Steve & Kate’s Camp – Brooklyn - Park Slope Summer Camp
Berkeley Carroll Upper School, 181 Lincoln Pl., Brooklyn, NY 11217
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Steve & Kate’s Camp – Brooklyn - Park Slope Summer Camp offers a wide range of activities, including stop-motion animation, filming, sewing, baking, sports, lounging, coding, robotics, and creating 3D worlds with an interactive virtual reality experience. Campers also use interactive art apps and 3D pens, play tabletop games, build marble mazes and forts, and take part in games and experiences such as Find Chuckie, a go-kart experience, classic sports, making up new games, an obstacle course, water tag, balloon tosses, and time under a giant sprinkler. The camp also features musical performances, carnival games, movement workshops, a pop-up petting zoo, and Friday Pie-Day.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Jun 22–Aug 7, 8:00am–6:00pm; closed July 3
Steve & Kate’s Camp began in 1980, when Steve and Kate Susskind created a summer camp in response to seeing kids’ independence changing. The camp’s stated mission is to give kids freedom in the summer by letting campers choose which activities they do, whom they do them with, and for how long, and to function as a kind of training ground for life where they are empowered, independent, resilient, and responsible for their own decisions. The Brooklyn - Park Slope camp is led by a director named Mike.
The program notes that parents can buy any number of days and send their child to camp on any day within the season, with drop-off and pick-up allowed at any time during camp hours. Long camp hours, meals, and snacks are included, and any unused days are automatically refunded at the end of summer. The camp states that additional state-required paperwork must be submitted for every child before their first day, and that there is Youngest Camper Support Staff dedicated specifically to supporting the youngest campers. Weekly specials supplement the main activities, and Carnival Day on the last day of camp is described as a giant end-of-summer celebration.
The camp describes its cuisine as provided in partnership with fan favorite restaurants, including items such as piping hot pizza, Caesar salads, tangy tomato soup, rotating specials, and healthy snacks and sides that kids can grab whenever they want. As summer approaches, registered families receive an email with a link to a virtual camp orientation that covers local drop-off and pick-up procedures, how to check in and out each day, what to bring and not bring, and other camp details.
Testimonials about Steve & Kate’s Camp include a statement from Andrew Stanton, director of WALL-E, Finding Nemo, and Finding Dory, who says that children at the camp “blossom and discover a freedom of identity” and that “kids find their thumbprint at Steve & Kate’s.” Apple’s Hot News states that “If kids ruled the world, it might look something like Steve and Kate’s Camp.” Variety magazine notes that the camp did not specifically set out to cater to children of people at Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic, but that many attend given the camp’s philosophy. The Washington Post describes Steve & Kate’s Camp as a blend of traditional camp experience with a modern, tech-savvy touch, with a laid-back aura and Silicon Valley-inspired approaches to programming and payment. The Chicago Tribune states that “Working parents’ worries dissipate as they contemplate Steve & Kate’s model.”
Last updated April 30, 2026.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Jun 22–Aug 7, 8:00am–6:00pm; closed July 3
Steve & Kate’s Camp began in 1980, when Steve and Kate Susskind created a summer camp in response to seeing kids’ independence changing. The camp’s stated mission is to give kids freedom in the summer by letting campers choose which activities they do, whom they do them with, and for how long, and to function as a kind of training ground for life where they are empowered, independent, resilient, and responsible for their own decisions. The Brooklyn - Park Slope camp is led by a director named Mike.
The program notes that parents can buy any number of days and send their child to camp on any day within the season, with drop-off and pick-up allowed at any time during camp hours. Long camp hours, meals, and snacks are included, and any unused days are automatically refunded at the end of summer. The camp states that additional state-required paperwork must be submitted for every child before their first day, and that there is Youngest Camper Support Staff dedicated specifically to supporting the youngest campers. Weekly specials supplement the main activities, and Carnival Day on the last day of camp is described as a giant end-of-summer celebration.
The camp describes its cuisine as provided in partnership with fan favorite restaurants, including items such as piping hot pizza, Caesar salads, tangy tomato soup, rotating specials, and healthy snacks and sides that kids can grab whenever they want. As summer approaches, registered families receive an email with a link to a virtual camp orientation that covers local drop-off and pick-up procedures, how to check in and out each day, what to bring and not bring, and other camp details.
Testimonials about Steve & Kate’s Camp include a statement from Andrew Stanton, director of WALL-E, Finding Nemo, and Finding Dory, who says that children at the camp “blossom and discover a freedom of identity” and that “kids find their thumbprint at Steve & Kate’s.” Apple’s Hot News states that “If kids ruled the world, it might look something like Steve and Kate’s Camp.” Variety magazine notes that the camp did not specifically set out to cater to children of people at Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic, but that many attend given the camp’s philosophy. The Washington Post describes Steve & Kate’s Camp as a blend of traditional camp experience with a modern, tech-savvy touch, with a laid-back aura and Silicon Valley-inspired approaches to programming and payment. The Chicago Tribune states that “Working parents’ worries dissipate as they contemplate Steve & Kate’s model.”
Last updated April 30, 2026.