City Parks Foundation's Tennis, Golf and Track Programs Kick Off in Queens on July 1

The City Parks Foundation’s summer sports program for Queens youths will kick off on July 1 at 19 parks across the borough.

The foundation’s programs offer free tennis, golf and track and field instruction as well as the free use of equipment in locales such as Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Alley Pond Park, Cunningham Park and Forest Park.

The tennis program will provide free lessons to children between the ages of 6 and 16 years and runs through Aug. 9.

CityParks Golf, which is also aimed at youths between the ages of 6 and 16 years, will be held in two sessions – July 1 to 26 and July 29 to Aug. 23.

And the foundation’s track and field program, which is aimed at ages 5 to 16 years, will culminate in an organized track meet at Randall’s Island’s Icahn Stadium on Aug. 9.

The tennis program will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. It will be offered at the same time on Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays at Cunningham Park and Juniper Valley Park.

It will only be offered from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Alley Pond Tennis Center and Astoria Park.

The tennis program will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at Forest Park and Brookville Park and during the same time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Kissena Park, Flushing Memorial Field and Baisley Pond Park.

The golf program will be offered at Mario Fajardo Park (Field 10) on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for ages 6-8 years and 10:30 a.m. to noon for 9-16 years.

It will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays at Alley Pond Park (Field 1) from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for 6-8 years and 10:30 to noon for 9-16 years.

At Flushing Memorial Field, the golf program will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for 6-8 years and from 10:30 to noon for 9-16 years.

It will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for 6-8 years and 10:30 a.m. to noon for 9-16 years at both Flushing Meadows Corona Park (Field 11) and Baisley Pond Park.

The foundation’s track and field program will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for ages 5-7 years and 10:30 a.m. to noon for 8-16 years at Forest Park and Astoria Park.

And it will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for 5-7 years and 10:30 a.m. to noon for 8-16 years at Juniper Valley Park and Det. Keith L. Williams Park.