PaullyInNYC

Chelsea Piers which covers piers 59 through 62 and the connecting headhouse alongside the west side highway between 18th and 23rd streets. This massive sports center offers a wide range of activities including a field house, film studios, skating, and the golf club. The estimated $100 million project that is the chelsea piers was errected to replace the four abandoned piers. Each sports complex is described in more detail below:



The Field HouseThe 70,000 square ft. Field House is located in the headhouse between Piers 61 and 62. It contains a 23,000-square ft. gymnastics training area (the largest in the city), 2 basketball courts, 4 batting cages, a rock climbing wall, and 2 artificial turf fields that can accommodate indoor soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse. The gymnastics area offers organized programs for children and adults. The Field House offers organized leagues at varying levels of play in soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, and basketball. Call (212) 336-6500 for more information.
Film StudiosAlso located in the headhouse is Silver Screen Studios, where the TV series "Law and Order" is filmed. The Studio has expanded and comprises 300,000 square ft. of sound-stage and support space.
Skating
All forms of skating are offered at the Chelsea Piers: ice, roller, and in-line. Pier 61 is the home of the Sky Rink, which previously was located atop an office building on West 33rd Street. This latest incarnation includes two full-size ice skating rinks and a viewing area with seating capacity for 1,800 people. The Sky Rink offers adult and youth hockey leagues, figure skating, skating instruction, and open skating time. Call (212) 336-6100 for more details.
Pier 62 is the home of two outdoor, regulation sized skating rinks that can accommodate both in-line and roller skating. Here, too, the Chelsea Piers offers instruction and adult and youth roller hockey leagues. Call (212) 336-6200 for more info.
The Golf Club
The Golf Club at Chelsea Piers consists of a 200-yard driving range occupying the full length of Pier 59. Golfers hit from 52 hitting stalls which are stacked four stories high. The stalls are covered and heated, so you can play in virtually any weather. You can forget about any fantasy you might have about putting a few golf balls in the Hudson River, though, since the range is surrounded by 15 story tall netting.
The Golf Club bills itself as the most technologically advanced driving range and teaching facility in the United States. The hi-tech video and slow motion equipment in the four teaching stalls and the automated ball tee-up system certainly make this a credible claim. Each time you hit a ball, the rubber tee retracts into the ground and then emerges with another ball already teed up. You can regulate the tee height to simulate anything from a chip shot to a tee shot. Like everything else at the Chelsea Piers, the Golf Club is expensive. Range time is booked by the hour, not the number of balls hit. Don't worry though the tee system dishes up balls as fast as you can hit them.
Final verdict: the Golf Club is a must see for every golfer in Manhattan. We suggest you check it out the next time your regular game is rained out or when you get a late night golf craving (the Club is open until 11 p.m.). Call (212) 336-6400 for more information.
The Sports CenterCompleted in February, the Sports Center offers a lengthy list of facilities: Manhattan's largest cardiovascular and strength training facility, a 1/4 mile indoor running track, aerobic studios, a 6-lane 25-yard indoor pool, basketball and sand volleyball courts, a boxing ring, and a 46- foot rock climbing wall. They also offer a juice bar, a physiology lab for fitness testing, massages, and a sports medicine center run by NYU. All of this is indoors, except for a sun deck overlooking the Hudson River.
Call (212) 336-6000 for more information.
Getting ThereA major drawback of the Complex is its location along the Hudson River. The nearest subway stops are more than half a mile away on 23rd Street. The best way to get there via public transportation is to transfer to the M23 cross town bus, which runs along 23rd street and makes a stop at the main entrance of the Piers. The Complex has ample parking for about $20

nycking

Last weekend I went to hit some golf balls at the piers, it was fun! Great views as well, you kinda wanna smack that golf ball all the way to jersey and across the Hudson River. But of course that dam net gets in the way!

CityGuy

How is the Juice Bar there?

PaullyInNYC

its a juice bar ... i mean its a good juice bar but its just a juice bar