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Shape Up New York Fitness Program : Diabetes Prevention and Control Program : NYC DOHMH

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control

Shape Up New York: a FREE Family Fitness Program

"Shape Up New York"™ is a FREE family fitness program offered at parks sites, community centers and housing sites around New York City. Fitness classes are open to adults and children.

Classes cover activities such as step aerobics, fitness walking, light weights, stretching and toning exercises.

Click here to find class schedule at a site near you or call 311 for more information.

Shape Up New York is designed to encourage the development of healthy lifestyles and help improve participant self-esteem through energizing physical activity in a non-competitive environment. The program is sponsored jointly by the City’s Health and Parks Departments.

Shape Up New York Spring 2009 Hours

Manhattan | Brooklyn | Bronx

Manhattan

Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center
2180 1st Ave & 112th Street
New York, NY 10029
(212) 860-1383

Tue & Thurs  8:00am – 10:00am
Tue & Thurs 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Sat  8:00am – 11:00am

Jackie Robinson Recreation Center
89 Bradhurst Ave (b/w 146th & 147th St)
New York, NY 10030
(212) 234-9607


Tues & Thurs 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Sat  10:00am – 12:00pm

Pelham Fritz Recreation Center
122nd St & Mt. Morris Park West
New York, NY 10027
(212) 860-1380

Mon & Wed  9:00am – 11:00am      &6:00pm – 8:00pm
Saturday  9:00am – 11:00am

PS 154
250 West 127th Street (between 7th & 8th Ave)
New York, NY 10027
 (212) 864-2400

Tues & Wed 4:00pm – 5:15pm
                       5:30pm – 6:30pm
Thursday 5:30pm – 7:30pm

PS 133
2121 Fifth Avenue (b/w 129th & 130th Street)
New York, NY 10035
(212) 690-5936

Mon & Wed 4:45pm – 5:45pm
Saturday 9:00am – 9:45am

 

Hansborough Recreation Center
35 West 134th Street (b/w 5th & Lenox Ave)
(212) 234-9603

Thurs 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Saturday 11:00am – 12:00pm

Brooklyn

Brownsville Recreation Center  
1555 Linden Blvd
b/w Mother Gaston & Christopher
(718) 485-4633

Tues - Thurs  8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Mon & Weds 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Coalition for Hispanic Family Services Beacon for Arts and Leadership
at JHS 291
231 Palmetto St
b/w Wilson & Knickerbocker
(718) 574-0361

Mon–Thurs 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Sat  9:00 am –12:00 pm

Family Dynamics Beacon Center
at MS 35
272 MacDonough St
b/w Lewis & Marcus Garvey
(718) 453-7004
Mon – Thurs 6:00 – 9:00 pm

Bronx

St. Mary’s Park Recreational Facility
St. Ann’s Avenue & East 145th Street
(718) 402-5155

Mon & Weds 8:15am –11:00am
Tues & Thurs 5:15pm –8:00pm
Saturday 9:30am – 12:15pm

Hunt’s Point
765 Manida Street b/w Spofford & Lafayette
(718) 860-5544       

Monday, Wed, Fri 6pm-9pm

 

Melrose Classic Community Center
286 East 156th Street, Courtlandt & Morris Avenues
(718) 665-7093

Tues – Thurs  10:30am – 1:30pm

RobertoClemente State Park
West Tremont & Matthewson Road
(718) 299-8750

Tues – Thurs 4:00pm – 7:00pm

St. James Recreation Center
2530 Jerome Avenue at 192nd Street
(718) 822-4271

Monday 10:00am  – 1:00pm
Friday 10:00am  – 1:30pm
Saturday  11:30am  – 2:00pm



 
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