LIST: D.C. Public Libraries Opened As Cooling Centers

4:47 PM, Jul 1, 2012   |    comments
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- The following libraries will be open to the public from 1 p.m. 9 p.m. Sunday as cooling centers in D.C.:


• Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library (901 G Street NW)
• Anacostia Neighborhood Library (1800 Good Hope Road SE)
• Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library (3935 Benning Road NE)
• William O. Lockridge/ Bellevue Neighborhood Library (115 Atlantic Street SW)
• Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library (4450 Wisconsin Avenue NW)

The following DPR Recreation Centers are open:


• Ward 3 - Guy Mason Recreation Center
3600 Calvert Street NW
(202) 727-7736
Hours of operation: 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

• Ward 4 - Emery Recreation Center
5801 Georgia Avenue NW (202) 576-3211
Hours of operation: 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

• Ward 5 - North Michigan Park Recreation Center
1333 Emerson Street NE
Hours of operation: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

• Ward 6 - Kennedy Recreation Center
1401 7th Street NW
(202) 671-4794
Hours of operation: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

• Ward 7 - Benning Community Center
5100 Southern Avenue SE
(202) 341-6764
Hours of operation: 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

• Ward 8 - Southeast Tennis & Learning Center
701 Mississippi Avenue SE (202) 645-6242
Hours of operation: 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

The following religious establishments volunteered to serve as cooling centers:


• New Bethel Baptist Church (1739 9th Street NW)
(202) 387-9100
• First Trinity Lutheran Church (501 4th Street NW)
(202) 737-4859 ext.605
Sunday: 1300 hours - 1600 hours
• Capitol Hill United Methodist Church (421 Seward Square SE)
(202) 744-6440
Sunday: 1100 hours - 1500 hours