Staff and volunteers help Bay Ridge Center members better use their technology. Whether it’s a smartphone, tablet or laptop, there is someone who can help with beginning training or resolve a problem. Bay Ridge Center offers group technology classes. In this way, participants get their questions answered but also learn from other’s questions.

​When the “pause” was announced, Bay Ridge Center was up within days with virtual classes. All of our instructors were taught how to use Zoom so that within a couple of weeks, we had over 30 classes each week on Zoom. It was a gas as we all learned how to use Zoom, but so many of our members called the classes life savers. Social isolation was very difficult to manage and had many negative effects. Our Zoom classes brought a breath of fresh air in our members’ lives.

We continue our virtual classes. They are free to anyone who is a member of an older adult center in NYC. Our virtual classes range from Arthritis addressed by Tai Chi to classes on using Zoom. We also have special programs, such as the Fire Fighter. We have exercise classes in a hybrid format. We play Pictionary, scateggories, trivia and scattegories online as well.

To Learn more about our programs, please see our calendar.