Affordable gyms in Clinton Hill/Fort Greene?
My membership at the Crunch on Fulton has just expired, and don't know if I want to pay the $700+ they're wanting me to pay for another year (I've belonged to the gym since well before it converted into a Crunch).
Does anyone belong to any good gyms/fitness studios in the area that they'd like to recommend? I'd try yoga/kickboxing, but I'd like to stay around $50/month, which is $600 a year, and be able to walk there (walking to Crunch is as far as I'd go -- about a 15 minute walk for me).
Thanks much!
Does anyone belong to any good gyms/fitness studios in the area that they'd like to recommend? I'd try yoga/kickboxing, but I'd like to stay around $50/month, which is $600 a year, and be able to walk there (walking to Crunch is as far as I'd go -- about a 15 minute walk for me).
Thanks much!
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Subject: guest
The Y on Bedford and Monroe is having an open house Saturday. It's $40 a month and they're waiving the joining fee if you sign up by Feb 4.
http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/16/ymca-open-house-this-saturday/ -
Subject: guest
The Y on Bedford and Monroe is having an open house Saturday. It's $40 a month and they're waiving the joining fee if you sign up by Feb 4.
http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/16/ymca-open-house-this-saturday/ -
Subject: guest
The Y on Bedford and Monroe is having an open house Saturday. It's $40 a month and they're waiving the joining fee if you sign up by Feb 4.
http://www.bedstuyblog.com/2008/01/16/ymca-open-house-this-saturday/ -
if all you are willing to invest in travel is a 15 minute walk than i'm afraid you are s*!t out of luck my friend. the next closest gyms are the bedford y (not a nice area) of the dodge y on atlantic (much better than bedford).
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if all you are willing to invest in travel is a 15 minute walk than i'm afraid you are s*!t out of luck my friend. the next closest gyms are the bedford y (not a nice area) of the dodge y on atlantic (much better than bedford).
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if all you are willing to invest in travel is a 15 minute walk than i'm afraid you are s*!t out of luck my friend. the next closest gyms are the bedford y (not a nice area) of the dodge y on atlantic (much better than bedford).
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I guess if you aren't comfortable in Bed-Stuy at the Y there, you shouldn't join. Obviously it is hard enough to get to the gym without fearing a visit! But my boyfriend and I walk over there at six o'clock in the morning about four (okay three!) times a week without incident. They opened up a new building last year, and is relatively quiet in the morning. When I take my son there in the evenings for swim classes it seems very busy, altho a colleague tells me it calms down later in the evening. Everyone is very friendly.
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I guess if you aren't comfortable in Bed-Stuy at the Y there, you shouldn't join. Obviously it is hard enough to get to the gym without fearing a visit! But my boyfriend and I walk over there at six o'clock in the morning about four (okay three!) times a week without incident. They opened up a new building last year, and is relatively quiet in the morning. When I take my son there in the evenings for swim classes it seems very busy, altho a colleague tells me it calms down later in the evening. Everyone is very friendly.
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Putnam-denizen wrote: I guess if you aren't comfortable in Bed-Stuy at the Y there, you shouldn't join.
That's why I did NOT join the Bedford Y and joined the Dodge Y instead. -
Putnam-denizen wrote: I guess if you aren't comfortable in Bed-Stuy at the Y there, you shouldn't join.
That's why I did NOT join the Bedford Y and joined the Dodge Y instead. -
^I live about 2 blocks form the bedford Y and don't find anything scary about the area. I've lived there for going on two years now and don't have any problem walking around...
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^I live about 2 blocks form the bedford Y and don't find anything scary about the area. I've lived there for going on two years now and don't have any problem walking around...
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Carmen wrote: ^I live about 2 blocks form the bedford Y and don't find anything scary about the area. I've lived there for going on two years now and don't have any problem walking around...
Me neither... -
Carmen wrote: ^I live about 2 blocks form the bedford Y and don't find anything scary about the area. I've lived there for going on two years now and don't have any problem walking around...
Me neither... -
Thanks for the replies -- just walked to the Bed-Stuy Y and timed it at just under 15 minutes from my crib. It looks really nice on the outside--clean, modern. Gonna check out the open house tomorrow and will give my eval of the facilities when I return.
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Thanks for the replies -- just walked to the Bed-Stuy Y and timed it at just under 15 minutes from my crib. It looks really nice on the outside--clean, modern. Gonna check out the open house tomorrow and will give my eval of the facilities when I return.
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Visited the Bed-stuy YMCA open house today, and was shown the facilities by a very friendly Y volunteer. I was really surprised by how nice it is -- guess they did a big redo/remodel. The equipment is just as nice (if not nicer) than the Crunch I've been a member of for years. They have a really nice studio for fitness classes, basketball courts, running track, swimming pool, and new locker rooms with saunas, etc. Very clean and modern. I'm joining for sure.
Btw, the Dodge Y that I checked out (3 years ago) was just that, dodgy... this Bed Stuy gym is pretty state of the art.
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Visited the Bed-stuy YMCA open house today, and was shown the facilities by a very friendly Y volunteer. I was really surprised by how nice it is -- guess they did a big redo/remodel. The equipment is just as nice (if not nicer) than the Crunch I've been a member of for years. They have a really nice studio for fitness classes, basketball courts, running track, swimming pool, and new locker rooms with saunas, etc. Very clean and modern. I'm joining for sure.
Btw, the Dodge Y that I checked out (3 years ago) was just that, dodgy... this Bed Stuy gym is pretty state of the art.
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[quote="Kinklosity"]Btw, the Dodge Y that I checked out (3 years ago) was just that, dodgy... this Bed Stuy gym is pretty state of the art.
well then you have not checked out the Dodge Y lately as they just opened/reopened just over a year ago. very modern, the latest in equipment and they are presently refurbishing the basketball court already after just over a year. the place is huge (3 floors), clean and very inviting. i suggest you re-visit - it's much closer to you if you had a short walk to Crunch - the Beford Y has to be further from your hood quite frankly. -
[quote="Kinklosity"]Btw, the Dodge Y that I checked out (3 years ago) was just that, dodgy... this Bed Stuy gym is pretty state of the art.
well then you have not checked out the Dodge Y lately as they just opened/reopened just over a year ago. very modern, the latest in equipment and they are presently refurbishing the basketball court already after just over a year. the place is huge (3 floors), clean and very inviting. i suggest you re-visit - it's much closer to you if you had a short walk to Crunch - the Beford Y has to be further from your hood quite frankly.
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