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 2008 Hours
Manhattan | Brooklyn | Bronx
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Manhattan
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Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center
2180 1st Ave & 112th Street
(212) 860-1383
Tue & Thurs 8:00am – 10:00am
Tue & Thurs 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Saturday 8:00am – 11:00am
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Jackie Robinson Recreation Center
89 Bradhurst Ave (b/w 146th & 147th St)
(212) 234-9607
Tues & Thurs 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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Pelham Fritz Recreation Center
122nd St & 18 Mt. Morris Park West
(212) 860-1380
Mon & Weds 9:00am – 11:00am
Monday 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Wed: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Sat: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
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PS 154
250 West 127th Street (between 7th & 8th Ave)
(212) 864-2400
Tues & Weds4:00pm – 6:30 pm
Thursday 5:30pm – 7:30pm
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St. Nicholas Park
Plaza at 135th Street & St. Nicholas Ave
Group Walks
Mon, Weds & Fri 6:30am – 7:30am
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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
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Brooklyn
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Brownsville Recreation Center
1555 Linden Blvd
b/w Mother Gaston & Christopher
(718) 485-4633
Tues – Thurs 8:00am – 12:00pm
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Coalition for Hispanic Family Services Beacon for Arts and Leadership
at JHS 291
231 Palmetto St
b/w Wilson & Knickerbocker
(718) 574-0361
Mon – Fri 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Saturday 9:00am – 12:00pm
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Cypress Hills East New York Beacon
at IS 302
350 Linwood St
b/w Atlantic & Liberty
(718) 277-3522
Tues – Fri 6:00pm – 8:00pm
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Family Dynamics Beacon Center
at MS 35
272 MacDonough St
b/w Lewis & Marcus Garvey
(718) 453-7004
Mon – Thurs 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Saturday 9:00am – 4:00pm
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Tompkins Community Center
736 Park Avenue
b/w Tompkins & Throop
(718) 384-6578
Mon, Weds & Thurs 7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Van Dyke Community Center
392 Blake Ave
b/w Powell & Mother Gaston
(718) 485-3719
Mon, Weds & Fri 6:45pm – 8:45pm
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Bronx
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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
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Hunt’s Point
765 Manida Street b/w Spofford & Lafayette
(718) 860-5544
Monday 9:30am – 12:30pm
Tuesday 8:00pm – 9:30pm
Friday 9:30am – 12:30pm
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Melrose Classic Community Center
286 East 156th Street, Courtlandt & Morris Avenues
(718) 665-7093
Tues – Thurs 10:30am – 1:30pm
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RobertoClemente State Park
West Tremont & Matthewson Road
(718) 299-8750
Tues – Thurs 4:00pm – 7:00pm
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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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