DPR Customer Service: (202) 673-7647 DPR Media Contact: John Stokes, (202) 288-7275, john.stokes@dc.gov
(Washington, DC) – In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, all DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) facilities will operate on the following schedule for the holiday weekend:
Wednesday, November 23, 2012, the day before Thanksgiving, all DPR recreation centers and aquatic facilities will close at 6:30 pm.
Thursday, November 22, 2012, Thanksgiving Day, all DPR facilities and offices will be closed.
There are no permitted recreation center or fields activities for the day.
All grass fields are closed for the season.
Parks, playgrounds and synthetic fields will be open for general use.
Friday, November 23, 2012, DPR facilities will have the following schedule:
- The following Recreation Centers will open from 10 am - 8 pm:
Ward 1 : Columbia Heights Community Center (1480 Girard St., NW)
Ward 3 : Chevy Chase Community Center (5601 Connecticut Ave., NW)
Guy Mason Recreation Center (3600 Calvert St., NW
Ward 4 : Emery Recreation Center (5801 Georgia Ave., NW)
Lamond Recreation Center (20 Tuckerman St., NW)
Riggs LaSalle Recreation Center (501 Riggs Rd., NW)
Ward 5 : North Michigan Park Recreation Center (1333 Emerson St., NE)
Turkey Thicket Recreation Center (1100 Michigan Ave., NE)
Ward 6 : King Greenleaf Recreation Center (201 N St., SW)
Kennedy Recreation Center (1401 7th St., NW)
Rosedale Recreation Center (1701 Gales St., NE)
Sherwood Recreation Center (640 10th St., NE)
Ward 7 : Deanwood Recreation Center (1350 49th St., NE)
Fort Davis Community Center (1400 41st St., SE)
Hillcrest Recreation Center (3100 Denver St., SE)
Ward 8 : Bald Eagle Recreation Center (100 Joliet St., SW)
- All other DPR Recreation Centers will open from 11:30 am - 8 pm.
- All Aquatics Facilities and DPR Central Office will operate during their normal hours.
- All permitted activities will take place as scheduled.