FREE👶 Up to age 2📍 Upper East Side

Lapsit Playdate

Name: Lapsit Playdate
Start: 2026-09-29T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-09-29T12:00:00-04:00
Location: NYPL Webster Library

📆Tue, Sep 29 · 11:00 AM

📍NYPL Webster Library · 1465 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10075 Get directions ↗

🏷Free

About this event

Lapsit Playdate is a movement session at NYPL Webster Library for ages 0mo-2y. This free event is presented by the New York Public Library – Webster.

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