It's no secret that this city can have four seasons in one day. You could simply dig out the rain gear and go play outside... or make lemonade and seek out some serious fun at NYC's greatest destinations! Beat the Brooklyn weather by checking out these indoor, kid-friendly destinations. Check back as we continue to add more great spots to this list!
Dave & Buster's – Downtown Brooklyn
Chuck E. Cheese – Downtown Brooklyn
Twinkle Playspace – Williamsburg
Area 53 – Williamsburg
Play Kids – Greenpoint
The Play Lab – Greenpoint
Litle Lola 'n Tots – Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklearn – Carroll Gardens
Powerplay Activity Center – Gowanus
Good Day Play Cafe – Park Slope
Urban Air Adventure Center – Sunset Park
Totally Tots at Brooklyn Children's Museum – Crown Heights
Fairy Tale Island – Bay Ridge
Kids 'n Action – Borough Park
Funtopia – Ridgewood
Fun Station USA – Staten Island
Brooklyn Children's Museum – Crown Heights
Jewish Children's Museum – Crown Heights
New York Transit Museum – Boerum Hill
Brooklyn Museum – Prospect Heights
Museum of Ice Cream – Nolita
Children's Museum of Manhattan – Upper West Side
American Museum of Natural History – Upper West Side
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Upper East Side
Museum of the City of New York – Upper East Side
Museum of the Moving Image – Astoria
DiMenna Children's History Museum at the NY Historical Society – Upper West Side
Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling – Harlem
New York Hall of Science – Flushing, Queens
Staten Island Children's Museum – Snug Harbor, Staten Island
Brooklyn Public Library branches (many host free kids classes and events):
- Central Library – Prospect Heights
- Greenpoint Library – Greenpoint
- Leonard Library – Williamsburg
- Williamsburgh Library – Williamsburg
- Bushwick Library – Bushwick
- Dekalb Library – Bushwick
- Macon Library – Bedford-Stuyvesant
- Brower Park Library at Brooklyn Children's Museum – Crown Heights
- Clinton Hill Library – Clinton Hill
- Walt Whitman Library – Fort Greene
- Adams Street Library – DUMBO
- Brooklyn Heights Library – Brooklyn Heights
- Pacific Library – Boerum Hill
- Carroll Gardens Library – Carroll Gardens
- Park Slope Library – Park Slope
- Red Hook Library – Red Hook
Books are Magic – Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights
McNally Jackson – Williamsburg and Downtown Brooklyn
Powerhouse Arena – DUMBO and Industry City
Greenlight Bookstore – Fort Greene
Unnameable Books – Prospect Heights
Barnes & Noble – Downtown Brooklyn
Barnes & Noble – Park Slope
Norman & Jules – Park Slope
Matt & Juliette – Williamsburg
Butterfly 7 – Bedford-Stuyvesant
Greenpoint Toys – Greenpoint
Geometry Kids – South Williamsburg
Pipsqueak Shoppe and Salon – Clinton Hill
Acorn – Boerum Hill
Two Kids and a Dog – Dumbo
Area 53 – Williamsburg
Brooklyn Bouldering Project (Formerly Brooklyn Boulders) – Gowanus *Re-opening TBA*
The Cliffs – Gowanus
Vital Climbing Gym – Williamsburg
Urban Air Adventure Center – Sunset Park
Brooklyn Bowl – Williamsburg
Dave & Buster's – Downtown Brooklyn
Melody Lanes – Sunset Park
Bowlero at Chelsea Piers – Chelsea
Area 53 – DUMBO (Laser Tag) and Williamsburg (Paintball)
Funtopia – Ridgewood
Bowlero at Chelsea Piers – Chelsea
Fun Station USA – Staten Island
Shipwrecked NYC – Red Hook
Jewish Children's Museum – Crown Heights
Pingpod – Downtown Brooklyn
Pingpod – Williamsburg
Beat the Bomb Brooklyn – DUMBO
Brooklyn Escape Room – Downtown Brooklyn
MyssTic Rooms – Park Slope
Komnata Quest Brooklyn – Greenpoint
Shipwrecked – Red Hook
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema – Downtown Brooklyn
Nitehawk Cinema – Williamsburg and Park Slope
Cobble Hill Cinemas – Cobble Hill
Williamsburg Cinemas – Williamsburg
IPic Theater – Lower Manhattan
Film Forum – West Village
Time Out Market New York – DUMBO
Dekalb Market Hall – Downtown Brooklyn
Industry City – Sunset Park
Good Day Play Cafe – Park Slope
Ample Hill Creamery – Prospect Heights
Lidia's Play Cafe – Ridgewood
Fairy Tale Island – Bay Ridge
Brookfield Place + Hudson Eats – Lower Manhattan
Hudson Yards – Midtown West
Area 53 – Williamsburg
LeFrak Center at Lakeside Prospect Park – Prospect Park (covered roof)
SkyRink at Chelsea Piers – Chelsea
World Ice Arena – Flushing Meadows Park, Queens
American Dream and DreamWorks Waterpark, East Rutherford, NJ
iPlay America – Freehold, NJ
Medieval Times, Lyndhurst, NJ
Big Kahuna's Waterpark – West Berlin, NJ
The Kartrite – Monticello, NY
Kalahari Resorts – Pocono Manor, PA
Great Wolf Lodge – Scotrun, PA
Aquatopia Waterpark at Camelback Resort, Tannersville, PA
H20ooohh! at Split Rock Resort – Lake Harmony, PA
Don't see your favorite indoor place? Send me an email at MacKidBrooklynNW@macaronikid.com and I'll add it to the guide.
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