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Game On!
Come play Board Games with us!! Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, Battleship and Uno. For Kids 5-12.
Chess Workshop
Come learn to play chess, or improve your skills with chessmaster William DeCastillo!
Teen Tech Time
Come play video games like Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart and Just Dance with us!!
Kids Create: Arts & Crafts
Join us at the Library to create fun and easy art projects.
Teen Tech Time
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...
Anime Club!
Join us as we watch anime while drawing and coloring our favorite characters!
This program is for teens ages 13-17. We meet every week!
Kids Create: Polymer Clay
Join us for another craft adventure. Today will be learning how to work with polymer clay.
The Mill Basin Library is located at 2385 Ralph Avenue. For more information please call 718-241-3973/
College Connect: Paying for College (VIRTUAL)
THIS PROGRAM IS VIRTUAL. There are many ways to pay for college, but which ones are right for you and how much will you need? Learn the basics of financial aid, scholarship searching, and the real realities of taking out loans.
There are...
DEC
1
Mill Basin Presents Brainy Babies
Families enjoy stories and activities designed to encourage brain development and early learning practices. Each week we will read books, sing songs, and do fun activities that promote language development, social-emotional skills, and more....
Kids Create @ Gerritsen Beach
Come by Gerritsen Beach and get creative with a special DIY art project. All you need to bring is your imagination!
*Please note: Supplies are limited so program is first come, first serve. Thank you.
Coloring for Kids
Kids receive age appropriate coloring sheets, crayons and create wonderful pictures.
SANTA Is Coming To Town!
Santa is Coming to Town
Friday December 1st,2023 @ 3:30pm
Join us for a fun-filled afternoon of crafts, songs & of course our special guest, Santa !!!
Kids Create: Dream Catchers
Make take-home creations based on monthly themes.
Kids Create: STEAM Pop-Up
Join us as we wheel out the yellow craft cart for a different, sometimes-messy, sometimes-explosive STEAM activity on Friday afternoons! Get creative, and learn a little something new with the help of your children’s librarian and some crazy...
YA TechConnect English/Haitian Creole
If you have a tech problem, question, or would just like some individualized tutorials, this is your time to work with a librarian and receive personal attention and instruction. Assistance can include: Internet browsing, email, and typing....
DEC
2
Saturday Storytime @ Gerritsen Beach
Join us at Gerritsen Beach Library for a fun Saturday Storytime!
Saturday Storytime
Listen to stories, sing songs while playing musical instruments and play with toys!
Ready Set Kindergarten Series
Join us for Ready Set Kindergarten! This popular school readiness program, led by educators, and designed to help children ages 3-5 get ready to read, and ready for school. Learn about every day early literacy practices you can do right now...
Sensory-Friendly Open Playroom
Pop by our children's area to tinker with our lightboard, practice shaping your letters, or experiment with kinetic sand. Older readers are welcome to play with toys, build towering Lego structures, or create their next artistic masterpiece....
Beaded Jewelry
Choose from a colorful selection of beads to make a stretchy bracelet. All materials are provided.
Saturday Storytime
Join us for Paerdegat's Saturday Storytime, designed to spark curiosity and inspire imagination in readers aged four to eight. Each week, we'll dive into a new picture book and chat about all things kid-lit! See you there!
Saturday Family Movie
Join us for our December Family Movies:
December 2 - Ice Age
December 16 - Home Alone
December 23 - Nightmare Before Xmas
December 30 - Snow Dogs
DEC
4
Reading Coach
For ages 4 through 10, this program helps students learn to read and practice important reading skills! This program is a drop in program run by a trained Volunteer.
For more information, please inquire at the Greenpoint library.
Bingo Birthday Month!
December is Bingo's Birthday Month!
Join us for a game every open Monday in December from 3pm to 4pm
This program is open to all!
K-8 After School Homework Help
If your child is in grades 1 through 8, a trained volunteer at the Greenpoint library can help with your child's homework!
This program is free and no registration is required. Program will be held in the first floor meeting room (...
Game On: Board Games for Kids
Play retro board games like Connect 4, Monopoly, Jenga and many more.
College Connect: Writing the College Essay
College Essays and Personal Statements are an important piece of school applications, but they can be hard to write. How do you pick a topic? What are schools looking for? At this session you'll learn the best practices for writing your essay,...
Kids Explore: 3D Printing Demonstration
Learn a little bit more about the coolest tech at Paerdegat library as you watch an on-screen object come to life with a little help from our in-branch 3D printer!
Kids Create
Come and join us for Arts and Crafts!! There will be a different craft every week!!
Tiny Techs (ages 3-6) - Coding
For Children Ages 3-6
This is a block coding program to introduce the basic ideas and concepts of coding to your children. They will learn how to build basic codes by following instructions, and by using counting and sequencing...
Chess Class with Vladimir Mazo
Learn to play or improve your game with instructor Vladimir Mazo!
For beginners or advanced players, ages 6-12
Register at the Juvenile Information Desk
1st Floor
This program is made possible by...
DEC
5
Grab & Go Craft: Hanging decoration
Welcome Everyone!
Visit our Leonard Library Pop Up at Talea. Pick up cute little bag with materials needed to make an amazing craft stick wall decoration for your room! It's easy, it's simple and it's cute.
Grab & Go Craft: Coral reef friends
Welcome Everyone!
Visit our Leonard Library Pop Up at Talea. Pick up cute little bag with materials needed to make an amazing craft to decorate your room! It's easy, it's simple and it's cute.
Build with Legos & Keva Planks
Get that imagination flowing! Come build with legos & keva planks.
For kids of all ages.
STEAM Lab - Cookie House Engineering
Build a house using cookies and icing. Decorate and take your edible engineering project home. Registration required. Teens and Tweens welcome!
Kids Create
Let your imagination soar at this weekly kids crafting program.
Kids Coding: Block Coding
Ages 7 - 13
Have an interest in coding? First time coder? This is an introductory class in coding. Learn the basic concepts of coding by snapping together blocks of code to build a program. Learn how to create...
DEC
6
Toddler Time
This is a program for walking toddlers. Lapsit storytime for infants who are not yet walking should attend Babies and Books on Mondays!
Join us for storytime! We will be singing songs, learning rhymes, and reading books together....
Toddler Story Time
Expose your toddlers to early literacy skills, sing songs, and listen to story.
Story Play
A program of stories, songs, movement, and play time open to children ages 0-5 and their caregivers.
To request accessibility support, please call 718.230.2227.
Please stay home if you are not feeling well ♥
Paerdegat Makerspace
Pop by the branch as we open up Paerdegat's craft closet treasure trove and invite kids of all ages to craft something awesome. Please note, this program is self-guided and drop-in in nature; we'll provide the materials, you provide the...
Toddler Time
Join us to hear new stories and your favorites, and sing fun songs.
Toddler Time @ Mill Basin Library
Join us at the Mill Basin Library for stories, songs and fun! This program is geared for children 18-36 months.
Space is limited. Please pick up a free ticket at the front desk.
Please join us at the Mill Basin Library...
Toddler Time with Ms. Denise
Returning for Spring, join us for story and play with Ms. Denise at the Ulmer Park Branch.
For Ages 1 - 3
Toddler Time
This is a program for walking toddlers. Lapsit storytime for infants who are not yet walking should attend Babies and Books on Mondays!
Join us for storytime! We will be singing songs, learning rhymes, and reading books together....
Read and Play
Hear stories, make friends and play at our inclusive story time. For children birth to age 5 with and without disabilities.
ASL Interpretation available upon advanced request.
Greenpoint Eco Lab 1.
Snowflake Making
Help transform the library into a winter wonderland. Grab your scissors and perfect the art of paper snowflakes.
Teen Tech Time
Play video games on our PS4, Nintendo Switch, XBox, and more! All teens (ages 12-18) are welcome.
3D Printing and Paint
Join us to see how 3D printing works and paint objects to take home. Teens and Tweens welcome.
After School Stories
Come and hear stories, sing songs, and make something fun! For children 6-12 years old with and without disabilities. Group size limited to 12. A parent or caregiver must accompany children. ASL Interpretation available upon advanced request...
