Register your Kids for Summer, Day, or a Specialty Camp in Brooklyn

For summer camps in Brooklyn, check out everything from nature to academic camps for kids. Find the perfect camp here.

For many children, going to summer camp is a rite of passage. Camp is the perfect place for boys and girls to make friends, discover new interests, and find their independence. While the experience is fun for the children, it can be overwhelming for the parents. Unsure where to start? We've rounded up some of the best summer camps in Brooklyn. From sleepaway to day camps, this list includes specialty camps that range from music, theather, and dance to academic enrichment, sports, and camps for older kids. Give your child the opportunity to make memories that'll last a lifetime. Explore our list of summer camps throughout Brooklyn to find the best camp for your child. Whether you're in Dumbo, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Cobble Hill, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Sheepshead Bay, Red Hook, Brooklyn Heights, Bay Ridge, Greenpoint, Marine Park, or Flatbush, there's a camp perfect for your family. Register for day and summer camps online today!

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Academic Enrichment Camps

CORTEYLOU SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
1110 Cortelyou Rd., Brooklyn
(718) 282-6077

Cortelyou's Summer Enrichment Program (7/5-8/26) is for grades K-8th. Kids will enjoy an academically enriched summer program. Academic lessons are in the morning and fun-filled activities for the afternoon. Students will receive a well-balanced summer experience which will enable them to rejuvenate their minds and get the opportunity to socialize and interact with their peers.

Dance Camps

THE SCHOOL AT THE MARK MORRIS DANCE CENTER
3 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene, Brooklyn
718-624-8400
Email [email protected]

Spend the summer dancing, creating, and performing with The School at the Mark Morris Dance Center's multi-disciplinary Summer Dance Camp, with hybrid and online options. Each session combines daily dance classes in ballet, modern, tap, hip-hop, and jazz with the exploration of other art forms. Classes feature live musical accompaniment!

Day Camps

92NY CAMPS
Rockland County, Orangeburg, NY 10962, Orangeburg
212.415.5573
Email [email protected]

From New York City’s Upper East Side to our beautiful Rockland County campgrounds and beyond, our summer experiences provide kids and teens of all ages with unlimited opportunities to learn, grow — and have fun. Traditional day camps, summer intensives, for one week or the whole summer. Sign up today!

ELITE MINDS MONTESSORI
117 Union St., Carroll Gardens
347-916-1433
Email [email protected]

Elite Minds Montessori is a private preschool in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn for children ages 2-6. We offer a nurturing multilingual (English and French) environment where children can develop their unique skills and potential. Now enrolling for our six-week outdoor camp July 6-Aug. 13 and for the 2021-22 school year.

JCC BROOKLYN
718-407-6377
Email [email protected]

JCC Brooklyn Summer Day Camps provide a safe and exciting environment where children can build lifelong friendships and unforgettable experiences that will last a lifetime. Campers travel to the beautiful, gated 177-acre outdoor facilities in Bay Ridge, featuring green fields, outdoor pool, private eight-lane bowling alley, movie theater, and gym.

MILL BASIN DAY CAMP
5945 Strickland Ave., Mill Basin, Brooklyn
718-251-6200

MBDC is dedicated to providing exciting and fulfilling camp experiences for children through fun, recreational, and safe activities. Our modern, air-conditioned, and private facility offers a wide range of activities for children entering pre-K through ninth grade. There are five individual camps, each with unique and innovative programming.

STARGAZER DAY CAMP
1943 Brown St., Sheepshead Bay 
347-560-3469
Email [email protected]

STARGAZER is the premier summer program serving the Brooklyn area for more than a decade, and the only true 5-star camp across the board. For this reason, enrollment is limited. Make the right choice for your child this summer. Register asap, as spots fill up very quickly.See you this summer!

STEPPING STONES NURSERY SCHOOL AND SUMMER CAMP

245 86th Street and 9321 Ridge Blvd., Bay Ridge
718-630-1000
Email [email protected]


Stepping Stones Summer Camp is a camp in Bay Ridge for ages 2-10. Creative weekly themes that center around outdoor sprinkler fun, daily enrichment activities, yoga, science, cooking, dance, drama, physical education, and local walking trips are just some of the exciting events planned every summer. 

THE PARK SLOPE DAY CAMP
694 5 Avenue, Brooklyn
718-788-7732

For over 30 years, Park Slope Day Camp has been providing Brooklyn families with a safe, nurturing, and unique day camp experience. Located in Carroll Gardens, Prospect Park, and Windsor Terrace, we offer a wide variety of outdoor activities and options including traditional camp, soccer, and more.

TRAIL BLAZERS
394 Rogers Ave., Crown Heights, Brooklyn
212-529-5113
Email [email protected]

Come outside and play, adventure awaits! From day camp to overnight camp, Trail Blazers has an adventure for everyone, Grades Pre-K-10th. After our COVID-free camp in 2020, we’re ready for a safe and fun 2021! Visit trailblazers.org for details including our COVID safety plans, new programs, and Info Sessions.

TREASURE ISLAND
405 81st St., Brooklyn
718-238-7676
Email [email protected]  

Treasure Island Preschool and Camp offers an opportunity for children ages 3-8 to get out of the house and into the sun! We have one-six flexible weeks, half-day 9am-1pm, full-day 8am-4pm. Activities include outdoor play, sprinklers, sand/water tables, Legos, and air-conditioned classroom playtime. Lunch and snacks included!

YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK
5 West 63rd Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10023

50+ camp locations across all 5 boroughs!

Email [email protected]

Registration is now open for all YMCA Summer Day Camps, at dozens of convenient locations throughout all five boroughs. The Y offers camps for every child, offering everything from sports to STEAM. Swimming is available at most camps, and the Y works with each camper to strengthen their swimming ability during their time at camp.

YOUNG JUDAEA SPROUT BROOKLYN DAY CAMP
556 Columbia St., Red Hook
917-595-1500

Sprout Brooklyn is a Hebrew dual-language camp for children entering pre-K-fifth grade. Children from a wide spectrum of backgrounds join together to create a joyful community built on Jewish values, Israeli culture, and Hebrew. Programming includes swim instruction, athletics, robotics, art, and cooking. No Hebrew experience necessary.

Music Camps

BROOKLYN MUSIC SCHOOL
126 Saint Felix St., Fort Greene, Brooklyn
718-638-5660
Email [email protected]

BMS is excited to present our Summer 2021 programming including the Summer Institute for ages 5-8 and the Summer Intensives for ages 9-12! Play, sing, and dance your way through the summer of a lifetime with our world-class curriculum and instructors and make new friends while learning and having fun!

Science & STEM Camps

COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY - DNA LEARNING CENTER
Cold Spring Harbor and Brooklyn,
516-367-5170

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DNA Learning Center offers weeklong biology-focused summer camps for students entering grades sixth-12th. Join us at the flagship in Cold Spring Harbor, our new center in Brooklyn, or virtually. Campers use sophisticated laboratory and computer equipment to perform experiments grade levels above their peers.

Sleepaway Camps

CAMP REECE
1782 Johnsburg Road, Johnsburg
212-289-4732
Email [email protected]

Camp Reece is a sleep-away camp for special needs children ages 10-17. Located in Saratoga Springs with transportation from NYC and Westchester County. We have weekly adventure trips along with a wide range of activities designed to engage campers while teaching skills, building confidence, improving self-esteem, encouraging social-emotional growth, and having fun!

DOROTHY P. FLINT 4-H CAMP
3186 Sound Ave., Riverhead
516-832-2591 x11
Email [email protected]

Dorothy P. Flint 4-H Camp in Riverhead is a coed, recreational, and educational weeklong sleep-away and day camp. With eight sessions to choose from, June 28-Aug. 21. We are located on 140-acres of woodland, beachfront, and our very own farmland. Programing designed specifically for all types of youth and their interests.

THE GLENHOLME SCHOOL — DEVEREUX ADVANCED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
81 Sabbaday Lane, Washington
860-868-7377

A unique six-week sleepaway program for children from ages 10-21 with special needs from July 12-August 20. Combines in-person morning academics with therapeutic recreational activities in the afternoon for youngsters with Aspergers, Autism Spectrum Disorder, High Functioning Autism, ADHD, OCD, Tourettes, depression, anxiety, and learning differences.

POK-O-MACCREADY CAMPS
Located in New York’s Adirondack Mountains,
518-963-7656
Brian DeGroat,
director of Admissions and Recruiting

Email [email protected]

Pok-O-MacCready empowers campers to develop to their fullest potential by building a supportive atmosphere whichfostersindependence, lifelong friendships, appreciation of the natural world, and the embraceof challenges. Our coed, screen-free program is offered to ages 6-16, with session lengths of two to seven weeks. Financial aid available.

TRAIL BLAZERS
394 Rogers Ave., Crown Heights, Brooklyn
212-529-5113
Email [email protected]

Come outside and play, adventure awaits! From day camp to overnight camp, Trail Blazers has an adventure for everyone, Grades Pre-K-10th. After our COVID-free camp in 2020, were ready for a safe and fun 2021! Visit trailblazers.org for details including our COVID safety plans, new programs, and Info Sessions.

Special Needs Camps

THE GLENHOLME SCHOOL — DEVEREUX ADVANCED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
81 Sabbaday Lane, Washington
860-868-7377

A unique six-week sleepaway program for children from ages 10-21 with special needs from July 12-August 20.  Combines in-person morning academics with therapeutic recreational activities in the afternoon for youngsters with Asperger’s, Autism Spectrum Disorder, High Functioning Autism, ADHD, OCD, Tourette’s, depression, anxiety, and learning differences.

Sports Camps

AVIATOR SPORTS SUMMER CAMP
3159 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn
718-758-7510
Email [email protected]

Website

Aviator Sports Summer Day Camp offers five daily rotating activities including swimming, ice skating, gymnastics, rock climbing, and more in our 175,000 sf facility, 35-acre outdoor area. Summer camp runs from 9 am-5 pm. Early drop-off, late stay, and bus transportation available. Lunch and an afternoon snack are included.

DEREK KELLOGG BASKETBALL CAMP
Long Island University (Downtown Brooklyn location), 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn
Email [email protected]

Does your child love basketball? Come spend a week of fun and learning the game at Long Island University located in downtown Brooklyn! Kids will play games, compete in contests, and learn the fundamentals of basketball! Available for children of all skill levels for grades third-10th!

SUPER SOCCER STARS X PRO SOCCER KIDS
Over 80 locations across NYC, LI, and Westchester,
606 Columbus Ave. at 89th St., Manhattan, 212-877-7171

55 Front St., suite 7, Rockville Centre, 516-740-7171

Email [email protected]

Soccer Stars is NY's No. 1 Youth Soccer Program for 20 years. Highly trained, certified coaches lead small group classes, highlighting teamwork and individual attention, following safety guidelines. More than 50 locations. Weekly classes, half/full day camps, and private sessions anywhere-FUNdamentals or Advanced Training. Ages 2-12 and older. Save $20 Code: NYMPSUM21.