United Nations Church, which owns the gymnasium BlackTop Kings & Queens Sports Academy and Virtual Learning Center was renting on West 19th Street at the rear of the church’s South Side campus, plans to renovate the now- empty building for the church’s own youth programming.
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BlackTop youth program loses gym space
A private South Side youth program that won plaudits and a $500,000 city grant for its virtual school operation that served more than 80 students daily during the 2020-21 school year has been evicted from its home in a church gymnasium and is scrambling to find a new location for its operations.
