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Most New York children know the glare of Times Square better than the glow of the Milky Way. But growing up in the city’s bright lights doesn’t mean kids have to skip the childhood ritual of summer stargazing. Plenty of spots in the five boroughs—from public parks to college observatories—offer families a grand vantage of the night sky. And although stargazing is a largely hidden hobby in New York City, parents will find a wealth of resources for a budding Copernicus.
“All you need is one good eye,” says Roland Roberts, a Bay Ridge father of boys ages seven and nine who runs an astronomy club at his sons’ school. While telescopes and binoculars can help, he says that astronomy begins simply with looking up: “The starting point that I give kids is, what do you see in the sky? Where is the moon from week to week, from day to day? How is it moving?
