Free Storytimes for Kids in NYC

NYC public libraries host hundreds of free storytimes every week — baby lapsit, toddler storytimes, bilingual readings, and chapter book clubs across all 5 boroughs.

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Tue · Apr 21
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3:30 pm

Kids Create: Dream Journeys

Bedford Library

FreeAges 5–12
3:30 pm

Preschool Storytime

Brooklyn Heights Library, Craft Room

FreeRSVP requiredAges 3–5
3:30 pm

Game On

Windsor Terrace Library

FreeAges 5–12
3:45 pm

Kids Create!

Saratoga, Meeting Room Library

FreeAges 5–12
4:00 pm

Book Adventures: The Lost Robot by Joe Todd Stanton

Mill Basin Library

FreeAges 6–12
4:00 pm

East New York Reads Homework Help

Cypress Hills Library

FreeAges 5–12
4:00 pm

Middle School Makerspace

Brooklyn Heights Library, Gaming Room

FreeAges 5–12
4:00 pm

Kids Create

Crown Heights Library

FreeAges 6–12
4:00 pm

Chess for Kids!

Stone Avenue Library

FreeAges 5–12
4:00 pm

Story Play

Dekalb, Auditorium Library

FreeAges 0–5
4:00 pm

Caregiver and Me Grab & Go Book Club Craft Kit: My First Earth Day!

Adams Street Library

FreeRSVP requiredAges 2–8
4:00 pm

Cardboard Pinball: Exploring Simple Physics and Material Reuse

Saratoga, Meeting Room Library

FreeRSVP requiredAges 10–14
4:00 pm

Virtual Young Writers Workshop

Virtual Library (Virtual)

FreeRSVP requiredAges 8–12
4:00 pm

Ready Set Kindergarten Reading Club

Brighton Beach Library

FreeAges 0–5
4:00 pm

Kids Tech Time

Jamaica Bay, Meeting Room Library

FreeAges 6–12
4:00 pm

Stone Avenue Robotics

Stone Avenue Library

FreeAges 5–12
4:00 pm

Legos + Games

Rugby, Meeting Room Library

FreeAges 5–12
4:00 pm

Drawing Club!

Mariners Harbor Library

FreeAges 6–12
4:00 pm

Middle School Makerspace: Make Your Own Climate Justice PSA!! Part 2

Brooklyn Heights Library, Gaming Room

FreeAges 5–8
4:00 pm

BioBus: Microscopic Biodiversity in New York

Francis Martin Library

FreeAges 6–12

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Last updated: March 31, 2026