appropriate coloring sheets, crayons and create wonderful pictures.

Coloring for Kids

Tween Time

Fri, Oct 6   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Bay Ridge Library

Kids arts and crafts conversations kids create

Tween time is a weekly program where kids ages 9-12 can make different crafts, learn new skills and make new friends! 

Tween Time

Chess with Nils

Fri, Oct 6   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Brighton Beach Library

Kids after school Chess Workshop

Join us every Friday from 4pm-5pm to learn chess with chest master Nils de Vita.

Chess with Nils

Game On! with Toss Across

Fri, Oct 6   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Coney Island, Meeting Room 2

Kids game on table-top & board games

Enjoy board games with friends including Toss Across!

Game On! with Toss Across

Kids Tech Time: iPad Musical Chairs

Fri, Oct 6   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Coney Island, Meeting Room 2

Kids kids tech time

Learn about our online resources in this research game. 

Kids Tech Time: iPad Musical Chairs

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Books Unbanned Storytime

Sat, Oct 7   11:00 am to 11:45 am   Macon, The Fireplace

Kids banned books early literacy first five years saturday storytime

All ages storytime! 

Book bans are affecting even our youngest readers. We will read stories that have been challenged and pulled from shelves, but which we think are fantastic readalouds--And Tango Makes Three, A Big Mooncake for...

Books Unbanned Storytime

Ready, Set, Kindergarten!

Sat, Oct 7   11:00 am to 12:00 pm   Sheepshead Bay Library

Kids Ready Set Kindergarten saturday storytime

October 7, 14, 21, 28 & November 4, 18
Sheepshead Bay Library

In this special six session series, families enjoy stories & activities designed to encourage the development of early learning practices. Exploring literacy,...

Ready, Set, Kindergarten!

Beaded Jewelry

Sat, Oct 7   11:00 am to 1:00 pm   Homecrest Library

Kids arts and crafts jewelry making

Choose from a colorful selection of beads to make a stretchy bracelet. All materials are provided.

Beaded Jewelry

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