Silive.com Coverage - ‘A bridge between community and NYPD’ -- Police Athletic League’s ‘Street Games’ a rousing success at Stapleton Houses

Street Games.jpeg

The Police Athletic League has long been a fixture in the youth sports community across New York City, but the organization has been particularly endearing to Stapleton in recent years. The PAL conducted its “Street Games” program on Thursday at the Stapleton Houses as part of its anti-gun violence initiative in New York City Housing Authority neighborhoods.

Read full coverage

PAL PLAYSTREETS, Summer camps and Street Games

corrected+pallogo (1).png

THERE ARE LOTS OF EVENTS HAPPENING THIS SUMMER AT THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE.

Written by Ingrid Gendler.

Nothing is better than getting outside to play in the summer months, and PAL is looking to help the city’s families do just that with our popular Street Games programming. Check out this blog post for some more information about the program, and how you can get involved.

Since our founding in 1914, sports programming has remained at the core of PAL’s work keeping kids active and safe throughout the city. PAL’s Street Games, launched just last year, are weekend events held throughout the neighborhood of New York City where families can come and play! 

The goal of Street Games is to keep youth between the ages of 10 -18 active outdoors in the summer months, and to encourage a bit of friendly competition. Youth can join in team sports such as basketball, dodgeball, arts and crafts, and classic street activities such as double-dutch or chalk-drawing. Staff and NYPD participants are there providing encouragement, support, and ensuring that all are safe and having fun! 

See the list below for a list of PAL’s upcoming events plus dates and locations. We hope to see you this summer!

Street Games (updated Jul 22, 2021). Please note that these are subject to change because of weather or other issues beyond our control.

  • Patterson Houses – 7/12 - Bronx

  • Queensbridge Houses – 7/19 - Queens

  • Bushwick - 7/20 - 12pm - 4pm - Brooklyn

  • Wagner Houses - 7/22 - 2pm - 6pm - Harlem

  • VanDyke Houses – 7/30 - Brooklyn

  • Tompkins Houses – 8/5 - 12pm - 4pm - Brooklyn

  • Wagner Houses - 8/7 - 12pm - 4pm - Harlem

  • Polo Grounds Houses - 8/7 - 12 pm - 3pm - Upper Manhattan

  • Ingersoll Houses – 8/9 - Brooklyn

  • Boulevard Houses – 8/28 - 1pm - 4pm - Brooklyn

PLAYSTREETS

  • 124th Street and Marcus Garvey Park – Harlem

    • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

    • July 12 - August 19 - 11 am - 4pm

  • 196th Street and Bainbridge Avenue - Bronx

    • Fridays – July 9 -August 12 - 11 am - 4pm

  • Polo Grounds - Upper Manhattan (3005 Frederick Douglass Blvd)

    • Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays

    • July 5 - August 12 - 11 am - 4pm

  • Hinton Park - Corona, Queens (114th Street)

    • Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

    • July 20 - August 23

Headstart Daycare

  • Western Queens – 10-26 41st Avenue Long Island City, NY 11101

  • Woodside – 50-37 Broadway Woodside, NY 11377

  • Arnold and Marie Schwartz – 452 Pennsylvania Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11207

  • World of Creative Experiences – 280 Livonia Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11212

Summer Camp

  • Webster Center – 2255 Webster Avenue, Bronx NY 10457

  • Harlem Center – 441 Manhattan Avenue, New York, NY 10026

  • Polo Grounds Cornerstone – 3005 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10039

  • Edward Byrne Center – 116-25 Guy R. Brewer Blvd. Queens, NY 11434

  • Breukelen Cornerstone – 715 East 105th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11236

  • Michael J. Petrides – 715 Ocean Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10301