PAL welcomes Sunset Park kids to annual Playstreet
The Police Athletic League (PAL) opened its annual summer Playstreet on 61st Street on Monday, July 6 to give children a place to stretch their muscles and learn for the next seven weeks.
The Playstreet, between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, is a street in which traffic is blocked off so children can congregate for games, arts and crafts, and lessons at no cost as an alternative to summer camps.
“[From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.], we just help kids,” said Darius Hawkins, one of the rec specialists who supervises the kids and plays games with them. “[We] help them with their homework if they have summer school.”