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Summer Camps
The NYC Parks Experience Summer Day Camp program is an exciting chance for children to have a fun-filled summer! Your child will engage in sports, fitness, and outdoor adventure and take part in many of New York City’s rich cultural and educational opportunities. Campers will hike through local parks, learn to play sports, swim in Parks pools, travel to museums, engage in environmental education and participate in a wide variety of structured activities.
The 2012 NYC Parks Experience will begin July 9, 2012 and will end August 24, 2012. Day camps operate weekdays only. Children must be between the ages of 6 to 13 by the start of the program on July 9, 2012. The only exception is Raymond O'Connor Park, which offers a summer camp program (with no trips or swimming) for children ages 3 to 6½ on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Cost
The NYC Parks Experience is one of the most affordable summer day camp options available.
All camps (except Raymond O'Connor Park) offer Regular Day from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; select camps offer an Extended Day option from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. See the list of camps below for more details.
- Regular Day Camp Rate (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Mondays – Fridays): $500 per child for the summer
- Extended Day Camp Option Rate (8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Mondays – Fridays): $575 per child for the summer: This option is available for a limited number of slots at select camps in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan.
Payment Plan: Full payment is due by May 12, 2012. Payment is accepted via credit card (or debit card with a credit card logo), postal money order, or a certified bank check. Personal checks will not be accepted. We do not offer any financial assistance or sibling discounts.
Online Lottery Details
- You must have an active email address to participate in the lottery. You will receive an email to confirm your registration and to receive results of the lottery. Please check your spam folder for emails and add noreply@parks.nyc.gov to your contact list. If you do not have an email address or access to a computer, please visit our Computer Resource Centers for assistance.
- Submissions for the lottery will be accepted beginning at 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 30, 2012 through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, May 6, 2012. You can enter the lottery at any time during this period. Time is not a factor in the selection process as long as you enter the special lottery by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, May 6, 2012.
- The online application asks for basic contact information about each participant (e.g., name, address, telephone number, email address, date of birth).
- Please carefully review your information before hitting the submit button on the online application. All entries will be considered final and correct after pressing submit. You will not be given a second chance to correct any information after you have submitted it for the lottery.
- Please enter your child at only one site during this special lottery. If you enter your child at more than one location, then s/he may be disqualified from the lottery.
- At sites offering the Extended Day option, you can rank your choice for the Regular and Extended Day option for that camp. Preference will be given to your first choice when the lottery is drawn though we cannot guarantee that your first choice will be offered to you.
- If your child is currently on the waitlist at a NYC Parks camp, you can enter this special lottery. However, by entering this special lottery you are agreeing to remove your child from the original waitlist.
- We cannot guarantee that siblings will be chosen. This allows all children to have an equal chance in the lottery.
- When you click on the camp to register for the lottery, the number of slots that you will see listed is the total number of children allowed on that camp’s roster, including the campers currently registered and the number of available slots.
Camp Locations:
| Name | Dates | |
|---|---|---|
Hunts Point Summer Camp
| 7/9/2012 - 8/24/2012 | Online registration for this program has ended |
St. James Summer Camp
| 7/9/2012 - 8/24/2012 | Online registration for this program has ended |
St. Mary's Summer Camp
| 7/9/2012 - 8/24/2012 | Online registration for this program has ended |
| Name | Dates | |
|---|---|---|
Herbert Von King Summer Camp
| 7/9/2012 - 8/24/2012 | Online registration for this program has ended |
St. John's Summer Camp
| 7/9/2012 - 8/24/2012 | Online registration for this program has ended |
| Name | Dates | |
|---|---|---|
Tony Dapolito - Camp Carmine
| 7/9/2012 - 8/24/2012 | Online registration for this program has ended |
| Name | Dates | |
|---|---|---|
Vic Hanson Summer Camp
| 7/9/2012 - 8/24/2012 | Online registration for this program has ended |
After the Lottery
- You will receive results by email by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, May 7, 2012.
- Slots are chosen through a computer generated, random list of applicants. Anyone who is not chosen will be placed on a waiting list.
- If your child is selected for a slot, you will receive an email with detailed instructions on payment and completing the application for summer camp. If your child is selected on May 7, 2012, you must submit full payment, a copy of your child’s birth certificate, completed Full Application Form, and completed Health Form by May 12, 2012 (office hours vary by location; online payments will be accepted until 11:59 p.m.). Please read the email carefully for where to submit payment and paperwork and the office hours that are available for your child’s camp location. Please retain the email for future reference.
- If your child is not selected, s/he will be placed on a waitlist. As slots become available, children will be randomly selected from the waitlist by computer. You will receive an email if selected. Please be prepared to submit full payment, a copy of your child’s birth certificate, completed Full Application Form, and completed Health Form within one week of being notified. Please read the email carefully for where to submit payment and paperwork and the office hours that are available for your child’s camp location. Please retain the email for future reference.
- Slots are non-transferable. If your child has received a slot, you cannot give this slot to another person, including family members.
- It is your responsibility to adhere to all deadlines for payment and paperwork; failure to meet these deadlines will result in forfeiting your child’s slot in camp and loss of any funds previously submitted.
- We do not offer refunds except in the case of a documented medical excuse preventing your child from participating in camp or documented requirement for your child to attend summer school. All such requests for a refund must be submitted in person to the borough office by July 1, 2012.
