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Where to go bowling? — Brooklynian

Where to go bowling?

brooklynjack
brooklynjack
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
I got Maple Lanes on 60th St
Melody Lanes on 37th

Any others? Anyone been? What'd you think

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  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Melody Lanes is old school in Sunset Park. If you go there, make sure to spend some time at the bar with Pete the bartender, a very interesting character. I used to like the place, but had a negative customer service interaction (with the alley staff, not Pete) the last time we went there, so I haven't been as much of a booster about it lately. I tried Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg a few weeks ago and liked it a lot. It's fancier, with food by Blue Ribbon, 2 nice bars, and a nice selection of alley balls, with a wide range of fingerhole sizes in each weight of ball, and an easy color-coded system to make it easy to find the right ball. It's by the hour, not by the game, so it's a little unusual in that respect. You can have up to 8 players on a lane for $40 per hour plus shoe rental. They have an usual ball setting system which I'm not sure I love, with strings attacked to the top of each pin; I can't help but suspect that it affects the pin action in some way. The staff there are amazingly nice and helpful. I'm definitely planning to go back.
    I haven't tried Maple Lanes.
  • brooklynjack
    brooklynjack
    Thanks Carnivore I hadn't thought about going North.
  • eggcream
    eggcream
    Oh great question. We were just talking about this the other day. I so want to go bowling. In another lifetime I used to go to Bowlmor Lanes all the time.

    PS needs more Bowling Alleys and some Roller Skating Rinks :)
  • christina
    christina
    The Gutter isn't bad either, but since it's only 2 blocks or so away from Brooklyn Bowl I'd recommend BB over it.
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    Agree with everything Carni said. Went to Brooklyn Bowl recently and really enjoyed it.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    eggcream wrote: Oh great question. We were just talking about this the other day. I so want to go bowling. In another lifetime I used to go to Bowlmor Lanes all the time.

    PS needs more Bowling Alleys and some Roller Skating Rinks :)
    Bowlmor used to just be a shitty dirty bowling alley before it got all hipster. That was when Union Square was all run down. For a while, those were my high school bowling team's home lanes, so I was there twice a week.

    Eggcream, do you remember Gil Hodges Lanes and Roll-A-Palace?
  • brooklynjack
    brooklynjack
    We ended up going to Maple Lanes on 60th St and 16th Ave. It was $50 for 2 hours of bowling including shoes. The 4 of us got 3 games in it was nice that we had about a frame and half to go when our time ran out and we were able to finish the game before the machine shut down.

    The selection of balls was slim and there was some poaching

    It took a while to process in and out as there weren't quit enough people behind the counter but they were nice enough and when our balls got stuck they added more time for us.

    There is a small parking lot in front.

    Didn't try the food but there was a snack bar for burgers and sandwiches and a bar for beers. We all had a good time and it's hard to beat the price
  • eggcream
    eggcream
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=eggcream]Oh great question. We were just talking about this the other day. I so want to go bowling. In another lifetime I used to go to Bowlmor Lanes all the time.

    PS needs more Bowling Alleys and some Roller Skating Rinks :)
    Bowlmor used to just be a shitty dirty bowling alley before it got all hipster. That was when Union Square was all run down. For a while, those were my high school bowling team's home lanes, so I was there twice a week.

    Eggcream, do you remember Gil Hodges Lanes and Roll-A-Palace?

    Yep, that's when we went back when it was a dive. Hmm, maybe we bowled at the same time. Course I have some years on ya. No, I don't remember those other places.

    Ya'll should have your next get together at a bowling alley.
  • christina
    christina
    We did already, this is not a new idea. Once it gets colder we may do that again.
  • brooklynchimp
    brooklynchimp
    Carni- pretty much summed it up best.

    Melody is pretty cool, although the alley staff needs adjustment- some dude in my situation was a complete dick to the people i was with. Alas all was fine, as soon as he realized we were not of the pacifist type nor amused at his antics.
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