The Senior Center

The Senior Center is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Membership is free for adults 60 years of age and older. An active Senior Advisory Board provides a channel for members to help plan weekly menus, activities, classes, and trips. The Senior Center offers health screenings,a women’s support group, a men’s club, a monthly restaurant dining club, a computer learning center, and more than 40 weekly classes in everything from Tai Chi to Tango!



For a glimpse at our recent activities, check out our Senior Activities Photo Albums!



Senior Center Activities include morning stretch, stretch and tone, hip hop aerobics, fitness aerobics, country and western dancing, swing dancing, ballroom dancing, line dancing, Tai Chi, self-defense, yoga, needlecraft, quilting, painting, creative glass, movies, discussion groups, a theater workshop, computer classes, ESL and bingo.

 

 



The Senior Center is a lively place, with frequent holiday celebrations and monthly birthday parties. Special events call for special entrees and dessert, and dancing to live and recorded music!

Last year, members of the Senior Center enjoyed a wide variety of trips and excursions:

  • Brooklyn Cyclones Baseball Game
  • Broadway Shows
  • Harbor Cruises
  • Trips to Atlantic City Casinos
  • Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Bronx Zoo
  • Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular
  • Staten Island Chocolate Factory





    • The Senior Center also offers health screenings, flu shots, blood pressure checks, vision screening for cataracts and glaucoma, workshops on arthritis, cholesterol, diabetes and osteoporosis, diet and nutrition counseling, and stress management. Seniors can learn about elder law issues, Social Security, Medicare, blood pressure and hypertension, and how to lead a healthy lifestyle.





    Executive Director Russell Norris receives a
    $5,000 donation from Senior Advisory Board
    President Vinny Bocchino.
    		 "Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle."
                                               -- Bob Hope

    An elected Senior Advisory Board conducts regular fundraising, helping to underwrite some 20% of Senior Center activities. Monies are raised through raffles, drawings, auctions, sales, and Bingo games. Last year the Advisory Board gave a Christmas present of $5,000 to the Bay Ridge Center. The Center is supported by many contributions from individuals and businesses in southwest Brooklyn.

    The Bay Ridge Senior Center is located at 6935 Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn. For information on activities, events, or membership, call (718) 748-0873 or email info@bayridgecenter.org.

    The Ovington Chapter of AARP meets the second Saturday of the month at 450 Ovington Avenue, starting at 1:00 p.m. The Senior Advisory Board meets in the Senior Center the second Monday of each month at 12:45 p.m.

    Membership in the Center is free, but required to participate in classes, health screenings, trips, parties and other events. A donation of $1.50 is requested for those eating lunch at the Center.

    "The old age of an eagle is better than the youth of a sparrow."
                                                                      -- Proverb