Miriam’s Motherhood Center to Open Next Week

Photos by Dalya Holder Photography

Miriam’s Motherhood Center, set to open in Crown Heights next week, offers educational, social, and recreational opportunities for women and young children. The Center is a project of Mothers of Crown Heights and was designed to host programs simultaneously throughout the day and evening.

The Lounge

The feminine, cozy lounge is the perfect ‘living room’ for smaller meetups and conversations.

Ongoing support groups, parenting workshops, ‘Ask the Expert’ series, childbirth classes, shiurim and knitting classes are just to name a few.

The Office

For those entrepreneurs, freelancers, students, or busy ladies that need to get some work done, the shared workspace is open to women ages eighteen and older. The coworking space is by reservation only and has babysitting available during designated hours upon request.

The Office at the Motherhood Center is offered in collaboration with Rabbi Werde and CHYE.

After office hours, the comfortable office space will be used as a classroom for classes, lectures, and programs.

The Playroom

The 750 square foot playroom is bright, beautiful and provides the space and toys that many don’t have in their small apartments. The community playroom will have daily open play slots during the morning and afternoon. Mothers and their babies/toddlers (age four and under) are invited to come during those designated hours.

The Studio

The Studio is designated for fitness and movement classes with an emphasis on pre and postnatal. Game changer alert: For those mothers that normally cannot make it to a class because they have a baby at home, babysitting will be available upon request!

The studio will also host weekly Mommy and Me classes as well as other programming for toddlers.

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One of the goals of the Motherhood Center is to create a community center. Existing organizations are invited to showcase their programming, thereby centralizing all women-related classes and programs.

A community center is meant to be accessible to everyone. For those that cannot afford the membership fee, there is a scholarship fund and the option to gift membership.

With these ongoing mother and baby-centered offerings, Miriam’s Motherhood Center will uplift and change the lives of the young mothers that are raising children in Crown Heights. Kahn Tziva Hashem es Habrocha.

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Here are some questions that might be racing through your mind:

Is the Center open yet?

The doors will open B’ezer Hashem on Monday, June 28, the 18th of Tammuz.
Check the calendar on the website MiriamsCenter.org to see which programs you’d like to try out.

What hours is the Center open?

The Office will be open 9am – 5pm on Monday through Thursday and 9am – 12pm on Fridays.

The Playroom will have two slots: one in the morning, from 9am – 12pm, and one in the afternoon, from 2pm – 5pm.

Classes in the Studio and Lounge will take place both in the mornings and evenings.

How much is admission to the center?

Annual Membership is $180 and allows mothers free access to the Playroom and Mommy and Me programming. Membership also offers discounted pricing for other classes and services.

The price to reserve a seat in the Office is $10 for the day or $100 for the month.

(25% off for members.)

Open play in the Playroom is $5 a child. (Free for members.)

Can I just show up?

You need a reservation to work in the Office.
You need a reservation to join a fitness class.

Walk-ins are welcome in the Playroom during designated times and for the Mommy and Me programs.

Where is it?

Miriam’s Motherhood Center is located on East New York Ave between Troy and Schenectady.

Can my daughter or nanny take my child to the programs and the Playroom?

The Motherhood Center is focused on the mothers as much as the children. It is specifically mothers that are welcome to accompany their children. (Or mothers of mothers: Bubbies.)

MiriamsCenter.org
MothersofCrownHeights.org