High end hole in the wall, with an interesting selection of bikes, including some for kids. It also offers repairs and servicing. Upstairs you'll find gear, helmets, and padding.

High end hole in the wall, with an interesting selection of bikes, including some for kids. It also offers repairs and servicing. Upstairs you'll find gear, helmets, and padding.

Bike Central Park offers bicycle tours and rentals.

Eight of the company's 40 bikes are meant for kids under five feet tall (but children must be five years or older to rent, for insurance reasons). Of those eight bikes, two have 24-inch tires, four have 20-inch tires, and one has 16 inch tires with training wheels. Also available: a trailer for kids which turns a regular bike into a tandam - great
for small children who don't yet have the bike-riding knack.

Tours are available in both Spanish and English. Maps and locks are included with rentals.

Established in 1990, this authentic, three-location, NYC skate-snow lifestyle store carries a full line of in-line skates, skateboards, snowboards and related footwear, apparel, and accessories.

The knowledgeable staff also provides complete on-premise servicing, tuning, and customization of all the equipment.

Brooklyn Heights Bike Shoppe offers bicycles for sale and rentals, too.

Here's a great way for your child to take piano lessons without your having to buy one - rent it!

A six-month upright student piano rental runs about $750, including delivery and pick-up (Manhattan only).

Children's bikes are available (in limited numbers) at a rate of $6 an hour. Or try a tandem bike for $21.

Employees are tough to get on the phone. Driver's license or passport ID, two credit cards or a $200 deposit are required.

Dixon's offers bike for sale and rentals, too.

Baby equipment can be a huge expense - and there are so many items to amass: crib, stroller, changing table, high chair... It sometimes seems like you no sooner have all that equipment in place, than your toddler's outgrown it.

Granny's Rentals feels your pain, and offers a solution: rent it all! Or, if you're just visiting for a week, rent just what you need.

All equipment - from strollers to cribs to car seats - is delivered and picked up when you're done. You pay a delivery charge (minimum $30), and a security deposit (returned to you at the end of the rental, if the equipment is returned in satisfactory shape), plus a weekly fee.

The range of available equipment includes cribs, high chairs, strollers, joggers, car seats, children's tables and chairs (for parties), cotton candy machines, popcorn machines, sno cone machines, and a full range of tables, chairs, linens, silverware, and glassware for adults too.

Karaoke Champ provides Karaoke equipment for parties or events.

Landmark Bicycles concentrates on restoring vintage models - old Schwinns and more, in a dazzling array of colors. The bikes are pricey, but rentals are available. And the store can also repair bikes.

Here's a great way for your child to take piano lessons without your having to buy one - rent it!

New York Piano Center delivers to all five boroughs; piano rentals start at $55/month.

Piano tuning service is $75 plus tax.

A comprehensive sporting goods store in business since 1908, Paragon is the place to go for just about anything sports-related. The store covers three floors of a wonderful old building. There is no kids' department per se; children's stuff is interspersed in the various departments.

On the lower level you'll find athletic shoes of all kinds (even wrestling shoes!) for children of all sizes (including infants); team sports attire and equipment (the usual suspects plus lacrosse, volleyball, field hockey, and more); pro team jerseys, hats, etc in kids' sizes; frisbees, paddle games, horseshoes, croquet, tetherball, badminton equipment, and more.

The main floor offers kid sized tennis racquets, golf clubs (sets and individual clubs), ski and snowboard equipment, and bathing suits. There's lots of casual clothing for grownups here, but not much for kids.

On the 2nd floor: wet suits, all kinds of life vests and jackets, goggles, fishing equipment (even waders!), boogie boards, kick boards, biking equipment and clothing (little bike shorts & fancy shirts), down jackets, outdoor clothing, hiking boots, all shapes and sizes of backpacks, archery equipment.

Skateboards and all kinds of skates are located on the lower level during the winter and on the main floor during the summer.

Paragon Sporting Goods leases ski equipment by the season or by the day; seasonal prices are $59.99 for used equipment, and $79.99 for new equipment. By the day it's $19.95 plus a $250 deposit.

During ski season, the store offers one-day ski trips to Hunter Mountain (Wed & Sat; $70 per person). Price includes bus fare, lift ticket, and a light breakfast. Call ahead to reserve.

You won't find a lot of bargains (although it does have some good sales), but it's one-stop shopping for all things sports-related, a value in itself in NYC.

Sid's Bikes offers bicycles for sale and rentals, too.

Sid's Bikes offers bicycles for sale and rentals, too.

Spokesman Cycles is a full service bicycle store in LIC.

The store sells and rents children's bicycles, baby bike seats, and the award winning Swiss-mad Twist Trailer. The shop is also an authorized service center and dealer for Maclaren strollers.

Spokesman Cycles is a full service bicycle store in LIC.

The store sells and rents children's bicycles, baby bike seats, and the award winning Swiss-mad Twist Trailer. The shop is also an authorized service center and dealer for Maclaren strollers.

Trek Bicycle Store of Brooklyn offers bicycles for sale and rentals, too.