Bronx Family Programs Bronx STATS 2020
CASTLE HILL YMCA
2 Castle Hill Avenue
Phone: (718) 792-9736
Email: BronxYMCA@ymcanyc.
org
Executive Director:
Sharlene Brown
Web: www.ymcanyc.org/bronx
Hours of Operation: Monday
through Friday: 5:30 a.m.
- 10:00 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday:
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Pool
closes 30 minutes prior to facility
closing). Open New Year’s Day 8
a.m.-8 p.m. The YMCA has had
a presence in the Bronx since
1889. Today, it contributes to the
lives of 15,000+ of boys, girls,
men and women of all ages,
races, religions and economic
backgrounds. The facility offers
a number of children’s programs
and activities that include
child care, arts & crafts, music,
sports, photography, reading,
social skills, computer skills,
college/career preparation; day
camps and sleep-away camps,
and more. As the needs of the
community changed, the Bronx
YMCA has changed with it. In
2003, in an effort to expand its
services, the YMCA built a brand
new building to join the previously
existing facility that had fi rst been
built in 1970. As a result, the
Bronx YMCA offers distinctive
23,000 square-foot building with
extensive glass panels, affording
views of the Long Island Sound,
features include a large swimming
pool, health and wellness
center, family computer center
and other amenities. The facility
is also the only YMCA in New
York City to boast an outdoor
swimming pool. The outdoor
pools and picnic area are open to
members between Memorial Day
and Labor Day on the weekends
and weeknights during July and
August. And everyone can enjoy
the fun. At the YMCA, no one is
turned away because of an inability
to pay. To offer the broadest
possible access to YMCA programs,
services, and facilities,
and to provide for those individuals
and community groups who
may not be able to afford the full
cost of our programs, services
and facilities, the YMCA engages
in fundraising through the annual
Strong Kids Campaign, special
events at the branch and association
levels, grants, bequests,
or individual, corporate or foundation
support.
POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE
Website: www.palnyc.org
Overview: Since 1914, the
Police Athletic League has been
serving New York City’s youth
with safe, structured programming
designed to engage boys
and girls in positive activities
that improve their quality of life,
present developmental opportunities,
and offer the prospect of
a brighter future. What started
out as the closing of streets by
the New York City Police Department
to enable the city’s unsupervised
youth to play became
a city-wide Cops & Kids movement
and later national model
that brought communities and
police together in ways that prevail
to this day. PAL is New York
City’s largest independent youth
development not-for-profi t organization
that operates head start/
day care, after-school, evening
teen, summer day camp, youth
employment, truancy prevention,
juvenile justice and re-entry,
city-wide sports, play streets and
part-time centers, food service,
and adventure learning programs
for pre-school kids, children and
adolescents ages 3 to 19. With
over 95 years of service, PAL is
continuing its evolution and remaining
a vibrant and vital NYC
institution.
Bronx locations:
J.H.S. 127 (CJC)
1560 Purdy Street
Phone:
(212) 477-9450 ext. 389
Programs: This part time center
offers Evening Teen Centers.
J.H.S. 131 (CJC)
885 Bolton Ave.
Phone: (212) 477-9450 ext.
389
Information: This is a part time
center.
New South Bronx Center
991 Longwood Avenue
Phone: (718) 991-2447
Fax: (718) 991-2589
Information: The New
South Bronx Center provides an
array of services to the children
of the South Bronx Community.
The after school program offers
structured activities to participants
that stimulates the child’s
sensory, motor and cognitive
skills. As part of the educational
component, students participate
in supervised homework assistance
sessions, prepare for
special educational projects and
participation in various citywide
events including creative writing
and poetry contests. As part
of the cultural arts component,
participants are introduced to
artistic mediums that stimulate
their curiosity and allow them to
experiment with various art forms
that include both performing and
visual arts.
In addition, the PAL New
South Bronx Center offers summer
camp to participants which
follows thematic outlines established
by the PAL program
committee, These activities lead
in to citywide activities such as:
Sports Day, Carnival Day, Family
Day, and lastly Cultural Day,
which takes place in Pelham Bay
Park where all the PAL centers
come together to celebrate cultures
from around the world. In
addition, youth enjoy cultural
excursions to the many museum
and cultural institutions in the
New York City area.
P.S. 48
1290 Spofford Avenue
Phone: (718) 378-0772
Fax: (718) 378-0338
Information: In addition
to being open fi ve days a week,
P.S. 48 is open 20 additional
days typically on school holidays,
giving the children of P.S.48
and Hunts Point a place to go,
away from the temptations of
the street. Children participate
in homework assistance, arts
and crafts, low organizational
games, sports, step and dance.
The Center also offers a summer
day camp and out-of-school time
activities.
Webster Center
2255 Webster Avenue
Phone: (718) 733-6748
Fax: (718) 584-7275
Information: Webster-
Giannone Center’s mission is to
build, develop and inspire the
leaders of tomorrow. By helping
with the development of character,
self-pride, responsibilities
and creativity, every child is provided
with endless possibilities to
express themselves through art,
recreation and socialization. The
PAL’s after school program currently
serves children in grades
1st through 5th. Children receive
homework assistance, academic
enrichment, arts & crafts, recreation,
dance and game room.
Youth also participate in center,
borough and citywide events
where they learn the importance
of sportsmanship and teamwork.
The Center also offers a
summer day camp, evening teen
centers, and out-of-school time
programs.
KIPS BAY BOYS
& GIRLS CLUB
The Lucile Palmaro
Clubhouse
1930 Randall Avenue
Phone: (718) 893-8600
Website: http://kipsbay.org
Information: Kips Bay
moved to the Bronx in 1969
and has been in its current location
ever since. Responding to
community needs, the services
provided at the Lucile Palmaro
Clubhouse and 10 outreach locations
are based on the principles
of behavioral guidance and are
intended to promote the general
health, educational advancement,
character development
and leadership potential through
health of its members, with an
emphasis on those between the
ages of 6-18. The special facilities
of the Palmaro Clubhouse
and Coudert Sports Complex
include an Olympic swimming
pool (swimming instruction,
swim team, and Red Cross certifi
cation), air-conditioned performing
arts hall (instruction in
dance and drama culminating
in an annual dance recital and
drama showcase in May and
June. Talented youngsters may
audition for the K-Company and
Jr. K-Company touring dance
and vocal troupe), air-supported
dome over cushioned turf (winter
instructional baseball and
other activities are offered), and
the Bronx’ only ice skating rink
(converts to a rollerblading rink
in warm weather). Children can
take part in travel and intramural
teams in basketball, baseball and
football. Karate instruction, table
games and board games are also
available. In addition, the center
offers homework help, diagnostic
skill level testing, group and individual
tutoring, computer literacy
& enrichment, SAT and Regents
prep, science and newsletter
club. Teens have an opportunity
to obtain summer employment
through Kips Bay while a sevenweek
Summer Camp program of
structured activities, educational
fi eld trips, swimming and the arts
is available for 6-13 year olds.
On a periodic basis youngsters
from all sites are transported to
the Palmaro Clubhouse on Kips
Bay’s buses to use these facilities.
Other Bronx Locations:
Castle Hill Community
Center
625 Castle Hill Avenue
Phone:
(718) 828.4518, ext. 101
Information: Castle Hill
Unit offers an Out of School
Time program free of charge
for youth 6 through 12 years of
age with a goal to address the
socio-economic ills the community
faces: gang violence, drug
and substance abuse, diffi culty
meeting academic standards and
health-related issues. Some activities
offered are Power Hour, a
program that encourages participants
to start and complete their
homework assignments; track
& fi eld; basketball; dance; arts
& crafts; computer lab; game
room; Smart Girls and Passport
to Manhood, a Boys & Girls Club
Curriculum; and Summer Youth
Employmentt.
Coudert Clubhouse
1835 University Avenue
Phone: (718) 975-0788
Fax: (718) 584-7275
Information: The Coudert
Clubhouse offers a Triple Play
component designed to teach
club members to make healthier
choices by educating boys and
girls about good nutrition, making
physical fi tness a daily practice
and developing individual
strengths and good character. In
addition to components for the
mind and body, the Triple Play
program gets at the soul of the
Club experience - the games
room, providing club members
with access to billiars, ping pong,
air hockey and soccer table
games, as well as board games.
A power hour provides members
with homework help. There are
also classes on digital photography,
media production, dance,
journalism, and visual arts. The
Clubhouse also offers a class on
ballet and African dance.
THROGGS NECK
COMMUNITY CENTER
550 Balcom Avenue
Phone: (718) 824-9090
Information: The afterschool
program is designed to
emphasize on comprehensive
youth, family and community
programs, which focuses on
educational, recreational, social
and character development.
The Center offers a power hour
component where students will
work on their homework assignments.
Other activities include:
sports and fi tness - (basketball,
relay races, jump rope, football,
wiffl eball, soccer and various
children’s games). Other services
include arts & crafts, drama
and dance classes, computer
labs, nutritious meals, literacy
programs and youth development
training.
H.E.L.P. MORRIS
285 East 171st Street
Phone:
(718) 583-0174, Ext. 506
Information: H.E.L.P. Morris
continually provides a menu
of services that take into account
current and future trends, needs,
interests, barriers, population
shifts and inner city challenges.
School locations:
Kips Bay began on-site
work at public schools in 1991,
and currently provides afterschool
Boys & Girls programming
at four schools. Education
is a required activity at all sites
complemented by such activities
as leadership and service clubs,
sports and fi tness, drug/alcohol
awareness, fi eld trips to the
Lucile Palmaro Clubhouse, and
performing arts.
Public School 304 & M.S. 101
2750 Lafayette Avenue
Phone: (917) 417-3878, (718)
829-6372 ext:456
Public School 140
916 Eagle Avenue
Phone: (917) 417-1720, (718)
585-0167, ext. 1000
Community School 67
2024 Mohegan Avenue
Phone: 718.893.8600, Ext. 260
MADISON SQUARE
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
Website: www.madisonsquare.
org
In 1884, Dr. Charles H.
Parkhurst, pastor of the Madison
Square Church and president of
the Society for the Prevention of
Crime, suggested a Boys Club
as a means to address the problem
of youth gangs in the city’s
toughest eastside district. In response,
a club was founded in
a vacant store on First Avenue
and 37th Street. Operating as a
mission of the church, the club
relocated within the community
several times before becoming
an organization independent of
the church in 1902. While girls
participated in club programs
from the very beginning, their
involvement was limited to
Castle Hill YMCA
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