Daycare Update: New Playgroup in Red Hook!

Rachel Markowitz | August 16, 2007 

My last post gave rise to a few questions.  How will the community respond to the daycare shortage?  What is being done to combat the stroller mafia turf wars?  Who is the father of my imaginary children?  An alarmed ex-boyfriend called me immediately to ask if they were his.  I’m going to be discrete on that last answer for now. 

Good news for Red Hook folks!  While you may have to walk across the BQE to get to the subway, you no longer have to travel for daycare.  I recently spoke with Stephanie Cherry, one of the five founding families of the brand new Red Hook Playgroup.

Stephanie’s search for local daycare began in late 2004.  Like other Red Hook parents, she was frustrated that all the good daycare centers were in the Carroll Gardens area, adding a shlep across the BQE to the rest of a busy morning routine.  Luckily, a Red Hook daycare opened up just in time, and she happily enrolled her son in Red Hook’s Happy Hours daycare (if this is named Happy Hours because they serve alcohol to the parents, my imaginary children are so there!).  While Stephanie and her son both enjoyed the convenience of a local daycare, there was still something missing.

“We wanted more of a learning environment,” says Stephanie, “one that was for kids two and a half to four, rather than a place for all kids and babies.”  Joining forces with four other like-minded Red Hook families, the Red Hook Playgroup was born.

The Red Hook Playgroup will open September 4th, 2007.  The group will be kept small, with spots for just twelve children, boys and girls aged two and a half to four.  Head teacher Emily Rabinowitz-Buchanan will run a daycare geared towards learning and friendship, while the parents will run the daily operations.  And unlike many local daycares, Red Hook Playgroup is affordable!

Red Hook Playgroup will have an open house August 28th for interested families.  There are still spots left for the fall, and currently there is no waitlist. 

Red Hook Playgroup is located 183 Richards Street. For more information, visit www.redhookplaygroup.org or call Stephanie Cherry at 917-620-0009

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