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Winter 2019 Parent and Baby Yoga Sign Up Just Released — FREE

December 21, 2018 by Teresa Nhat Wang

Parent and Baby Yoga in Battery Park (FREE)

No one to watch your baby while you exercise? Come join us for some yoga with your baby! The majority of the time is regular yoga while your child watches and interacts with other babies. And the last portion of the class is yoga catered to your baby!

Battery Park City Authority is now starting the registration process for their popular FREE Parent and Baby Yoga for the Winter 2019 cycle. The Program will take place Mondays, January 7 to April 29. Registration for this free program is done through Eventbrite. Please see the links below for the session you are interested in. Please note that you must register for each date/time you are interested in.

Date: Recurring Mondays, January 7th through April 29th

Time:

Sessions 1: 1:00pm — 2:15pm. Register HERE.
Sessions 2: 2:30pm — 3:45pm. Register HERE.

Location: 6 River Terrace (at the south end of River Terrace by the Irish Hunger Memorial)

Cost: Free, registration is required.

Summer events at Battery Park City Parks

May 1, 2018 by Teresa Nhat Wang

Battery Park City Parks

It’s MAY! Which means Battery Park City Authority is starting their annual 600+ summer events (the majority of which are free) right here in our own Battery Park City Parks. We will post a few highlights every day, but you can go through their summer booklet HERE (Page 27-29 has the calendar concise, and we have them all on our FiDi Families calendar for your convenience.)

For example: Every Tuesday for kids at Rockefeller Park (unless otherwise noted):

10:00am – 12:00pm: Preschool Play at Wagner Park
2:45pm – 3:15pm: Soccer for ages 3-4
3:15pm – 3:45pm: Young Sprouts Gardening for ages 3-5
3:30pm – 4:15pm: Soccer for ages 5-7
3:30pm – 5:00pm: Drop-In Chess
4:00pm – 5:00pm: Gardening Club for ages 6-10 ($)
4:30pm – 5:15pm: Soccer for ages 8-11

We are excited for a great summer in the Big Apple in Battery Park!

Little Water Radio Welcomes the Battery Park City Authority & Hester Street Fair

December 14, 2016 by Denise Courter

The Downtowner welcomes Shari Hyman, the President & Chief Operating Officer of the Battery Park City Authority. She was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of the Battery Park City Authority in February 2014. Immediately prior to her appointment as President, Ms. Hyman served as Commissioner and Chair of the New York City Business Integrity Commission under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg from 2011 to 2014. She will join us to talk about the exciting things happening downtown including the recent announcement of the addition of a the 38th stop on the Downtown Connection route.

Little Water Radio Welcomes the Battery Park City Authority & Hester Street Fair

The second half of our show will showcase the Hester Street Fair and its co-founder, Christina Yugai. The Hester Street Fair Holiday Market at the Seaport features unique gifts of all kinds from over 40 local and artisanal vendors, including wonderfully curious children’s books from Home Grown Books, fashionable sneakers you will not see anywhere else from Triesti, bow ties from Vivid, whimsical and creatively inspired socks you can gift all your relatives from Jimmy Lion, a postcard stand from the best handmade card vendors and delicious sweets and packaged foods from Macaron Parlour, Petee’s Pie, Elements Truffle, Rescue Chocolate and more.

Date: Thursday, December 15th

Time: 10am – 11am

Tune in: HERE