Cheaper Classes, Larger Space For Montague Street Location
By Mary Frost
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS -- Construction hasn’t even started, but a company spokesperson says that Brooklyn Heights’ parents are already calling to register their kids for the new, 10,000-square-foot New York Kids Club coming to 182 Henry St.
Up on the second floor on the corner of Henry and Montague Streets – over the Ann Taylor Loft -- the Brooklyn Heights location will host a variety of classes for all ages of children, from six months to teens. Programs will include classes in gymnastics, art, ballet, martial arts, ultimate fitness, as well as open play, camp programs and birthday parties.
This will be the fifth New York Kids Club for founder Pamela Wolf, a New York City resident and mother of four, who opened her first location six years ago on the Upper West Side. She came up with the idea when “she was schlepping her children to classes the Upper East Side,” said Crystal Roberts, Operations Director for New York Kids Club.
Roberts said the new facility will be the largest New York Kids Club so far – roughly twice the size of the largest Manhattan club. It will feature “state-of-the-art gymnastics equipment,” she said. “There will also be open play times for our registered clients, which is particularly nice in the winter. We hope to draw from the Heights area and the surrounding community.”
Brooklyn classes, which should start in March, will be priced about $200 less per class than Manhattan classes. (See www.nykidsclub.com or call 212-400-9500 to register)
Roberts said that the club would offer a preschool alternative program for kids ages 2 to 3, “for families not interested in going through the madness of preschool education applications. It will be first come, first serve.”
And for older kids, there will be “teen ultimate fitness classes – these include rock climbing, rope climbing, circuit training, gymnastics and hip-hop,” she said. “It’s better than any aerobics class I’ve ever taken.”
A Heights mother of a seven-year-old told the Eagle, “If it’s priced well and the teachers really know what they’re doing, it could be an asset for Brooklyn Heights – especially in the colder months.” She added, “Teenagers really need a place to go before they start their five hours of homework.”
Judy Stanton, executive director of the Brooklyn Heights Association, said that the new club “sounds like a good approach to the use of 10,000 feet upstairs.”
“We’re thrilled to be part of the community,” Roberts said. “We spent a long time talking to families here. We don’t have coffee bars, hair-cutting dens or boutiques; there won’t be any gift shops. Everything is dedicated to the children. They’re there to learn, to grow and to be enriched.”
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