Leaving his sleigh behind and hitching a ride with New York Fire Department Engine Co. 214, Ladder Co. 111 in Bedford Stuyvesant, Santa Claus visited Interfaith Medical Center's Winter Wonderland to deliver Frozen dolls, talking Iron Men, toy cars and board games to 500 preschoolers and kindergarteners, ages 3 to 5 years old.
The children— from The Weeksville School (PS 243), PS 335, PS 305, Medgar Evers Daycare Center, Community Parents Head Start, Stuyvesant Heights Daycare, and Safe Haven Day Care—each received a gift and a photo with Santa.
The event was funded by private donations.