Baltimore's Juvenile Curfew Center opens Thursday night, the mayor's office, Baltimore police and the state Department of Juvenile Services have announced.

The center, at the Success Academy in the Baltimore school system headquarters on North Avenue, will be open from 11 p.m. Thursdays to 6 a.m. Fridays and from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, except for July 1 through July 3.

In 2009, a total of 1,686 youths, an average of 38 juveniles each night, went to the center, which is designed to address curfew violations, according to the state Department of Juvenile Services.

Under Baltimore curfew laws, children and teenagers under 17 years old can't be out in public after 11 p.m. from Sunday through Thursday and after midnight on Friday and Saturdays, unless they are with their parents or guardians or possess other exemptions.