Jerome S. Coles Sports Center
181 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012
2010 SPRING BREAK OPERATING HOURS
TBA
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES: 212-998-2030
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
MEMBERSHIP OFFICE: 212-998-2045
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Thursday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (closed Saturdays during summer)
Office will close on July 2 at 4 p.m. and will be closed July 3 for the holiday.
RESERVATION DESK: 212-998-2079
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m-2 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
The Jerome S. 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 Sports Center accommodates a wide range of individual and group recreational sports and fitness activities, including over 140 different courses at various skill levels serving over 10,000 participants, as well as club sports and an intramural program enjoyed by approximately 3,500 students. The facility also serves as home for many of the Violets’ varsity intercollegiate athletic programs.
Located at 181 Mercer Street, between Bleecker and Houston Streets, the Sports Center covers 142,000 square feet and has five levels:
Roof level includes a 1/6-mile, three-lane running track; six tennis courts (not open during the 2009-10 academic year) ; and two batting cages.
Lobby level is the main entrance to the facility and has a lounge and balcony overlooking the natatorium and field house courts, Exercise Prescription Room, Exercise Prescription Annex, dance studio, and conference room.
Squash level has five squash courts, one racquetball court, and Coles Rocks—over 1,000 square feet of bouldering walls.
Natatorium level has a 25-meter, six-lane recreational pool; a diving well with two one-meter diving boards and one three-meter diving board; saunas; fencing salle; aerobic fitness room; and aerobic fitness annex.
Field House level has five multipurpose courts (basketball, volleyball, tennis, badminton), four racquetball courts, Mini Gym, wrestling room, and weight training room.
In addition to being home to the intercollegiate teams, the Coles Sports Center has also played host to the following events: 1997 NCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship; NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships; NCAA Regional Wrestling Championships; NCAA Regional Fencing Championships; NCAA Women’s Volleyball Regional Championships; ECAC Regional Basketball Championships; Metropolitan Wrestling Championships; international wrestling events; international fencing events; University Athletic Association Championships in volleyball, wrestling, and fencing; and the National Collegiate TaeKwonDo Championships.
Up to 3,500 members use the facility daily. Coles Sports Center is barrier-free and accessible to physically challenged persons.
ACADEMIC YEAR (2009-10: September 8-May 13):
Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-11 p.m.
(activity areas cleared by 10:30 p.m.)
Saturday and Sunday, 8:45 a.m.-8 p.m.
(activity areas cleared by 7:30 p.m.)
SUMMER (May 16-September 3, 2010):
Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
(activity areas cleared by 9:30 p.m.)
Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
(activity areas cleared by 4:30 p.m.)
2009-10 COLES SPORTS AND RECREATION CENTER CLOSINGS
Labor Day Weekend Sept. 5- Sept. 7
Thanksgiving Recess Nov. 26-27
Winter Hours Dec. 26-Jan. 17
Winter Recess Dec. 24-25
New Year’s Day Jan. 1
Easter April 4
Maintenance May 12-16
Memorial Day May 29-31
Independence Day July 4-5
Maintenance Aug. 7-18
Labor Day Weekend Sept. 4-6, 2010
(Hours of operation, dates of closings, and facility offerings are subject to change.)
The membership year extends from Sept. 1 to Aug. 31. Membership fees do not include admission to recreation courses; additional fees are required.
New York University students who are enrolled in creditbearing courses, including employees enrolled as degree-seeking students, and who have currently valid student ID cards are eligible to use the NYU Sports and Recreation Centers. (This does not include graduate students maintaining matriculation by payment of a fee or through taking a noncredit course, or School of Continuing and Professional Studies [SCPS] students in non-degree-granting programs other than those offered by the American Language Institute Intensive Program.) Full-time, part-time, and summer session students may use all facilities except the Exercise Prescription Room according to availability at no charge. Consult posted room schedules for availability. Spring semester students continuing in the fall semester but not registered for courses in the summer session are eligible to purchase memberships for the summer period for $50.
COLES/PALLADIUM RATE SCHEDULE
(EFFECTIVE 9/1/2009-8/31/2010)
Membership Categories
1. Admin. Full Yr. $415
2. Admin. Half Yr. $255 (after 1/15/10)
3. Faculty Full Yr. $415
4. Faculty Half Yr. $255 (after 1/15/10)
5. Staff Full Yr. $147
6. Staff Half Yr. $ 95 (after 1/15/10)
7. Alumni Full Yr.* $565
8. Alumni Half Yr.* $430 (after 1/15/10)
9. Alumni Family Full Use* $675
10. Alumni Family Off-Peak $210
11. Student Family (FT) $145
12. Student Family (PT) $415
13. Police/Fire $415
14. Employee Family $168
15. Faculty Family (PT) $415
16. Staff Family (PT) $168
17. Matric. Fee $100
18. Summer Student $53
19. Community 12-visit Punch Card $105
20. Guest Fee $10
*All Alumni membership categories include a $150 tax-deductible donation to the NYU school or department of the applicant’s choice.