Jr. Knicks Basketball Clinics and Leagues

Clinics: December 1, 2024 - January 18, 2025
Leagues: January 26, 2025 - April 5, 2025
Citywide Championship: Saturday, April 5, 2025

Cost: FREE

NYC Parks and the Madison Square Garden Company are teaming up to host citywide basketball clinics and leagues free for kids and teens ages 6 through 17.

The NYC Parks Junior Knicks Basketball Clinics and League uses the game of basketball to unite kids and teens from across New York City, and provides a positive, structured environment for self-improvement, personal growth, and community development. This year, more than 150 teams will participate in 8U Coed (clinic based),10U Coed, 12UBoys, 12U Girls, 14U Boys, 14UGirls, 17U Boys, and 17U Girls age divisions across the five boroughs. Instructional Clinics are featured in each borough that will provide an opportunity regardless of skill to have a positive basketball experience followed by a league in each borough. Teams will play intra-borough weekly round robin schedule and then compete in intra-borough tournaments culminating the program with a Citywide Championship. 

Age Groups (as of January 1, 2025):

• 8U Coed 
• 10U Coed 
• 12U Coed 
• 14U Boys 
• 14U Girls
• 17U Boys
• 17U Girls

How to Join

To be considered for the league, please select a program and submit your information using our online registration system.

Sports Coordinators

For more information in your borough please contact:

Bronx: Christopher Suarez
(718) 430-1824 or christopher.suarez@parks.nyc.gov
Brooklyn: Wilson Tenorio
(718) 965-8942 or wilson.tenorio@parks.nyc.gov
Manhattan: Sandy Requeno
(212) 408-0296 or sandy.requeno@parks.nyc.gov
Queens: Anthony Traverso 
(718) 393-7370 or anthony.traverso@parks.nyc.gov
Staten Island: Richard Costello
(718) 667-3545 or richard.costello@parks.nyc.gov