Comings, goings & relocations Washington Heights drop-in science spot, Storefront Science, which we've recommended many times in the past, is closing up its current lab on Halloween due to rent woes. Founder Dr Leonisa Ardizzone plans to keep the program alive in schools and is also looking for shared community spaces in Uptown Manhattan. So stay tuned for more info on Storefront Science 2.0.

Meanwhile the New York City Police Museum, which has been closed since Hurricane Sandy, has found a new temporary home. Visitors can see some of its artifacts and a photo history of September 11 at 45 Wall Street while the museum continues to ask for donations to help rebuild its Old Slip space.

The Brooklyn Historical Society is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a facelift that includes a renovated entrance, two new galleries, a new technology-enhanced classroom and a remodeled 200-seat Great Hall. Bonus: There will also be new FREE family programs on select Saturdays like sing-alongs with history maven Lloyd Miller of Brooklyn's own Deedle Deedle Dees and children's art workshops.

A pair of new kids' boutiques have opened in Downtown Manhattan. Honey in the Rough on the Lower East Side, formerly a designer women’s shop, has shifted its fashion focus to children with high-end clothes and the kinds of handmade playthings you won't find at Toys "R" Us. Meanwhile Goat-Milk in the East Village has a very specific focus: 100% organic, fair-trade, prewashed cotton undergarments for babies and children.
 

Pinball kid wizards Pull your brood away from the video games and bring them to Modern Pinball NYC, a brand-new Murray Hill pinball showroom where you can play as many games as you want for an for an hourly or daily fee (no more quarters!). All the money you spend can be applied toward the eventual purchase of your very own pinball machine... or you know, not. Who has the room?

Worthy causes Washington Heights treasure the Morris-Jumel Mansion hosts wonderful (and mostly FREE) family programs throughout the year. Now this historic house is trying to raise much-needed restoration funds. Consider donating if you value history. Or great family fun like Colonial tea parties.

Also looking for a little help is the Rhinelander Children's Center on the Upper East Side. The school's partnership with the Children's Aid Society ends next June and it's looking for fund so it can continue providing childcare and early education services for local lower- and middle-income families.
 

Tough teen talk Possibly the only thing harder than living through your own adolescence is experiencing it all over again with your kids. Teen Being, an insightful new blog from the editors of Choices Magazine, is aimed at parents who want to help their teens make good decisions. Because, as one blogger wrote, "Parents of teenagers need to know Things. A lot of THINGS." Or, at the very least, we need to know what we don't know.
 

Only in NYC: If New York City kids can eat at five-star restaurants, sit in $300 premium Broadway seats and compete for kindergarten as if it were Harvard, why shouldn't they be able to dive into a CrossFit workout beginning at age 3? CrossFit Gantry in Long Island City offers a preschool program of squats and kettlebells (though no weights) that promises to "promote self-esteem, cultivate leadership skills, develop critical thinking and memory, and even allow your child to breeze through life injury free." Classes are also available for over-the-hill 6 to 12-year-olds.