Top Indoor Playgrounds Around NYC (Local Map)
Here's the place for parents to share tips and reviews for the best indoor playgrounds in NYC! These are parent-recommended places with an indoor play area for when the weather is rough or you want to switch it up from your go-to outdoor playgrounds.
Check the map to find an indoor playground or toddler play place near you, and come back to leave a review and share what you and your kids thought about it!
For more high-energy indoor play places, try local bounce and trampoline parks, too.
Kids 'n Shape - Open Play Sessions
Kids ‘N Shape features an exclusive combination of interactive fitness attractions for open sessions including: inflatables (bounce house and inflatable obstacle course) and wheeled toys. Basketballs, soccer balls, and oversized balls are available.
BoomKidz - Open Play
Children of all ages will love the play areas at Boom Kidz. Their fun activities include play sets, jungle gym with tubes & slides, ball cannons, Xbox video games, and a Lego station.
Kids 'n Action
From their huge multi-level soft play structure with it's thrilling slides and tubes, the adventurous roller coaster and Bumper Karts, to their winding train ride, arcade games, and playful toddler area, Kids 'n Action is a great family entertainment center and toddler play place in NYC!
Complete Playground
This massive indoor play space is designed with all ages and abilities in mind, and 2-hour open play sessions can be reserved in advance. A variety of classes and services are offered, including gymnastics, karate, early childhood enrichment and support for kids with unique needs.
Good Day Play Cafe
Kids can climb, explore sensory toys, and try out the cypress wood cube pit (similar to a sand pit, but cleaner!) while parents enjoy refreshments including Stumptown coffees, fresh-made juices, and healthy finger foods.
Chelsea Piers Field House Brooklyn Open Sessions
Open play for toddlers is available at the Chelsea Piers Field House in Brooklyn at select times throughout the week. This exciting play space encourages fun through movement as youngsters crawl, roll, jump and explore. Children participate with a parent or caretaker in an "open play" environment with state-of-the-art equipment.
The Ability Center
The play space at The Ability Center has been designed by pediatric occupational, physical, and speech therapists. Ability Playspace offers a unique sensory play experience that is open to the public for all children to enjoy!
14th Street Y -14Y Open Play
Join your 14Y friends on the beautiful play area for some unstructured play during open play sessions.
Ms. J's Gymnastics
Both locations of Mrs. J's offer Family Fun, which is an open play session for members to explore the gym and have fun! The play sessions are supervised by guardians without an instructor. Enrollment opens every Friday evening for the following week. The Family Fun is open to all, and the membership is free.
Scandinavia House - Heimbold Family Children's Playing and Learning Center
The Heimbold Family Children's Playing and Learning Center is unique among toddler play spaces in that it purposefully and thoughtfully uses imported toys and books to introduce children to Scandinavian design and culture. The space is divided into an activity room and a sensory room. Highlights include a touch wall, light landscapes, a climbing corner, a mushroom house, and a landscaped train table.
Brooklyn Children's Museum - Totally Tots
Totally Tots is an exhibit within the Brooklyn Children's Museum that includes multiple sensory play areas for its youngest visitors. Activities include water, sand, music, dress-up, blocks and more.
The Play Lab
The Play Lab is an eco-friendly Montessori-inspired playspace located in Greenpoint/Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Different elements of The Play Lab have been created to offer multiple educational components: physical play area (rock wall, treehouse, slide, rope), Lego & construction zone, baby & toddler zone, pretend play, house & market, critical thinking zone, magnetic wall, and wall ball.
Twinkle Playspace
This magical, family-owned play space in Williamsburg looks like something out of a child's dreams. Tree forts, giant fire trucks, dress-up, and water areas are just the beginning of what kids will find.
City Owlets
City Owlets is an innovative & dynamic community gathering space for the modern-day family. They offer active and imaginative play for little ones and a full-service café for their grown ups!
Elliott's Classes - Open Play
Open play times at Elliott's give kids access to all of the fun gym equipment they have available. Open play is free for children registered in the current semester, or can be purchased per session.
Primary photo: The Play Lab
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