Athletic Recreation Center was built in 1914 and is rich with tradition and history. Baseball and Brewerytown have an illustrious history: the famed Oakland A’s baseball team originally hailed from this section of North Philadelphia. Known as the Philadelphia Athletics, the team was based in the neighborhood in the late 1800s. When they departed out-of-state, the Athletic Recreation Center was founded at the team’s former site. With a rich tradition of community-based sports and recreation, the Athletic Recreation Center has been a central feature of the Brewerytown neighborhood for over a century. Boxing, swimming, women’s softball, and basketball have thrived at the center along with its hallmark, baseball.

Athletic Recreation Center is a 4.7-acre site that features:

A playground.

A spray ground and pool.

Basketball courts.

Sports fields.

The site also has a six-room building with an auditorium, gymnasium, boxing gym, and public computing center.

Some programs that we will be offering:

Basketball

Volleyball

Table Tennis

Pickleball

Softball