We had an amazing time with the Brooklyn Robot Foundry team at our son's 4th birthday! They were…read moresuper patient and helpful with the kids and everyone walked away so proud of their creation!

From the owner: Serving all neighborhoods in Manhattan Downtown!…read more Brooklyn Robot Foundry is dedicated to empowering kids through engaging STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) robot-building programs that ignite creativity and joy. We encourage kids to explore, problem-solve, and unleash their creativity as far as their imaginations take them. We believe in the DIT—do it together—mentality and building a community around having fun, making things, and shaping a bright future for the next generation one robot at a time. We are a mobile business, which means we bring our robot-building lessons directly to you or a nearby school or venue in your neighborhood. We have programs designed for kids from 2 years old to coding programs for up to 8th graders. Contact us for more information! Let’s Build Fun Together!

A 10 out of 10. One of the absolute best children's parties we've experienced, and we've hosted…read morequite a bit of parties for the family. We celebrated my daughter and nephew's graduation here Staff was attentive, yet gave us space to enjoy the space independently. Very clean facility. The party room is placed at the top floor, giving a nice bird's eye view of the playground. As well as a fun route for the children to make their way to the main, and lower, level. Our kids had endless fun with all the activities in this large indoor space. It was affordable and offered fresh tasty catering options. We had: - Charcuterie Board - Fruit Board - Appetizer Sampler Platter - Juice and Water package This was in addition to the party inclusive pizza, juice and water, cake and cotton candy. Oh and they personalized the party sign, and beautifully decorated the area. We will absolutely be returning. Whether throwing a party or as patrons, we're excited to spend hours of fun again

Response to the owner's reply…read more.... Thank you Alex, I appreciate you taking the time to respond and your acknowledgment of some of the issues. It is disappointing, but maybe telling, that much of your response focused on publicly shaming your staff, while offering excuses and spin rather than taking full responsibility as the organization's founder. What concerned us most wasn't simply the condition of the facility or the service, but witnessing you yelling at employees, and doing so in front of children and customers (on multiple occasions). While you say you're not involved in daily operations, we encountered you on both visits, and you are publicly presented, in your own marketing materials, as being actively involved with the organization. Regardless, that distinction doesn't change the responsibility of a founder. I respect the mission you've described, but I believe the way an organization treats its employees says a great deal about its values and integrity. Being a nonprofit doesn't change that. Unfortunately, what we experienced doesn't align with the values we want to support as a family, or our expectations of what an inclusive, child-centric facility should provide. I genuinely hope things improve for both the staff and the families who visit as this could truly be a lovely and needed initiative.

So glad to have this place downtown now! Brooklyn Game Lab is the solution I was looking for, for…read morecreative, outside-of-the-box, problem solving and enrichment. I love this place for my girls, 5 and 7 years old. The game lab offers after school classes, but in June I was interested to try their all-day summer camp. (Bonus that they offer early drop off and late pick up, for working parents.) When I came to pick up my daughters, they didn't want to leave. They felt triumphant that they had played and explored new games that stretched their problem-solving skills, teamwork, and social negotiating skills with other children, with whom they worked on creating their games. Staff are professional, caring, very careful with finding out kids' needs, and patient. My girls look forward to going back.

My son had been cooped up, in front of his computer trying to virtually learn without having any…read morephysical activity during the day. I discovered Game Lab and the various flexible programming they provide for children. The mid-day recess sessions and the after school sessions have become an absolute game changer for my very active son. After just 2 weeks of attending Game Lab's programs, my son is almost back to his old smiling self. He looks forward to running around in the park with his kids playing organized games by attentive safety monitors. I am looking into additional programming for my tween (11 yo) with Game Lab this summer. Thank you for this very thoughtful program from a parent who was desperate to find uncomplicated yet very well thought out program for kids to RUN AROUND!

Excellent small fun place space on a hot or cold day if you have kids between 0 to 6. They have a…read morekitchen, bouncer house, ball pit, play room, tables etc.

Had been to other PingPod locations but first time at this one and had a terrific experience here…read morealso. We were in the open pod area at table 2 - the equipment and space were great.

Amazing self service ping pong place! It was very cool and required no human interaction…read more It was very spacious and my friends and I really enjoyed playing here. Some things I do have to say is that the blinds suddenly went up as we were playing and I had to search the entire room to find out how to bring it back down. Also, the website for Pingpod was a bit misleading and I ended up getting charged for drinks twice. It light up green for a few seconds to indicate success and then disappeared. There was no option to cancel so it was very easy to charge on the website but not quite to get a refund. Ended calling and got back in credits because they said they couldn't cancel the charge (disappointing) Overall though, great place and special shoutout to the slack community that appears to be very active.

The little gym is excellent!! both my daughters are enrolled (5 yo and 2.5yo). The individualized…read moreattention and skill development is great. My girls have so much fun and love the positive energy of the teachers. The facilities are large and clean and the staff is so helpful navigating strollers up the steps.

Disappointed Beyond Belief…read more during Covid, classes at The Little Gym in TriBeCa were a pleasant respite for my boys, aged 1 and 3. In early 2021 they changed their policies and no longer accepted makeups for missed sessions, and also did not allow family members to use any of the extra sessions (which they had previously allowed) We must have missed the new update to the policies. In January of 2021, my sister in law passed away from cancer. She left behind two boys, my nephews, ages the same as my own. Long story short, we missed many of our classes during our time in mourning and supporting our family. When we did get back to resuming our sessions, we were disappointed, frustrated and shocked to find out that my nephews were not allowed to use the countless credits for classes we had racked up. In disbelief, I spoke to the General Manager, Micky, who refused to let my nephews jump into classes with my kids, "because the policies changed" and "because my nephews were not registered at The Little Gym". ***Keeping in mind, my nephews USED to be allowed to use our credits even though they were NEVER registered with The Little Gym. In further disbelief, I contacted the OWNER of The Little Gym in TriBeCa, including the memorial service info and tributes about my late sister in law who had passed away, in our communications. The owner said he was 'sorry, but would not make any exceptions despite the extra ordinary circumstances'. My hope is that after reading this, parents will stop wanting to continue to support this awful place.

My first visit here was great however, I did inquire about their Sunday polish parties and the…read moreemployees assured me that I could purchase a groupon and show up on the Sundays at 1:30pm. I did reach out to the vendor multiple times to schedule an apt. just in case but neither of their numbers were ever answered by a real person. On the website, an appointment can't be scheduled with a groupon voucher. I showed up to the business on Sunday, June 4th at 12:40pm, it wasn't opened. I waited until 1:40pm and they never opened. I then contacted groupon who said they would contact the vendor and they should be in touch within 72hours. I waited 7 days and got no response. I paid $51 for a non-refundable Groupon. Customer Service is key and I, as a consumer, should not have to put in this much effort to schedule an appointment. Get. It. Together.

Decides to do a day with the girls and May some nail polish. It was a really intimate space…read more It is set-up within a store (very NY), but makes it feel more like a personal experience. "B" was the instructor and helped us a lot.she was very sweet and full of energy. I recommend this place to my friends.

Cutest place for a creative, art date! How it works: choose ceramic item(s) to paint, listen to a…read morestaff member talk you through the painting process for a few minutes, choose up to 5 paint colors to start with, and off you go! I love how they have such wide variety of items to choose form... the options were endless and all SO CUTE! The staff members are available to give you refills on your paint during your session and they are also willing to give you additional colors after your chosen 5. They also have tons of tools to use at your disposal (stencils, different types of brushes, hairdryers, etc).  Reservations are up to 2 hours, which I found to be on the shorter side (esp for a perfectionist like me!). My friends and I actually did not finish our pottery pieces during our first visit, but they were very accommodating and we were able to come back to finish our pieces a few weeks after.  Pieces are ready for pick up 1 week after you finish painting, which is a very quick turn around.

I love activities like this! I just wish they were more affordable. We made an online reservation a…read morefew days in advance and were brought to our table when we arrived. They have plenty of items to pick from and the prices are all on the pieces. The service is good and they bring you the paint you need. The worker reminded us right at the 2 hour mark that we had to finish up and leave, or that we could take our pieces to go and bring them back. We decided to just stop our pieces and leave them as is. We came back a few weeks later to pick up our finished pieces. Overall a fun spot that I've been to a few times, but definitely not affordable as a regular hobby.

I was pleasantly surprised. In all honesty, I was having some real challenges finding a location to…read morehost a party for my son's first birthday. NY Kids Club was recommended to me as an option and they were available. I got lucky. Having the location to ourselves was a big plus. As opposed to other locations where multiple families are hosting parties in close proximity. If you have a setup (balloons, etc), you might want to have someone help with the arrangements to expedite...there are plenty of sites (we used Thumbtack) that are great for projects like this and inexpensive. The gym area is "kid heaven"! All of the kids LOVED it. Their staff did a great job helping us run the itinerary including setting up the food tables, serving food, serving the cake, organizing the games and activities, and more. Overall I was very impressed with the experience and my son's first birthday party was a big success.

Now enrolling for preschool 2013 classes. NY Kids Club, Tribeca, is open for tours, which can be…read morescheduled on their website. I visited with my family friends and their daughters. We were all impressed by the organization, structure, and academic focus at NY Kids Club. The facility appeared to be extremely safe yet full of exciting adventures for the little ones. The staff was uniformly warm, happy, and genuinely polite, and their passion for children was immediately evident.