NEWARK - The UniverSoul Circus opened a toll free telephone number for those who want to refund their June 17 through 20 tickets or exchange them for a future performance.

The circus posted a fence sign at the corner of Broad and Division streets late June 17 directing ticket holders to call 1(800) 316-7439 9 a.m. through 6 p.m. weekdays.

The sign reads, "Our Newark shows have been canceled from June 17 through June 20. UniverSoul Circus will be in Queens, N.Y. at Roy Wilkins Park Running June 18 through 27."

An animal carrier truck was seen leaving the former Lincoln Motel site around 2 p.m. June 17. The circus had been at the former Lackawanna Railroad freight yard - across from NJTransit's Broad Street Station and Bears Eagles Riverfront Stadium - since June 9.

Roy Wilkins Park's main entrance, in New York City's Jamaica section, is at Merrick Boulevard and 119th Street. The gateway is about four blocks east of the Locust Manor station on the MTA-Long Island Railroad's Far Rockaway Branch.

The circus will then move to Boston's Northeastern University grounds June 29 to 30 before heading west for Cleveland, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Houston and Memphis.

UniverSoul, on June 2, said that their next stand would be at Rentschler Field in E. Hartford, Conn., June 23 through 27. Neither UniverSoul nor Eventtickets' electronic sites have Hartford-area dates listed through Aug. 29.