TheColes Sports and Recreation Center was the mainathletic facility atNew York University, located at 181 Mercer Street inNew York City, in theU.S. state ofNew York. The building was named in honor of Jerome S. Coles, an alumnus andbenefactor of NYU. The facilities accommodated a wide range of individual and group recreationalsports andfitness activities, including over 130 different courses at various skill levels serving 10,000 participants, as well as club sports and anintramural program enjoyed by approximately 3,500 students. Coles was renovated with a new dehumidification system in 1999 to solve problems of corrosion.^[1]

Up to 3,000 members used the facility daily, while 1,900 spectators could be seated in the fieldhousebleachers and 230 could be seated in thenatatorium bleachers.^{[citation needed]} The Coles Sports Center was barrier-free and accessible tophysically challenged persons.

Coles was also the home to most of New York University'sNCAADivision III intercollegiate teams. Some teams that competed in the facility include: men's and women'sbasketball,diving,swimming,volleyball, and men'swrestling. Thefencing team also used Coles facilities, but participated in NCAADivision I.

Club sports housed at Coles Sports and Recreation Center includedbadminton,cheerleading,martial arts,squash,racquetball,baseball, andwaterpolo.

Coles was closed in February 2016, and will be demolished as part of the NYU 2031 plan.^[2][3]

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 CollegiateTae 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 Coles, and the women's basketball team hosted theSweet Sixteen and theFinal Four during the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championships.

The following facilities were open to all students:

• A multi-purpose arena with five courts.
• Two batting cages.
• A roof with a 1/6 mile, three-lane running track plus six tennis courts.
• Anatatorium with an NCAA-regulation 25-meter swimming pool, diving tank, and saunas.
• Five squash courts and fivehandball/racquetball courts.
• Weight training facilities.
• Anaerobic fitness room.
• Individual rooms for wrestling/judo, fencing, physical fitness andcalisthenics, exercise prescription,dance, and free play activities.
• Rock climbing wall.

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