Amusement Parks
Playland Park
This huge park in Rye has more than 45 exciting and varied rides, game arcades, a 19-hole championship miniature golf course and an Olympic-size pool. The lake is open for boating and swimming, and there’s even a boardwalk alongside the beach, and various lakeside picnic spots.
Sportime USA
With over 200 video and arcade games, batting cages, bowling, bumper cars, and exciting sports like wall climbing and laser tag, Sportime USA is one of the favorite family spots around!
Sports
Yonkers Tennis Center Junior Clinics (7 to 17 years)
Improve your game with the help of friendly professional tutors and join a league for tournaments, inter-club games and pizza parties!
Westchester Skating Academy
Learn to figure skate or play ice hockey with other kids.
Books and Reading
Yonkers Public Library
The library has three branches around town; all have excellent children’s libraries and fun and educational story, arts, crafts, and writing programs for children and teenagers. Movies and theater for children and teens are shown. Kids, the website has online homework help just for you!
Grinton Will & Crestwood Library Activities
The Grinton Will branch of the Yonkers Library has a fantastically decorated children’s room. Check out some of the activities that will be happening there, and at the Crestwood branch, including cool movies just for you.
Riverfront Library Activities
Check out our “Inside Out” writing in Spanish workshops for grades 2-3, our “Theater Games” workshop for grades 4-7, Teen button-making, our “Crafts and Stories from around the World” program, and more.
Bronxville Public Library
The Library has a great kid’s department and shows kid friendly films like “Finding Nemo”; great programs include story hours and arts and crafts classes. The library also holds workshops for kids, often on music or theater.
Eastchester Public Library
Part of the extensive Westchester Public Library system, the Eastchester has access to a huge and exciting range of kids books, from the latest and greatest to the first and foremost.
Arts and Crafts
Make It, Take It Crafts at the Bronxville Library (Grades K to 3)
Cool craft projects you can make and take home.
Yonkers Youth Theater Photography Class
Yonkers Youth Theater has a great digital photography class over the summer; you learn how to take good photographs, download them onto a computer, enhance them, and print them out.
Dance
Yonkers Youth Theater (8 to 19)
If you are serious about performing, you will be supported, challenged and delighted at this excellent youth theater, which offers a huge range of classes in the performing arts for kids and young people your age. Currently, you may take ballet, African dance, Haitian dance, hip-hop, and tap.
Theater
Yonkers Youth Theater (8 to 19)
This superb performing arts school has a great drama program, with classes for different age groups. Recent performances by kids and young people included a tribute to Martin Luther King and “Smoke, Smoke, Smoke—Don’t Believe the Hype”. The theater also has a company that brings kids together with Senior Citizens to put on inter-generational plays.
Irvington Children’s Theater
This historic local theatre has a superb children’s theatre department. You can be part of a big yearly show, usually with lots of singing and dancing, and participate in acting and improvisation classes and workshops for kids your age.
Fleetwood Stage (9 to 14)
Fleetwood Stage’s excellent PlayMakers summer conservatory serves young actors who are looking for a serious program. Students learn acting, playwriting and directing.
The Playgroup Theater
Come and watch great children’s shows, or participate in our year round schedule of challenging and fun workshops and classes.
Music
Yonkers Youth Theater (8 to 19)
Take African percussion, steel drums, and vocal choir with professional teachers.
Bonga Drum Workshops (5 to 11 years)
Learn to play traditional Haitian instruments and songs, and learn Haitian dances. Make your own drum.
Parks
Bronxville Parks
There are lots of parks and places to play tennis, baseball, basketball, soccer, and other sports in Bronxville.
Bronx River Parkway Reservation
Go biking with your family along the Bronx River. On the edge of Bronxville, the park is covered in trees and green grass, and has lots of peaceful spots to picnic by the water’s edge.
Eastchester Parks
Eastchester has nine big parks and many small ones. There are fields for baseball and softball, soccer, Pony/Colt, and Little League. There are good playgrounds and tennis courts, basketball and horseshoe courts and nice picnic areas for summer barbeques.
Tibbetts Brook Park
This 161-acre park has a huge swimming pool and nice places to hike, throw balls, and have picnics; there is a playground and a fun miniature golf course as well. You can go sledding, skiing, and ice skating in winter.
Sprain Ridge Park
This 270-acre park in has three swimming pools (one with a cool water slide) and two picnic areas. You can go hiking and bike riding in the woods, exploring ravines and throwing rocks into ponds.
Lenoir Preserve
Explore the woods and fields of Lenoir Preserve with your family. A full-time naturalist is on hand at the Nature Interpretive Center to answer questions and give interesting tours.
Old Croton Aqueduct Trailway
Bike, horseback ride, walk, or ski the trailway with your friends or family; it follows the path of the aqueduct that was once used to bring fresh water into New York City from the Croton Reservoir.
Teatown Lake Reservation
Go hiking in the woods; explore Wildflower Island, paddle in or skate on the lake (depending on the time of year!), visit the Nature Center, and participate in an environmental education program with your family.
Westchester Parks
There are lots more parks near Yonkers, Bronxville, and Eastchester.
Out and About
Cub Scouts of Westchester and Putnam
Get together with other boys to race derby cars and other fun activities.
Boy Scouts of America Westchester and Putnam Council
Go on camps, play games and tournaments, learn cool skills like archery and fishing, and go on summer camps with other boys and their dads.
Girl Scouts of Westchester and Putnam
Get together with other girls in your neighborhood to learn about nature and the outdoors, create beautiful crafts, and make new friends.
Challenge Camps
Challenge Camps in Eastchester runs lots of exciting summer workshops for gifted and talented kids, including robotics, chess, computing, medicine, law, magic, technology, science, theater, and radio & video production.
Bronxville Junior & Senior Day Camps
Play sports, learn to swim (or improve your technique), learn gymnastics, make art and have fun with kids and teens your age!
Eastchester Day Camps (5 to 13)
Take safe and supervised day trips out and about with your friends to water parks, sports arenas, museums and more; the trips are educational and a lot of fun.
Westchester for Kids
Kids and teens check out what’s on in Westchester County, and connect up with other kids who write poetry, make music, and more. Check out our fun kid’s websites, including the yuckiest site on the Internet!
New York City Kids
Living in Eastchester, Yonkers, or Bronxville, you’re close to New York City, and millions of great things to see and do!
New York State Kids
Living in New York State is great! Lots of fun places are within a day’s drive of your house.
Art, History & Science
Hudson River Museum
This local Yonkers museum has Westchester County’s only planetarium, and is known for its interesting and imaginative exhibits, which combine art, history, and science. Free Fridays and special events all summer long!
Lenoir Preserve
Learn about nature at the Lenoir Preserve Nature Interpretive Center; programs are interesting and accessible and enjoyable for the whole family.
The Bronx Zoo
The biggest city zoo in America, the awesome Bronx Zoo is only 6 miles from Yonkers.
Kid Friendly Places To Eat
Emerald Diner
Shakes, burgers and fries; kid’s dinners and yummy desserts … what more could you want from a classic diner?
Applebees
Applebees in Yonkers is a really friendly restaurant, with games and activities for kids.
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