Facilities
Coles Sports and Recreation Center
Coles Sports Center, which opened in September 1981, is the hub of recreational and athletic needs for the University`s students, faculty, staff and alumni. The facilities accommodate a wide range of individual and group recreational sports and fitness activities, including over 130 different courses at various skill levels serving 10,000 participants, as well as club sports and an intramural program enjoyed by approximately 3,500 students.
The Center also serves as home to the University`s 21-sport intercollegiate athletic program. The operating schedule of the Center provides every member of the University community with an opportunity to participate in these activities, or to make use of open space for individual workouts.
The Center also has played host to the following events: NCAA Basketball National Championships, NCAA Regional Wrestling Championships, ECAC Regional Basketball Championships, Metropolitan Wrestling Championships, International Wrestling events, International Fencing events, University Athletic Association Championships and National Collegiate Tae Kwon Do Championships. In 1994-95, Coles hosted the Intercollegiate Fencing Association Championships and the UAA Wrestling Championship. In 1998, the UAA Women's Volleyball Round Robin took place at the Center, and the women's basketball team hosted the Sweet Sixteen and the Final Four during the NCAA Division III Women`s Basketball Championships.
Up to 3,000 members use the facility daily, while 1,900 spectators can be seated in the fieldhouse bleachers and 230 can be seated in the natatorium bleachers. The Coles Sports Center is barrier-free and accessible to physically challenged persons. Coles offers all student-athletes:
- A multi-purpose fieldhouse/arena with five courts, which can accommodate basketball, volleyball, tennis, badminton, and other activities.
- A roof with a 1/6 mile, three-lane running track plus six tennis courts.
- A natatorium with an NCAA-regulation 25-meter swimming pool, diving tank, and saunas.
- Five squash courts and five handball/racquetball courts.
- Large, modern weight-training facilities containing Universal, Nautilus, Icarian, and free weight equipment.
- An Aerobic Fitness Room featuring stair machines, stationary bicycles, treadmills, and rowing machines.
- Individual rooms for wrestling/judo, fencing, physical fitness/calisthenics, exercise prescription, dance, and free play activities.
- Coles` rock climbing wall.
Directions To Coles Sports Center
181 Mercer St.
(corner of Bleecker and Mercer)
Directions by Car
From Brooklyn
Take the Manhattan Bridge. Off the Bridge, take Canal Street west and proceed to West Broadway. Make a right. Proceed until Bleecker St and make a right. The next intersection will be Bleecker and Mercer.
From Queens
Take the 59th Street Bridge. Travel west to Fifth Avenue and make a left. When the avenue ends at Washington Square Park, make another left. Proceed to Mercer Street and make a right. Proceed to the intersection of Mercer and Bleecker.
From Staten Island
Take the Staten Island Express across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge crossing into Brooklyn. Take the Belt Parkway west. Continue on the Belt Parkway to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (East). Take the Manhattan Bridge exit and follow the instructions (from Brooklyn) above.
From Bronx, Westchester County, and Upstate N.Y.
Take the New York State Thruway (I-87) south, which becomes the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. Continue to the Willis Avenue (Third Avenue) Bridge and cross to the FDR Drive in Manhattan. Travel south on the FDR Drive to Houston Street. Exit and make right onto Houston Street. Proceed to LaGuardia Place and make a right. Go one block to Bleecker and make a right. The next intersection will be Bleecker and Mercer.
From New Jersey
- New Jersey Turnpike: Take the Holland Tunnel and take the Canal Street East exit. Proceed to West Broadway and make a left. Proceed to Bleecker Street (one block past Houston St.) and make a right. The next intersection will be Bleecker and Mercer.
- Lincoln Tunnel: Coming out of the tunnel, travel east to Fifth Avenue and turn right. When the avenue ends at Washington Square Park, make a left. Proceed to Mercer Street and make a right. Proceed to the intersection of Mercer and Bleecker.
- George Washington Bridge: Take the Henry Hudson Parkway south to 14th Street. Go east (left) and proceed to Fifth Avenue. Make a right onto Fifth Avenue. When the avenue ends at Washington Square Park, make a left. Proceed to Mercer Street and make a right. Proceed to the intersection of Mercer and Bleecker.
Long Island
Take the Long Island Expressway (also known as the L.I.E. or I-495) to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. Go south on Second Avenue. Go west (make a right) onto West 3rd Street. Proceed to Mercer Street (one block past Broadway). Make a left on Mercer Street. Proceed to the intersection of Mercer and Bleecker.
Connecticut
Take the New England Thruway (I-95) south into the Bronx. Take the Bruckner Expressway, I-278, to the Triboro Bridge. Cross to the FDR Drive in Manhattan. Travel south on FDR Drive to Houston Street. Exit and make right onto Houston Street. Proceed to LaGuardia Place and make a right. Go one block to Bleecker and make a right. The next intersection will be Bleecker and Mercer.
Note: There are NO NYU parking facilities on campus, although there are a number of commercial parking garages in the neighborhood.
Directions by subway
- The F, N, R, V and number 6 subway trains all bring you near to NYU`s Coles Sports & Recreation Center (181 Mercer Street, corner of Bleecker and Mercer streets).
- The F & V take you to the Broadway-Lafayette station. Walk one block north to Bleecker and one block west to Mercer.
- The N & R take you to the Prince Street station. Walk two blocks north to Bleecker and one block west to Mercer.
- The 6 takes you to Bleecker Street. Walk two blocks west to Mercer.
For further information on the New York Subway system, you may visit The Metropolitan Transit Authority Web site.