Paterson Recreation
810 Broadway
Paterson, NJ 07514
973-321-1313
The Paterson Recreation office is located inside Eastside Park at the White House.
The Paterson Recreation Center offers a variety of sports and other extracurricular activities FREE for the youth of Paterson.
To learn more about the current sports offered please go to the City of Paterson Recreation Department website. For a full list of sports offered throughout the year go to the City Of Paterson Recreation Program list.
They also offer evening centers throughout the city where children and teens can hang out with other kids in a safe environment, play basketball and video games, receive homework help, participate in performing arts, watch movies and make arts & crafts projects. Locations, times and activities are listed below.
Jump Start High School
Exodus Church
176 12th Ave.
Students must try out for this program
Times: 3:00 p.m – 7:00 p.m.
Ages: 8 years and up
Activities: performing arts
Life CDC
343 Van Houten St.
Days: Tuesday – Thursday
Times: 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Ages: ALL
Activities: tutoring, recreational activities
Martin Luther King
851 E. 28th St.
Days: Monday – Thursday
Times: 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Ages: ALL
Activities: basketball, tutoring, arts & crafts
Norman S. Weir
152 College Blvd.
Days: Monday – Thursday
Times: 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Ages: ALL
Activities: basketball, video games, movies
Riverside Housing Development (5th Ave. Rec.)
851 E. 28th St.
Days: Monday – Friday
Times: 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Ages: ALL
Activities: homework help, computer room, arts & crafts
Seminary Baptist Church
193 Haledon Ave.
Days: Monday – Thursday
Times: 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Ages: ALL
Activities: homework help, tutoring, computers, videography, arts & crafts
St. Augustine Presbyterian Church
159 Governor St.
Days: Monday – Friday
Times: 4:00 p.m. –7 :00 p.m.
Ages: ALL
Activities: tutoring, dinner, arts & crafts, recreational games
St. Luke Baptist Church
145 Carrol St.
Days: Monday – Friday
Times: 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Ages: 5 – 13
Activities: tutoring, arts & crafts
United Presbyterian Church
375 Van Houten St.
Days: Wednesday – Friday
Times: 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Ages: High school
Activities: basketball, prayer session
School 2 — Autistic Student Program
22 Passaic St.
Days: Monday – Friday
Times: 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Ages: 5 – 12
Activities: homework help
School 6
137 Carroll St.
Days: Monday – Thursday
Times: 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Ages: ALL
Activities: basketball, arts & crafts, games
School 12
121 No. 2nd St.
Days: Tuesday – Friday
Times: 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Ages: ALL
Activities: basketball, homework help, arts & crafts
School 13-Autistic Student Program
690 East 23rd St.
Days: Monday – Friday
Time: 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Ages: 5 – 12
Activities: homework help
School 15
98 Oak St.
Days: Tuesday – Friday
Times: 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Ages: 6th – 12th Grade
Activities: basketball
School 19
31 James St.
Days: Monday – Friday
Times: 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Ages: K – 4th Grade
Activities: homework, arts & crafts, games
School 21
322 10th Ave.
Days: Tuesday – Friday
Times: 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Ages: ALL
Activities: basketball, board games, tutoring, band
School 25
287 Trenton Ave.
Days: Monday – Thursday
Times: 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Ages: 6th – 12th Grade
Activities: basketball
School 28
200 Presidential Blvd.
Days: Tuesday – Friday
Times: 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Ages: ALL
Activities: cheerleading, tutoring, homework help, board games, basketball