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Tennis is just one thing kids love about Advantage Summer Day Camps. Photo courtesy of the camp
Tennis is just one thing kids love about Advantage Summer Day Camps. Photo courtesy of the camp
3/6/23 - By Drew Kristofik

Families who need flexible summer camp plans are in luck: New York City is home to tons of summer day camps offering weekly enrollment. Whether travel plans mean you can't commit to a camp for the whole season or your kids have more than one passion to pursue, these local summer camps with weekly enrollment make it easy to create an enriching summer camp experience no matter your kids' interests or your family's schedule.

Our picks for top summer camps with weekly enrollment include summer camps in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. We've rounded up more than 20 summer day camps in NYC below, but you can always find more summer camps, including free and cheap summer camps, great sleepaway summer camps in the Northeast, and teen-friendly summer camps by bookmarking our New York City Summer Camp Guide and our Camp Directory, where you can search for summer camps by type, age, and borough.

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BOLD Arts offers high-energy performing arts camps and each week-long session ends with a live performance. Photo courtesy of the camp
BOLD Arts offers high-energy performing arts camps and each week-long session ends with a live performance. Photo courtesy of the camp

Arts Summer Camps in NYC with Weekly Enrollment

BOLD Arts

Upper West Side
Ages 4-13
BOLD Arts offers week-long summer camps. A different, thought-provoking theme centers each week's activities, including dance, music, and art projects. Every session ends with a child-centered performance where kids are the stars and the costumes, scenery, and performances are their own creations. READ MORE

Child's Play NY

Multiple locations in Brooklyn
Ages 3-13
Child’s Play NY teaches kids sophisticated theater techniques and encourages them to build their bravery and talents. An award-winning drama program, it's led by vibrant teaching artists using a games-based curriculum that inspires collaboration and joy. Weekly themes tap into what kids love most with focuses like superheroes, mythology, Harry Potter, musicals, and more. READ MORE

Camp Broadway

Midtown West
Ages 7-17
Founded in 1995 and recognized as one of Broadway’s original summer camps, Camp Broadway’s mission is to make theatre arts an accessible and relevant vehicle for creative children to build confidence, hone presentation skills, and discover their unique talents at every stage of their lives. Lessons in singing, movement, storytelling, and scenic and costume design are shared with young campers, while older kids learn staging, choreography, and music direction.  READ MORE

TADA! Youth Theater

Chelsea
Ages 4-13
At this well-known performing arts program, seasoned theater pros teach kids the core elements of musical theater, including singing, dancing, and acting their way through popular Broadway hits and TADA's original productions. School break camps, summer camps, and classes are also available.  READ MORE

Art Studio NY

Upper West Side
Ages 5-17
Art Studio NY offers nurturing, engaging, and fun kids’ art classes and summer art camps that allow your child's creativity to soar. Geared toward kids and teens, Art Studio NY provides customized, one-on-one instruction by professional NYC artists.  READ MORE

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music

Park Slope, Brooklyn
Ages 6-18
The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music offers a variety of summer camp programs, including Piano Explorers, Winds, Brass, and Percussion, Vocal Camp, and a Jazz Camp. Financial aid is available. READ MORE
Put on your chef's hat at Taste Buds Kitchen's summer camp, Photo courtesy of Taste Buds Kitchen
Put on your chef's hat at Taste Buds Kitchen's summer camp, Photo courtesy of Taste Buds Kitchen

Educational and STEM Summer Camps in NYC with Weekly Enrollment

Launch Math + Science Centers

Upper West Side
Ages 5-12
From exploring the physics of bungee jumping to designing projects with Python, Launch's STEM-based summer camps give kids in grades K-7 the chance to build, create, and code. Daily camps mean students can complete their projects whether they participate in one day or a full week.  READ MORE

New York Hall of Science

Corona, Queens
Ages 6-10
The New York Hall of Science offers Innovation Camps (NYSCI) each summer with unique themes for children to explore STEM concepts and skills through fun, hands-on activities that spark curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Summer of 2023, NYSCI offers a week-long camp for children ages 6-7 and for children ages 8-9, from August 14-18 at its STEM Learning Lab in Queens. READ MORE

Taste Buds Kitchen Cooking Camps

Chelsea
Ages 4-17
Taste Buds Kitchen allows kids to get hands-on in its cooking camps. With delicious themes like All You Knead is Love, Around the World, Super Foodies, and Culinary Cocoa, children can join for a single day or the whole week.  READ MORE

Writopia Lab Summer Camp

Upper West Side and Park Slope, Brooklyn
Ages 9-18
Full- and half-day writing summer camps are offered at Writopia Lab, whose mission centers on sharing the stories of the children it caters to in order to help them foster joy, critical thinking, and literacy through the creative writing process. School-year classes, college essay-writing workshops, journalism classes, and a debate team are also sponsored by this multi-faceted organization. A unique, sliding-scale policy ensures no child is ever turned away from its programs. READ MORE

Marymount Summer

Upper East Side
Ages 3 1/2- 14
Marymount Summer has been offering specialty camps for more than 30 years. Many of its camps are run out of its landmarked building on Fifth Avenue and utilize Central Park for an indoor-outdoor experience. Campers can register for a variety of programs, including World Explorers, Drama Juniors, Inventors and Explorers, Drama Camps, and STEAM Camp. Some specialty programs require multi-week commitments.  READ MORE

iCAMP STEAM Summer Camps

Upper West Side, Upper East Side & Gramercy
Ages 3-13
iCAMP is a holistic STEAM program where campers learn by doing. Students become creators at iCAMP’s summer camp, which focuses on teaching STEAM topics like coding, robotics, studio and graphic art, science, filmmaking, video game design, 3D printing, and more. READ MORE

Tip-Top Brain Learning Center - Classes & STEAM Camps

Astoria, Queens
Ages 5-13
Tip Top Brain's summer STEAM camps offer an academically minded, effective preparation for the upcoming school year. Help kids avoid the summer brain drain while acquiring new skills like foundational math, reading, and writing concepts. Younger students are immersed in play-based activities, arts and crafts, read-alouds, science experiments, games, and much more. READ MORE
PingPod keeps kids active all summer, at locations throughout the city. Photo courtesy of the camp
PingPod keeps kids active all summer, at locations throughout the city. Photo courtesy of the camp

Sports Summer Camps in NYC with Weekly Enrollment

Advantage Camps

Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island
Ages 4-17
Kids swim, play tennis, and participate in a variety of sports indoors and out at Advantage Summer Camps. Advantage also offers arts and crafts, nature exploration, and enrichment classes in everything from fencing to chess, plus a rock-climbing wall at its Manhattan Plaza location. Camps can be booked daily, weekly, or for the whole summer. Ages vary by location and theme.  READ MORE

PingPod

Multiple locations
Ages 6-15
PingPod's summer camps, school break camps, and after-school programs introduce kids to table tennis with word class instructors at top-quality facilities around the city. Starting at age 6, kids from beginners to experts can benefit from socializing and improving game skills. Ping pong is a lifelong sport and a rewarding skill that requires hand-eye coordination and good reflexes—which are easily transferable to other sports. READ MORE

Tim Morehouse Fencing Club - NYC

Upper West Side
Ages 7-12
June 19 - 30
Named for the Olympic fencer and coach behind the program, Tim Morehouse Fencing Club offers summer camps and lessons across a variety of fencing disciplines. Sessions include both footwork and blade work, plus strategy, mental training, and team-building exercises. READ MORE

Chelsea Piers Summer Sports Camp

Chelsea and Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Ages 3-17
Chelsea Piers features a variety of unique sports camps for kids, including gymnastics, ice skating/hockey, parkour, soccer, golf, and so much more. Half-day and full-day options, short weeks, aftercare, and more are offered. School break camps are also offered. READ MORE

Aviator Sports Day Camp

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Ages 4-15
Aviator's summer day camp offers traditional activities, including arts and crafts, drama, science, and swimming, plus unique specialties including ice skating, rock climbing, and more—all within its 175,000-square-foot sports complex. School break camps are also offered.  READ MORE

QBK Sports - Beach Volleyball Camp & Classes

Long Island City, Queens
Ages 9-16
Located in the heart of Long Island City, QBK Sports Beach Volleyball Camp immerses older kids in a fun, beach-like environment while playing one of the fastest-growing college sports in the country and improving hand-eye coordination, reflexes, and balance. All skill levels are welcome.  READ MORE

Premier Sports Camp @ Fieldston

Riverdale, the Bronx
Ages 6-14
U1 Sports Summer Camps at Fieldston offers options that include flag football, volleyball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, baseball, swimming, and more. Signature "Fantastic Fridays" add zing to the end of the weekly program with color war events, zip lining, and paintless paintball. READ MORE

Fastbreak Sports - Camps

Upper East Side
Ages 3-17
Kids' Camp at Fastbreak goes way beyond basketball. Depending on your child's age and interest, kids are schooled in multiple sports, and camp sessions include field games, arts and crafts, and plenty more. Serious athletes can opt for its Elite Training Academy track. School break and summer camps are offered by Fastbreak.  READ MORE
Campers at the Park Slope Day Camp can enjoy plenty of traditional summer camp activities in one-week increments. Photo courtesy of the camp
Campers at the Park Slope Day Camp can enjoy plenty of traditional summer camp activities in one-week increments. Photo courtesy of the camp

Traditional Summer Camps in NYC with Weekly Enrollment

Camp Corlears

Chelsea
Ages 3-6
Camp Corlears is all about giving children space outdoors to play, run, and laugh with their friends. The counselors are primarily Corlears teachers, and three distinct camp programs are offered for different age groups, starting with preschool. Each camp session is one week long. READ MORE

Park Slope Day Camp

Park Slope, Brooklyn
Ages 4-16
Park Slope Day Camp provides kids entering pre-K to 8th grade with a wide variety of activities, including traditional day camp, circus camp, travel camp, and sports academies. Plenty of time is spent outdoors in local parks. School break mini-camps are offered. READ MORE

The Trinity School Discovery Day Camp

Upper West Side
Ages 5-10
The Trinity Discovery Day Camp provides a summer of fun, exploration, and discovery. Campers engage with each other and enjoy an action-packed schedule, including swimming, golf, chess, Lego robotics, art, dance, multisports, and storytelling. Of course, ice cream or ices punctuate the fun every day. READ MORE

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Launch Math + Science Centers (UWS - 81, Flagship)
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club - Port Chester

About the Author

Drew Kristofik

Drew Kristofik's early career editing teen magazines somehow morphed into a seven-year stint at MacNeil/Lehrer, followed by a very long sojourn at Nickelodeon/Viacom as Director of Content for Nick online and then Editor-in-Chief of ParentsConnect.com local. She was a founding member of the WebbyAward winning GoCityKids, has written for Family Fun Magazine, Vanity Fair, and New York, and her novel for middle schoolers, The Time Boat, is available on Amazon Kindle. She strives to keep the MommyPoppins New York Events calendar packed and accurate, and can be reached at events@mommypoppins.com.
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