Athletic & Fitness Center (AFC)

The Athletic & Fitness Center is the 72,000-square foot home of Gothic Knight Basketball and NJCU athletics, recreation and intramurals.

Opened in September 1994, the state-of-the-art facility features a 2,000-seat arena for basketball or volleyball, a fully-equipped fitness center, a 25-yard swimming and diving pool, racquetball courts, a tenth-of-a-mile elevated jogging track, and a multi-purpose room for aerobics and classes. 

The main offices for the Athletic Department and the Sports & Leisure Studies Department are located on the mezzanine level of the building. 

The Fitness Center rivals most health clubs and features Paramount weight training equipment, an extensive set of free weight stations, Stairmasters, rowing machines and treadmills. 

 

Personal training programs can be developed for students and members of the Fitness Center. 

For recreation and practice, the main gymnasium features three full basketball/volleyball courts when the bleacher seats are retracted. 

 

Locker room facilities are located on the main floor with direct access to the pool area. A wide range of aquatic classes are offered from scuba diving to beginners classes. 

 

The multi-purpose room features a wooden floor which is perfect for aerobic classes offered through the Sports & Leisure Studies Department. 

 

A varsity level houses a modern athletic training facility, locker rooms for basketball and volleyball, and an equipment/laundry facility. 

 

The AFC is available to all students. A limited number of memberships is reserved for the general public and for senior citizens. Corporate memberships are also available. To tour the AFC, or for information about membership, contact George Deaver, the facility manager, at 201-200-2155. 

 

AFC membership plans are available for NJCU students, faculty and staff, the general public and senior citizens, fire fighters and police officers, and corporations. 

 

VIEW & PRINT MEMBERSHIP FORMS ONLINE! (click for form in PDF format) (NOTE: Memberships must be made in person at the AFC to obtain your entrance ID membership card)

Corporate Memberships

General Public and Senior Citizen Memberships

Jersey City Firefighters, Police, and EMT Memberships

University Community Memberships

Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex

Located less than a mile southwest of the main campus on Newark Bay, the Complex opened in the late 1970’s and had undergone constant upgrading ever since.

The Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex is utilized for practice and games by the men’s soccer, women’s soccer, baseball and softball teams.  A 3,000-seat multi-sport stadium and team house is the centerpiece of the complex. New bleachers and an enclosed press box were added in 1991. A new practice area was added to the south end of the main stadium in the spring of 1997.

The Gothic Knight baseball team competes on the adjacent diamond, which also features a pressbox. The Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field, comprised of the spacious outfield area of the baseball facility is where the men’s and women’s soccer teams practice and play. The softball field, located on the northeastern corner of the main stadium field, features new dugouts.

Formerly known as the Tidelands Athletic Complex, the facility was named in memory of Thomas M. Gerrity on October 21, 1995 . Gerrity, who served as Athletic Director at then-Jersey City State College from 1958-77, was instrumental in the acquisition and development of the land for the multi-sport outdoor facility. He is a charter member of the NJCU Athletic Hall of Fame.

 Miscellaneous athletics facilities

Nearby Lincoln and Bayonne parks serve as the main training area for the men's & women’s cross country and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track & field teams. The indoor track teams also practice on the elevated jogging track at the AFC.

Hudson Lanes in Jersey City is the main practice facility for the women’s bowling team, which competes in events around the country, from coast-to-coast.

Six composition-surface tennis courts are located off West Side Avenue, and are available for recreational use by students, faculty and staff.

There are seven intercollegiate varsity sports for men and eight for women.