Central Connecticut State University (New Britain, CT)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎨 New Britain Museum of American Art — New Britain, CT

🌳 Walnut Hill Park — New Britain, CT

🎢 Lake Compounce Amusement Park — Bristol, CT

🧠 Connecticut Science Center — Hartford, CT

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Max Burger — West Hartford, CT

🍕 Little City Pizza — Simsbury, CT

🍦 Praline’s Ice Cream — New Britain, CT

Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck, NJ)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎢 Van Saun County Zoo — Paramus, NJ

🌳 Overpeck County Park — Ridgefield Park, NJ

🎨 Liberty Science Center — Jersey City, NJ

🌊 Hudson River Waterfront Walkway — Fort Lee, NJ

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Matthew’s Diner — Bergenfield, NJ

🍕 Brooklyn’s Brick Oven Pizzeria — Hackensack, NJ

🍦 Bischoff’s Ice Cream — Teaneck, NJ

Le Moyne College (Syracuse, NY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🧠 Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) — Syracuse, NY

🎢 Rosamond Gifford Zoo — Syracuse, NY

🌳 Onondaga Lake Park — Liverpool, NY

🎨 Erie Canal Museum — Syracuse, NY

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Ale ‘n’ Angus Pub — Syracuse, NY

🍕 Pavone’s Pizza — Syracuse, NY

🍦 Gannon’s Isle Ice Cream — Syracuse, NY

LIU (Long Island University – Brooklyn, NY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎨 Brooklyn Children’s Museum — Brooklyn, NY

🌳 Brooklyn Bridge Park — Brooklyn, NY

🎢 Luna Park at Coney Island — Brooklyn, NY

🧠 New York Transit Museum — Brooklyn, NY

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Shake Shack — Downtown Brooklyn, NY

🍕 Juliana’s Pizza — Brooklyn, NY

🍦 Ample Hills Creamery — Brooklyn, NY

Merrimack College (North Andover, MA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎢 Canobie Lake Park — Salem, NH

🌳 Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens — North Andover, MA

🎨 Addison Gallery of American Art — Andover, MA

🧠 Museum of Science — Boston, MA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Harrison’s Roast Beef — North Andover, MA

🍕 Stachey’s Old Time Pizzeria — North Andover, MA

🍦 Mad Maggie’s Ice Cream — North Andover, MA

Sacred Heart University (Fairfield, CT)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎨 Discovery Museum & Planetarium — Bridgeport, CT

🌊 Jennings Beach — Fairfield, CT

🎢 Beardsley Zoo — Bridgeport, CT

🌳 Seaside Park — Bridgeport, CT

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Flipside Burgers & Bar — Fairfield, CT

🍕 Frank Pepe Pizzeria — Fairfield, CT

🍦 Saugatuck Sweets — Fairfield, CT

St. Francis Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎢 Luna Park at Coney Island — Brooklyn, NY

🎨 New York Aquarium — Brooklyn, NY

🌳 Prospect Park — Brooklyn, NY

🧠 Brooklyn Children’s Museum — Brooklyn, NY

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Emily — Brooklyn, NY

🍕 L&B Spumoni Gardens — Brooklyn, NY

🍦 Ample Hills Creamery — Brooklyn, NY

Stonehill College (Easton, MA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎢 Ames Nowell State Park — Abington, MA

🌳 Borderland State Park — Easton, MA

🎨 Fuller Craft Museum — Brockton, MA

🧠 Capron Park Zoo — Attleboro, MA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 The Farmer’s Daughter — Easton, MA

🍕 Town Spa Pizza — Stoughton, MA

🍦 Crescent Ridge Dairy Bar — Sharon, MA

Wagner College (Staten Island, NY)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎢 Staten Island Zoo — Staten Island, NY

🌳 Clove Lakes Park — Staten Island, NY

🎨 Staten Island Children’s Museum — Staten Island, NY

🌊 South Beach Boardwalk — Staten Island, NY

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Beso Restaurant — Staten Island, NY

🍕 Denino’s Pizzeria Tavern — Staten Island, NY

🍦 Egger’s Ice Cream Parlor — Staten Island, NY

Fairleigh Dickinson (Florham Campus, Madison, NJ) (2nd campus)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Frelinghuysen Arboretum — Morristown, NJ

🎨 Morris Museum — Morristown, NJ

🎢 Imagine That!!! Children’s Museum — Florham Park, NJ

🧠 Turtle Back Zoo — West Orange, NJ

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 The Committed Pig — Morristown, NJ

🍕 Pomodoro Ristorante — Florham Park, NJ

🍦 McCool’s Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt — Madison, NJ