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    Photograph: Caroline Voagen Nelson

    Miniature golf at Pier 25

     

     

  2. Brooklyn Boulders

    Brooklyn Boulders

     

  3. Photograph: Caroline Voagen Nelson
    Photograph: Caroline Voagen Nelson

    Bocce ball at Union Hall

     

     

  4. Bowling at Brooklyn Bowl

     

     

  5. Photograph: Paul Wagtouicz
    Photograph: Paul Wagtouicz

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Summer dates in New York: Sporty dates in New York City

Challenge your partner to a game of minigolf, a bowling match or a Skee-Ball championship on these sporty summer dates.

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A little competition is a turn-on, right? If you agree, plan a summer date in New York that involves playing a game or a sport. We found five venues where you can climb, golf, bowl and more with your main squeeze.
Climb at Brooklyn Boulders
  • Sports and fitness
  • Yoga & Pilates
  • Gowanus
  • price 3 of 4

Prove you’re a trustworthy partner by helping your date scale a 10-to-28-foot wall at this Gowanus club. During its “Learn the Ropes” class, instructors teach you how to tie knots and secure harnesses before having you spot your companion (and vice versa) on a climb. If the adrenaline rush leaves you both wanting more, the class fee ($75) includes a pair of day passes as well as a second day’s rental for shoes, harnesses and chalk. (347-834-9066, brooklynboulders.com)

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Throw balls at Union Hall
Photograph: Caroline Voagen Nelson

Throw balls at Union Hall

Although this Park Slope bar’s two bocce courts are occasionally reserved for league-only play (Sat, Sun noon–4pm; Mon 7–10pm), at all other times they’re available first-come, first-served at no charge (718-638-4400, unionhallny.com)

Send pins flying at Brooklyn Bowl
  • Things to do
  • Concerts
  • Williamsburg
  • price 2 of 4

If you end up waiting for a lane at this Williamsburg bowling alley, fear not: You can kill time chatting over a plate of Blue Ribbon’s fried chicken and one of several local brews from Kelso and Brooklyn Brewery. Once you get rolling, gauge your date’s pop-culture bona fides by throwing out this line: “This is not Nam, this is bowling. There are rules." (718-963-3369, brooklynbowl.com)

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