On November 3, 2015, the 30th Annual Leadership Awards Luncheon was held at the Grand Hyatt New York, raising over $450,000 to support our free community tennis programs, tournament team training, after-school programming and other tennis and education activities for children and young adults across the city. At the Luncheon, Leadership Awards were presented to […]
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New York Junior Tennis & Learning is Bubbling with Pride in Crotona Park this Fall Season
This week marks the opening of the indoor season at the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning with the bubbles going up at Crotona Park for the first time. The two 5-court bubbles were inflated earlier this month at our flagship facility and will remain on site until after the winter season concludes in […]
Mercy College Honors Outstanding Bronx Advocates
Last night Mercy College hosted their Annual Leadership Awards Dinner at Marina Del Rey in the Bronx, New York. The night brought together both Bronx natives and Bronx newcomers to honor four outstanding community members who work diligently to strengthen the Bronx Community. One of the four honorees was NYJTL’s very own President and CEO, […]
Fall Festivities in Crotona Park!
Monday may have been a day off from school, but not from fun. NYJTL served up its third annual Fall Festival in Crotona Park, adjacent to the new Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning. More than 1,000 students from our ACES Afterschool Programs and Community Tennis Programs, and more than 100 volunteers, including a […]
South Bronx Students on Path to College at Cary Leeds Center
Thirty-four Bronx 7th graders took a big step on their journeys to college on Monday, October 5, at NYJTL’s Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning. It was the students’ first day of after-school tutoring and mentoring in a college access program run by nonprofit organization, Breakthrough New York (BTNY). Through a new partnership between […]
Hector Henry: Cricket + Soccer = Tennis
Tennis wasn’t the first sport Hector Henry fell in love with, nor the second. As a child in Jamaica in the 1940’s he and his friends spent many long hours playing cricket and soccer. He was even so gifted at soccer that he earned a spot on the Jamaican national team and later went on to […]