108 Rockaway Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530

Phone - (516) 465-4075

Phone - (516) 465-4075

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      • Tennis
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      • Mini Golf
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      • Adult Softball
      • Parties / Rentals
      • Park Rules
    • Pool
      • Home
      • Membership and Fees
      • Aquatic Sports
      • Calendar
      • Pool Rules
    • Seniors
      • Home
      • Events and Activities
      • Organizations
      • Trips
    • Programs
      • Home
      • Upcoming Programs
      • Dance
      • Summer
      • Racquet Sports
      • Pre-School Programs
      • Elementary School
      • Middle / High School
      • Roller Hockey
      • Yoga
      • Adult
      • Softball
    • St. Paul's
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      • St. Paul's Center
      • Park Rules
    • Our Parks
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      • Park Rules
    • Rentals
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Garden City Department of Recreation and Parks

Welcome to Garden City Recreation and Parks Department Website!

Welcome to Garden City Recreation and Parks Department Website!Welcome to Garden City Recreation and Parks Department Website!

Welcome to our Virtual Recreation Center

As we continue to live in these crazy times, Garden City Recreation and Parks hopes to continue to connect our residents with a variety of activities. As a result, we are excited to release our Virtual Recreation Center. Here you will find a variety of activities  for all ages. 


In addition, we are happy to announce the launch of our own YouTube channel as another avenue to connect residents with activities and programs during the pandemic. Enjoy chair dancing, chair yoga and other exercise routines and look for many other activities, announcements and videos on the channel in the coming weeks. To view the YouTube channel please click on the link below


#inthistogether


Updated: January 6th

Garden City Recreation on YouTube!

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Holiday Fun

Valentines Day Crafts

Valentines Crafts by Toddlers

DIY Valentines Crafts by Adults

Valentines Crafts by Kids

New Year's Eve Ideas for Kids 

Fun Ways to Celebrate New Year's Eve at Home This Year
The Real Story of Christmas
Frosty the Snowman Movie

Yes, I Want to Build a Snowman
The "Elf" Christmas Workout
Snow Ninja 

Gingerbread Man Chase! 

Christmas Crafts for Kids 

Holiday Activities for Kids 

15 Christmas Trivia Question & Answer 

Guess the Christmas Song 

How to play the Dreidel 

Holiday Treats to make this Holiday Season

Hooray for Halloween

Halloween Fun Activities for Kids

Cute to Spoooky Games

Holiday Games

Party Activities

Toddler Crafts

DIY Halloween Costumes

Best Halloween Songs

Halloween Dessert Treats

HGTV Decorating Ideas

Holiday Decor (fancy we know!)

Family Fun

7 Magic Tricks You can Do at Home

Yoga for Kids

10 Easy Science Experiments 

PBS Design Squad [all ages]

GoNoodle 

NASA Kids Club
Build your a Backyard Mini Golf Course 

Sidewalk Obstacle Course With Chalk
Games for Social Distancing
Zumba Dance Party for Kids 

87 Energy-Busting Indoor Games/Activities

Family Workout at Home 

Highlights Kids 

3 Weeks of "Maker Stations"
Learning Activities 

Tie Dye Shirts 

How do They Make Lava Lamps - Make Your Own Lava Lamp
3 Breakfasts Your Kids Can Make
Create a Time Capsule
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems

Grow Garden from Scraps

DIY Learning Tools for Kids

Driveway Luminarias

Homemade Ice Cream

Play Ride the Bus Card Game

90-second Newbery Film Festival

Thanksgiving Activities

Thanksgiving Fitness and Yoga 

Turkey Dance 

Fun Facts about Turkeys

Thanksgiving Recipes Kids Can Help Make

Fun and Easy Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids 

How to Draw a Cartoon Turkey 

Thanksgiving Word Search 

Thanksgiving Story for Kids 

Arts and Crafts

Color with Leo (NEW)

Sand Art Online (NEW)

Clothespin Dragonflies (NEW)

Make Homemade Candles 

Scrap Coloring 

KinderArt 

Chalk Adventures
Wine Cork Crafts for Kid

Art Class with Herm with The 7 Line 

Quilting for Advance Beginners
Creating a Comic Strip
400 Crafts for Kids
Quilting for Beginners
16 Craft Ideas for Toddlers
21 Wonderful DIY Ideas with Crayons
How to Crochet for Beginners
Create a Snuffle Mat for your Dog

DIY No-Sew Face Mask
DIY No-Sew Face Mask Option 2

Melted Crayon Rock Art

Colored Salt Crafts

Paper Bag Puppets

Origami Dog

Tissue Paper Flowers

Recycle Sculpture

Games Puzzles and More

Crosswordsolver

Ultimate Disney Quiz

17 Puzzles to Train Your Brain

Word Search 

Printable Word Search Puzzles 

Jigsaw Puzzles Online
Color Disney Characters Online

Coloring for Adults

Printable Coloring Pages for Adults & Kids

Mohjongg Solitaire

Crossword Puzzles Online
Riddles to Quiz Yourself or Someone Else!
Logic Puzzles
Rebus Puzzles
Math Playground
Optical Illusions
Play Chess Against Your Computer
Printable Sudoku
Solve Logic Problems

Education

Careers in Art (NEW)

Art and Design Careers (NEW)

Reading and Writing Games

National Park Service Junior Rangers 

Math Playground 

Pitsco Education – STEM @ Home 

NASA STEM Engagement
Make Your own Hand Sanitizer
Thinkport Education – Science (High School) 

Balance a Checkbook
Kids Think Design - Explore Various Careers

Career Exploration for Kids 

15 Ways to Teach Kids About Money
NASA Space Education
National Women’s History Museum

Thinkport Education – Research Skills (Middle School)
Animal Learning at the San Diego Zoo

Charge and Carry Science Experiment

Drops on a Penny
Sid the Science Kid
National Geographic Kids

Air Pressure Can Crusher

Homemade Lava Lamp
Floating Ping Pong Ball

Sugar Rainbow

Virtual Trips

The Louvre (NEW)

Smithsonian Learning Lab (NEW)

Museum of Modern Art for Kids (NEW)

Natural History Museum New Dinosaur Exhibit

Explore the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 

Intrepid Museum 

Tour the White House 

Tour Yellowstone National Park
Tour Augusta National Golf Course
South Carolina Aquarium
Yosemite National Park 

Guggenheim Museum 

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History 

Johnson Space Center

Experience West Point
National Aquarium in Baltimore 

FDR Presidential Library and Museum Virtual Tour
Cradle of Aviation

The Louvre
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
Visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Visit National Parks

Visit the Cincinnati Zoo with Live Steam
Visit SeaWorld Orlando

Watch Operas from the Met

Gardening and Nature

PBS Nature 

Importance of Bees in Your Garden 

DIY Compost Bin 

New York Botanical Garden
Tips for Effective Weed Control 

iNaturalist
Create a Backyard Vegetable Garden 

Can You Over Water your Garden
Family Nature Walk Tips
May Gardening Tips for Northeast

KidsGardening

Cardboard Gardening

Bird Watching

How to Plant an Easy Garden For Beginners
Lawn Care Basics

DisneyNature

Stay Mentally Active

Learn Tai Chi

Daily Cross Word Puzzle

Card games, puzzles, and playing games on your phone are great ways to have fun and keep you mentally engaged.


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