Camp Nabby was established in 1940 by Abraham and Marie Nabatoff. The camp had a capacity of 125 campers. The camp was run by Mr. and Mrs. Nabatoff until Abraham’s death in 1969.

Then the Alfus and Bertino families purchased Camp Nabby. The Bertino family has been running Camp Nabby since 1970. Frank and Florence (Flo) Bertino were instrumental in making Camp Nabby what it is today. The Bertinos purchased adjacent land, built additional buildings and pools, and increased the enrollment to 400+ campers. (This number is the ideal number of campers for our facility and we do not intend to increase enrollment beyond our current capacity.)

Frank Bertino practiced his beliefs of an active, well-rounded, well-supervised program. For 40 years Frank was an athletic director and football coach at the Riverdale Country School in New York City, where he amassed 247 wins, 17 undefeated seasons, and was three times named The Daily News “Coach of the Year”. Frank was the inaugural director of the Riverdale Day Camp which he ran for ten years.

Under Frank Bertino’s direction, the original Camp Nabby grew tremendously. The camp gained ball field areas, pools and bunks. Activities expanded to include nature, gymnastics, hockey, and mini-golf specialty areas.

After Frank passed away in 1997, his wife Flo, son Joe and Joe’s wife Rita, continue to carry on the traditions set throughout the years.
Joe Bertino, Camp Nabby director, has been a physical education teacher and coach for the past 30 years at the Hackley School in Tarrytown and Ardsley Middle School. Joe has been at Camp Nabby every summer for the past 38 years. Flo still handles the books, Rita runs the camp office and transportation, and sister Gemma is in charge of the dining room.

In many ways Camp Nabby is a family organization with a family atmosphere. The Bertino family welcomes all those individuals who join Camp Nabby as staff or as campers to become part of the Bertino Family Tradition of outstanding Day Camping.