[4] It established an athletic cinder ash track at Eighth Avenue between West 56th and 57th Streets in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, which opened in 1878.

[6] The club established a new clubhouse at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and East 45th Street in Midtown in 1890, with one of the largest gymnasiums in the world, at 100 by 110 feet (30 by 34 m).

[8][9][10] American runner and world record holder Lon Myers was a notable member of the club.

[1] Other notable members included speed skater Joe Donoghue, runner Thomas Conneff,[11][12] and Elliott Fitch Shepard.

Past members, George W Carr and Walter Storm were elected presidents (1879 and 1887) of the National Association of Amateur Athletes of America (NAAA) (1879 to 1888).