Police Athletic League Announces Opening of 2016 Playstreets Program Serving Brooklyn Neighborhoods

For over 100 years, the Police Athletic League (PAL) has provided safe places to play and learn for thousands of Brooklyn children through PAL’s Summer Playstreets Program. PAL is launching its 2016 Summer Playstreets in Brooklyn on Tuesday, July 5th. New York City youngsters play traditional sidewalk games, develop their creativity through the arts, and learn from a wide range of educational, recreational and cultural arts specialists.

PAL’s Summer Playstreets Program closes off streets and utilizes other public areas, such as playgrounds and parks, throughout New York City to provide children with safe, supervised places to enjoy outdoor summer activities. Playstreets are open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through August 19th, and are free to all New York City children. Playstreets offer sports, arts and crafts, games, music and dance. Featured activities include Double Dutch jump rope, Hopscotch, Nok Hockey and basketball. PAL is operating over 40 Playstreets throughout the five boroughs this summer, in addition to offering Cops & Kids teams and summer day camps.

A list of PAL Summer Playstreets in Brooklyn follows. Please visit http://www.palnyc.org/ for details.

BROOKLYN PLAYSTREETS

July 5 – August 19

Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Playstreet Location

61st Street 61st St bet. 4th Ave & 5th Ave

Boulevard Houses Between Stanley Ave & Wortman Ave

Brownsville Houses Between Rockaway Ave & Osborn St

Coffey Park (for Red Hook) Richards St & Dwight St

Fox Playground Between East 64th St & East 65th St

Glenwood Shelter 4612 Glenwood Rd

Junius Street Family Residence 25 Junius St

Kelly Playground Between East 14th St & East 15th St

Liberty Avenue Family Residence 51 Junius St

Linden Houses Between Stanley Ave & Wortman Ave

Marlboro Houses Between West 8th St & 11th St

Renaldo Salgado Park Between Monroe St & Madison St

Tompkins Houses Between Tompkins Ave & Throop Ave

New York City’s Police Athletic League is the first and finest civilian-run PAL in the country. Founded in 1914, PAL has served the city’s young people for over 100 years. PAL provides recreational, educational, cultural and social activities to 35,000 boys and girls annually. It is also the city’s largest, independent, nonprofit youth organization.