New York Sports Clubs

I am spoiled… I went to the 23^rd and 8^th location, 76^th and 1^st location and the 59^th and Park locations for years… and I have to be honest they are all top notch.
This location often has a dirty women’s locker room. I feel bad saying it but I have taken pictures and shown it to the manager, just how filthy it is. First of all, I shouldn’t be taking pictures and I ensure that I would only do it when no one is in the changing rooms. Second, the staff basically hates their life. Unlike the other locations where the staff is so happy to great you, this location has the worst and most unfriendly staff ever. It’s as if they would die if they had to say, «have a nice day.»
The gym itself is perfection. It’s SMALL but it works. You have everything you need at any given time. The gym areas are CLEAN and Organized.

Love this gym. Very close to my apartment and where I work so every Wednesday evening after my last client I go to Body Pump workout class! The staff is really nice. The locker room is spread out and big lockers for your stuff. Nice mirror and just a really nice facility. good job guys.

almost perfect gym for manhattan.
really nice, unhurried ambiance. good selection of assisted weight machines including the VERY GOOD hoist machines which are also used at ⁴¹⁄₈^th. they need about 3 more though, which they could easily fit. and here is my one peeve. there’s a lot of wasted space in the back weight room. nice mezzanine that again requires better efficiency of space, AND A PERMANENT HEAVY BAG.
everything on one floor which is a major plus since many nysc’s are multi leveled and a pain in the @ss. QUIET also :) i wish they’d add a few more weekend hours

This review is for the location on 34^th and Park.
I’ve only been a member for 1 month as I just moved to the area, but so far I am satisfied for the reasonable price of $ 20/​month. I love that classes are included in the membership provided you reserve a few hours before, and that I can bring 1 guest any time I come.
I love the yoga and pilates classes and take 1 of each per week. Both Koshy (yoga) and Felica (pilates) are knowledgeable about what they’re teaching, motivational, and are great at correcting your form throughout the class.
I also find the gym, locker room, and machines to be consistently clean and in working order. Everyone here pretty much minds their own business so the atmosphere never feels judge-​y. When I come to use the machines it’s usually around 8 pm on weeknights and have never had to wait for one. I wish NYSC would offer WiFi in their gyms though because i’d love to be able to prop up my iPad and watch Netflix while on the treadmill.
All in all, great gym. It’s no Equinox, but at $ 20 a month you really get a great value!

I had a pass to go to all of the New York sports clubs in Manhattan and I tried them all and I have to say that they all absolutely stink! I mean literally their gross inside their machines are always broken. I’ve had nothing but problems with almost every single instructor there, and I am yoga instructor myself, but the level of unprofessionalism from their staff is astounding.
I tried to contact the management several times about my concerns and was totally ignored every single time. Shake my head… I decided I was going to cancel my membership and of course they had some dumbass loophole for that too, they were going to charge me an extra month because of my «contract». Avoid this club at all costs trust me!

Idk what people are complaining about. After about 6 or 7 visits here, I’ve concluded that it’s consistently clean (it’s no Equinox, but it’s better than 24 Fitness), the machines are set up together in separate areas by muscle groups, it’s very spacious, and the staff is always friendly and chill. This latter detail sets them apart from other NYSC locations.
Like most gyms, this one is also a meat market, but people generally mind their own business and the clientele are respectful.

This is not specific to this gym, but the organization as a whole.
I asked for my account ti be cancelled at the gym on 44^th St. I was assured it would be and I did not need to do any more.
They kept charging my card and it is extremely difficult to get your account cancelled.
AVOID THIS COMPANY!

OMG! The female locker rooms here smelled like pee! It was so disgusting! Also, the walkway to enter into the locker room is so extremely narrow… you will totally bump into someone easily going into the locker room or leaving out! Really bad design! Other than the totally gross locker room, I enjoyed the workout space layout. The cardio space was not large but I was able to easily find a treadmill during the time of day I arrived at the gym. The weight area was seperated into two small spaces adjacent to each other but I emphasize that they were small areas.
They gym was okay nothing spectacular.

Living in Murray Hill, I am surrounded by 3 NYSC locations: 36^th/​Madison, 34^th/​Park and 33^rd/​2^nd. Out of these 3 NYSC locations, my favorite by far is NYSC 34^th/​Park because the overall layout, maintenance and cleanliness is superior to both NYSC 36^th/​Madison and NYSC 33^rd/​2^nd. My only wish list for this location would be for expanded operating hours but, otherwise, this is my go-​to NYSC in Manhattan. The other NYSC’s should take notice how NYSC 34^th/​Park is being managed and maintained.

Not my favorite NYSC. I have a passport membership and frequently use multiple gyms, and this one happens to be right near my office. Unfortunately, the few times I have gone have still left me disappointed with this location.
I have no complaints with NYSC as a whole. I like that I generally know what to expect when going into any of them. This one, however, doesn’t seem to match the quality of the others.
I actually find the organization of some of the machines to be a bit bizarre. And some things were either missing or I was unable to find them. The changing room also gives me the creeps, though to be fair it’s probably just as clean as the other clubs.
Also, I happen to enjoy going to gyms where the vibes are all about people that seem to enjoy working out. This really just feels like a gym with post-​work people that don’t care much about getting a good workout.

My favorite NYSC in the midtown area because of the convenient gym layout. Many many other NYSC locations are a big heaping mess of a gym because they are all focused on space efficiency as opposed to muscle groups. So at other locations, such as the one on 2^nd and 30^th or 23^rd and Park, you’ll find it difficult to superset since the machines are scattered all over the gym.
Fortunately though, this one has a nice section for legs, a nice section for benches, a nice section full of free weights, and a nice section for shoulders and arms. It is perfect for those of us who are focused on having ‘leg day’ and ‘back and chest day’, since the weights and necessary machines for separate muscle groups are all in one vicinity.
They also have a huge area both on the ground level and second level full of cardio machines!

EDIT:
I tried to be understanding of the situation, but after I heard about the conversation they had with my boss after I left, I don’t feel I need to be polite anymore.
After I left they tried to explain to the manager that I wasn’t a personal trainer and that I wasn’t working out hard because I was having issues with my back (but why do I have to justify my workout intensity to anyone?) the Training Manager from the earlier incident chimes in and says «well I saw him working out his back»; so I’m sure the owners will be happy to know that their TRAINING manager knows better than MY MEDICAL DOCTORS – but when he kicked me out apparently I wasn’t working out which is why I was a «personal trainer». So either I was working out, or I wasn’t – which was it?
So you:
1-​Harass your members
2-​Make them feel persecuted for not being expert gym rats
3-​Then call them liars
4-​Do this all for the world to see because everyone needs to know that you hold the power. Please.
Real Classy.
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Started coming here because work gives us a decent discount and it’s right around the corner. I went with some coworkers for motivation and since they were fairly new to lifting they asked that I look at their forms and basic stuff since they didn’t want to get a trainer.
I obliged and even went with them a week where I was feeling under the weather so I didn’t work out as hard (I ended up stopping within a few sets because tension in my neck was giving me a migraine) which apparently was a mistake.
The manager approached me and told me that he put a note on my record (whatever that means) that I was training people in kind of a dickish manner and said that my «session» with my «clients» had to end immediately. A part of me was annoyed especially since it’s not like I was getting paid for it or anything (we come on our lunch break to just be healthier) but on the other hand, it’s not really their job to care enough to find out (I can easily see people who’d legitimately try).
Ultimately they have trainers that have to be paid too, so it is what it is, but it would have been nice for him to have at least some sort of manners, or professionalism, instead he thought it prudent to put me on blast in public.
Overall the facilities are ok. I noticed they had TRX/​crosffit section that they added in, though it appears as though they added it in as a gimmicky kind of thing. it’s almost never packed during lunch time so as far as convenience it’s perfect – you can get a quick lift and be done within at hour.
I came once after work and even then it didn’t seem bad (got in around 5:05 – was out the door by 6).
Overall though, I come for 3 reasons:
1.it’s right around the corner
2. I got a big discount from work
3. it’s not as packed as Boom gets.
Would I pay $ 90 a month? No. Overall, the place gets 2 – 2.5 from me but the fact that I haven’t had to wait in line for anything yet had me round it up.

I had about $ 250 of my money stolen from this place. Someone had the audacity to break my lock and steal $ 250 from my bag. Stay away from this NYSC. Now I have to file a police report and speak with the management of NYSC. Unbelievable!!! Never had anything like this happen to me. Dishonest people, not worth it.

I’ve been going to this gym location for the past year and I haven’t really experienced too many negatives. But then again, on a regular basis, I really do not need much to complete my workout routines.
As you enter, you automatically go up the stairs, check in at the counter and go to the gym area. The gym has a convenient lay out with treadmills, ellipticals, stairmasters, etc on the left and with the weights on the right. The upstairs has some weights and the a spacious stretch area. The bathrooms are in the back. The studio room is passed the treadmills. To me, the only downfall is that the bathrooms only have two stalls and the sauna is almost never working. But I hardly use the two, so it doesn’t bother me as much.
The gym has all the necessity equipment I need and when I work out at the crack of dawn, the gym is pretty empty. I never really found myself waiting on any of the equipment. On my leg days, I take over the squat rack and I love it how nobody bothers me!
The gym has really nice trainers and staff. They are always smiling and saying hi. I lift weights and you can imagine I’m usually the only girl there in the weight section of the gym with the heavy weights. So sometimes, I get nervous when I see all the guys lifting heavy around me. But the trainers are always cheering me on and telling me I’m doing a great job. They definitely make sure that the gym has a happy vibe to it.
Overall, I think this is pretty decent gym and I would not change it unless I moved apartments. It’s convenient, has all the necessary equipment and well organized.

Once upon a time I was a devoted member of NYSC (but a location in Long Island). Being a broke graduate student moving into the city, I had to give up my beloved gym and get a membership at a much cheaper chain.
A little while ago, Gilt City offered a one-​month passport membership to NYSC, so naturally, I bought it feeling thrilled that I could go to my favorite chain again. Man am I glad I did! The location is perfect and has all the equipment I came to know and love at my old location.
My one fear was that upon redeeming my certificate, I thought I’d be thrown into a sales pitch and I wasn’t! Bonus points for that (though once this month is over I WILL be rejoining NYSC and making this my home location). The staff seems very friendly as well.
Compared to other NYSC locations, this one is rather small and has a weird layout. I work out at the crack of dawn so it isn’t busy at that time, and I cannot comment on peak hours because I refuse to go at that time.
My main criticism about NYSC (and not this location necessarily, but the NYC locations) is the lack of classes during the weekdays that AREN’T in the early morning or later evening hours. I understand why they do it but still, it would be nice to have those options open.
Anyway my dearest NYSC, it’s good to be back!

There are a couple different gyms competing for territory in the neighborhood of 33^rd and Park, but those truly serious about their fitness are either at Equinox or Boom, leaving NYSC to be an informal community for the area’s… well, older demographic.
If you’re moderately fit, or under the age of 40, the abs class will be a waste of your time. The stretch class is also a joke when the other 20 people in the room are over the age of 60. The type of clients this facility is designed for is not consistent with the people who actually use it, but if you skip the classes, it’s a pretty decent gym.
This NYSC was built for training: they have only one group fitness studio, but two floors of machines and weights, including a dedicated area for heavier lifters where the only dumbbells against the wall are upwards of 30lbs. The kettlebells go up to 24kg (roughly 52lbs) and there is a decent-​sized «UXF» area on the first floor for doing box jumps, TRX, walking lunges, and miscellaneous exercises that don’t require a machine.
If you don’t mind a sauna that is never turned on or working, and a few older women looking disapprovingly when you aren’t covered up in the locker room, the facilities are really great for what you’re paying. The showers are clean, and towels are always well-​stocked at the front desk, outside the group fitness room, and in the locker room itself.

I have been a member now for 8 months and counting. Located just 2 blocks away from my office, this is the default location for NYSC as Equinox is about double the cost. And Boom is just way too rugged for me.
I actually trialled both equinox and NYSC and they are certainly night and day in terms if cleanliness and amenities. But for classes, I have to say that this location offers pretty good choices and most of the instructors are decent. Well, they are stable and grow on you after a while. You can figure out which class you like and which one to avoid. My favorites are the shred (previously called body conditioning) on Monday, Tues and the UXF burn on Wed and Friday. The yoga on Friday is also good whenever I need to take a break and focus on stretching.
The sign up process is a bit pushy — no set price. Every week they came up with a different deal than the week prior. Just like buying a used car. In any case it is like that with most gyms. I signed up and never turned back.
But after a few months I am writing this with a hope that management reads this — please please please clean the bathroom more often. Maybe vacuum the carpet once in a while. The carpet is never dry and walking on damp carpet is just gross! Please also clean the scrub the bathroom stalls. There are only 4 of them and often times people left things behind like bandaids etc and that’s just not too hygienic.
I like your classes and really want to stay but returning after a 2 week hiatus today I really wonder why I am keeping up with this dirty place!

I have to say out of all the NYSC locations, this location is the worst. Not because it’s overcrowded because indeed it it. Not because they only have two very stinky bathroom stalls in the Ladies Locker Room, which is unfortunately true. And lastly not because every elliptical trainer I tried had something wrong with it– either weird internal bumps or the headphone jack/​TV didn’t work. No, I can let all that go. Really I can.
What I can’t let go of and really hammered the nail in the coffin? Your nasty, power tripping rude Trainers. Yup, I said it.
I needed to stretch for a minute, I had literally a minute until I had to go to work. There is a SMALL stretching/​strength area and it was not roped off as «Personal Training Area Only.» If it was, I would have found another spot. There was a ipod dock playing loud loud cheesy music and two trainers working out their clients. Mind you, a huge amount of room for me to do my hip flexor stretch and then run off.
I go down to do it and the Train near me asked me to move as he will need all the room next to him soon. Okay. Without argument I get up and leave. I do not want to talk about it, fine, there’s another small spot in the corner. I’m LITERALLY taking up one square foot here!
The other Trainer who’s lounging on the stretching table and the one with the shitty music stops me. «Excuse me, Miss, Miss!» WHAT? Seriously, what am I doing wrong now?
He wants to explain to me how rude I am because this is where they train and I may be in the way. MAY BE IN THE WAY. I tell him I will done in less than a minute, my hip is in spasms and I just need to release this. He tells me again that I am rude– though I am in the corner, no where near him or his client who is foam rolling– FYI NOT doing anything… I tell him this and he says, But WHAT IF my client was suddenly jumping rope, you wouldn’t go there, would you? OF COURSE NOT YOU IDIOT BUT HE’S FOAM ROLLING! HE“S NOT JUMPING ROPE! OMG!!!
He tells me I should go upstairs. I tell him in the time it’s taken for him to harass me, I would be done. SERIOUSLY. This idiot is so condescending, rude and seriously, should consider the fact that members PAY to use all the space the same. YOU ARE BEING PAID. I totally respect «Training Only» areas and would never take up a square foot there but get over yourself. I stormed out. Had to stretch in the freaking locker room…
Was so pissed I called the Manger after. I usually let this crap go but there was seriously no need for this. To be talked to like a child… Thanks for a shitty workout NYSC. This is why Equinox and Crunch are kicking your ass!
One star for Location convenience. Oh, even Boom is nicer…
BTW– I used to be a PT at NYSC Astoria and no one there was EVER that rude! EVER!

The proliferation of locations and the accommodating hours are the reasons I’ve been a NYSC member 7 years strong. Normally I skip the small talk with staff, but this location has a super friendly front desk guy in the A.M., pleasant cleaning crew, and trainers that don’t try to wheel & deal you into buying private sessions.
Yes, there are at least two treadmills that stall or are out of order on any given week. But this is also one of the few locations with cardio monitors that allow you to create personalized account to program music video playlists & track workouts.
The sauna in the women’s locker room is nice and toasty and I like that there are choices in locker sizes. Water pressure and temperature aren’t an issue here. And there’s plenty of lotion to rub on its skin.

I don’t like it here. The studio was locked as a trainer was with somebody in it — apparently he doesn’t like to share. There aren’t enough water stations. The area I was working out in — a heavy bag surrounded (too closely) to other equipment I was a little bit concerned I was literally going to kick someone in the head.
As I was leaving (Tues, 7pm) three girls were waiting for elliptical machines.