Initially the club was based in the Rua Paissandu in the neighborhood of Laranjeiras.

Nowadays Paissandu hosts a wide range of sports and social activities, including bowls, cross training, dancing, darts, futsal, gymnastics, pilates, squash, swimming, tennis, water aerobics, weight training, and yoga.

[1] The football team of the club participated from 1906 to 1914 in the Championship of Rio de Janeiro and won the competition in 1912.

[2] The football team of Paysandu played 73 Campeonato Carioca games between 1906 and 1914.

[2] The club closed its football department in 1914, and eventually was renamed to Paissandu Atlético Clube.