The City Parks Foundation, an independent nonprofit that offers park programs, is hosting free fitness for seniors, 60 years and older. The program, CityParks Seniors Fitness, will begin the week of September 19 and offers seniors the chance to take free tennis lessons, yoga instruction and fitness walking.
The program runs through October 28 and classes take place for one hour, twice a week at the following Queens parks. For more information, call the foundation’s sports department at 718-760-6999 or visit their website: www.cityparksfoundation.org
Astoria Park
Tennis – Mondays/Wednesdays at 10 a.m. – Tennis Courts, 21st Street and Hoyt Avenue South
Cunningham Park
Tennis- Tuesdays/Thursdays at 9 a.m. – Tennis Courts, Union Turnpike and 193rd Street
Yoga – Tuesdays/Thursdays at 10 a.m. – Tennis Courts, Union Turnpike and 193rd Street
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Yoga – Mondays/Wednesdays at 9 a.m. – Tennis Courts, Meridian Road
Tennis – Mondays/Wednesdays at 10 a.m. – Tennis Courts, Meridian Road
Roy Wilkins Park
Yoga- Mondays/Wednesdays at 9 a.m. – Tennis Courts, Baisley Boulevard and 177th Street
Tennis – Tuesdays/Thursdays at 10 a.m. – Tennis Courts, Baisley Boulevard and 177th Street
— Vishal Persaud