Teen Programs
The programs focus on engaging teens' interests and enhancing their healthy and productive development.
Activities include:
- Sports instruction and tournaments
- Swimming lessons
- Fitness & dance classes
- Arts instruction (painting, drawing, sewing, and more)
- Homework help
- Cooking workshops
- Computer workshops
- Community involvement
- Out-of-center trips to museums and the theater
- And more!
The Teen Program runs at six recreation centers citywide:
St. Mary’s Recreation Center
East 145th Street & St. Ann’s Avenue, Bronx
(718) 402-5155
St. John’s Recreation Center
Prospect Place between Troy & Schenectady, Brooklyn
(718) 771-2787
Sorrentino Recreation Center
18-48 Cornaga Avenue, Far Rockaway, Queens
(718) 471-4818
J. Hood Wright Recreation Center
351 Fort Washington Avenue, Washington Heights, Manhattan
(212) 927-1563
Lost Battalion Hall
93-29 Queens Boulevard, Queens
(718) 263-1163
RECYouth ‘Reel’ Education and Communication for Youth.
RECYouth is hosted at 11 Computer Resource Centers within Recreation Centers and offers free digital technology workshops and classes for pre–teens and teens as it exposes them to marketable multimedia tools. As part of this free program, teens discover their creative imaginations, and develop community awareness as they write scripts, make movies, compose music and take pictures with state of the art equipment. Visit the RECYouth page for more information.
Participating Computer Resource Centers
Bronx:
St. James Recreation Center, (718) 822-4217
St. Mary’s Recreation Center, (718) 402-5155
Brooklyn:
Red Hook Recreation Center, (718) 722-3211
St. John’s Recreation Center, (718) 771-2787
Sunset Park Recreation Center, (718) 965-6533
Manhattan:
Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center, (212) 285-0300
Chelsea Recreation Center, (212) 255-3705
Hamilton Fish Recreation Center, (212) 387-7711
Tony Dapolito Recreation Center, (212) 242-5418
Queens:
Arrow Recreation Center, (718) 349-3408
Al Oerter Recreation Center, (718) 353-7853