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Brooklyn Indoor Fun Guide – Updated!

Indoor play spaces & other experiences perfect for rainy or chilly days with the kids!

By Meredith Kurnov, Editor & Publisher of Macaroni Kid Brooklyn NW December 19, 2024

It's no secret that this city can have four seasons in one day. Make lemonade during icky weather and head to one of these fun and kid-friendly indoor destinations in Brooklyn and beyond! If we missed a great spot, email us!

The Brooklyn Indoor Fun Guide is brought to you by:

Good Day Play Cafe is a favorite of local families with an indoor playground for kids ages 0-6 and a contemporary cafe with ample seating for caretakers in Park Slope! Kids have a blast in the clean, Montessori-inspired playspace featuring safe climbing structures, a slide and ball pit, imaginative play stations, sensory toys, and more! Caregivers can relax and recharge in the comfortable cafe featuring a full menu of gourmet coffees, fresh juices and nutritious smoothies, sandwiches, and finger foods. They offer 2-hour open play, memberships, classes, drop-in events, and private party packages for one-of-a-kind celebrations. Open daily 10am-5pm (Saturdays may differ for parties). Book now!





Indoor Play Spaces, Arcades, and Activity Centers

Dave & Buster's – Downtown Brooklyn (half price Wednesdays)

Chuck E. Cheese – Downtown Brooklyn

Space Club – Greenpoint + Fort Greene (coming soon to DUMBO)

Carnaby Club – DUMBO

Brooklyn Bridge Park Environmental Education Center – DUMBO

Jane’s Carousel – DUMBO

Randolph Beer (featuring arcade games)– DUMBO

Brooklyn Cat Cafe – Brooklyn Heights

Flying Apple – Bed Stuy

Twinkle Playspace – Williamsburg

Canopy – Williamsburg

Area 53 – Williamsburg

Play Kids – Greenpoint

The Play Lab – Greenpoint

PlayWell – Gowanus

Brooklearn – Carroll Gardens

Good Day Play Cafe – Park Slope 🌟

The Red Hook Arcade – Red Hook

Shipwrecked NYC – Red Hook

Urban Air Adventure Center – Sunset Park

CREA Interactivity at Industry City – Sunset Park

Brooklyn Children's Museum – Crown Heights

Fairy Tale Island – Bay Ridge

Kids 'n Action – Borough Park

Museums

New York Transit Museum – Boerum Hill

Museum of Food and Drink – DUMBO

Brooklyn Children's Museum – Crown Heights

Jewish Children's Museum – Crown Heights

Brooklyn Museum – Prospect Heights

New York Aquarium – Coney Island

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

Libraries and Book Shops

Brooklyn Public Library branches (many host free kids classes and events):

Books are Magic – Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights

McNally Jackson – Williamsburg and Downtown Brooklyn

Powerhouse Arena – DUMBO and Industry City

Greenlight Bookstore – Fort Greene

The Center for Fiction – Fort Greene

Unnameable Books – Prospect Heights

Barnes & Noble – Cobble Hill

Barnes & Noble – Park Slope

Drop-in Crafting and Art Experiences

The Craft Studio – Boerum Hill

Le Meraviglie Art – Brooklyn Heights

Loop of the Loom – DUMBO

Brooklyn Renaissance Art Studio – Downtown Brooklyn

The Painted Pot – Park Slope

Private Picassos – Park Slope & Clinton Hill

PLAYDAY – Park Slope and Cobble Hill

ClayHouse Brooklyn – Cobble Hill

Little Makers Art Studio – Prospect Heights

Drop-in Gaming

Brooklyn Strategist – Carroll Gardens

Last Place on Earth – Greenpoint

Brooklyn Game Lab – Park Slope

Game Room at Industry City – Sunset Park

Toy Stores

Greenpoint Toys – Greenpoint

Art of Play Curiosity Shop – Brooklyn Heights

Two Kids and a Dog – Dumbo

Rock Climbing, Parkour, Gymnastics

Area 53 – Williamsburg

Brooklyn Zoo – Williamsburg

Vital Climbing Gym – Williamsburg

Ferox Athletics – Greenpoint

Brooklyn Ninja Academy – Gowanus

Brooklyn Bouldering Project – Gowanus

Movement – Gowanus

Hapik Industry City – Sunset Park

Urban Air Adventure Center – Sunset Park

Gotham Gymnastics – Gowanus

Prospect Gymnastics – Bed Stuy and Ditmas Park

Joy Gymnastics at Industry City – Sunset Park

Bowling

Brooklyn Bowl – Williamsburg

Dave & Buster's – Downtown Brooklyn

Area 53 – DUMBO (Mini Bowling)

Melody Lanes – Sunset Park

Bowlero at Chelsea Piers – Chelsea

Laser Tag and Paintball

Area 53 – DUMBO (Laser Tag) and Williamsburg (Paintball)

Bowlero at Chelsea Piers – Chelsea

Fun Station USA – Staten Island

Miniature Golf and Golf

Shipwrecked NYC – Red Hook

Jewish Children's Museum – Crown Heights

Golfzon Social – Downtown Brooklyn

Ping Pong

Pingpod – Downtown Brooklyn

Pingpod – Williamsburg

Escape Rooms

Beat the Bomb Brooklyn – DUMBO

The Escape Game Brooklyn at City Point – Downtown Brooklyn

Brooklyn Escape Room – Sunset Park

MyssTic Rooms – Park Slope

Komnata Quest Brooklyn – Greenpoint

Shipwrecked – Red Hook

Movie Theaters

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

Food Halls, Shopping Centers, and Play Cafés

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

Fairy Tale Island – Bay Ridge

Brookfield Place + Hudson Eats – Lower Manhattan

Hudson Yards – Midtown West

Ice Skating and Roller Skating

Area 53 – Williamsburg

LeFrak Center at Lakeside Prospect Park – Prospect Park (covered roof)

4Play Skate Lounge at Industry City – Sunset Park

SkyRink at Chelsea Piers – Chelsea

World Ice Arena – Flushing Meadows Park, Queens

Beyond NYC

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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