Eighteen D.C. recreation centers will  be open for a lot longer beginning Monday, April 10. The new weekday hours will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Saturday hours double – they are now 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

These four community centers will also extend their hours to 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays: Shepherd Park (7800 14th Street NW), Marvin Gaye (15 61st Street NE), Guy Mason (3600 Calvert Street NW), and the Arboretum (2412 Rand Place NE).

Mayor Muriel Bowser and her Department of Parks and Recreation announced the expanded hours in early March. She extended the hours at eight of the city’s most popular centers shortly after.

Now, 18 more locations are opening for a lot longer:

• Hillcrest Recreation Center (3100 Denver Street SE)
• Ferebee Hope Recreation Center (700 Yuma Street SE)
• Fort Davis Community Center (1400 41st Street SE)
• Woody Ward Community Center (5100 Southern Ave SE)
• Benning Stoddert Community Center (100 Stoddert Place SE)
• Sherwood Recreation Center (640 10th Street NE)
• Trinidad Recreation Center (1310 Childress Street NE)
• Palisades Community Center (5200 Sherier Place NW)
• Chevy Chase Community Center (5601 Connecticut Avenue NW)
• Raymond Recreation Center (3725 10th Street NW)
• North Michigan Park Recreation Center (1333 Emerson Street NE)
• Lamond Recreation Center (20 Tuckerman Street NE)
• King-Greenleaf Recreation Center (201 N Street SW)
• Riggs-LaSalle Recreation Center (501 Riggs Road NE)
• Arthur Capper Community Center (1000 5th Street SE)
• Ridge Road Community Center (830 Ridge Road SE)
• Fort Stanton Recreation Center (1812 Erie Street SE)
• Bald Eagle Recreation Center (100 Joliet Street SW)

The city will expand the hours of 15 additional recreational centers beginning April 24.

The Bowser administration expanded the hours so young people have a safe and engaging area to play. The administration also recently made another big change at DPR — last month, the department went from a free-f0r-all sign-ups at its summer camp signs to a lottery-based system.