Retro Fitness

Great clean gym with an all around the clock equipment. Very affordable rate, slightly busy during the day but other than that no complaints. You can try it with a guest pass free as well

I joined this gym a year ago and at first I was happy with it. But as the months passed I began to hate the place! It is always crowded regardless if the time you go, equipment is packed too close together where you are either bumping into someone or something, and every few months they rearranged everything. No telling if a machine you want to use will be in the same place it was the day before. Staff is a bit rude. No one ever puts the weights or plates back. I have literally gone to the free weight area and not found any weights!!! Then you have members (kids) sitting on a machine talking, texting or taking selfies instead of working out! Irritating beyond believe. The last straw for me when the day they had a «promotion» with a loud DJ and supplement vendors taking up the entire entryway! Mind you, not one notice was posted about this promotion to members. It was posted on Facebook about 3 hours before it started! I gave it a shot, but I left after about 3 minutes. It was so loud with obnoxious club music and people actuation dancing that I couldn’t concentrate so I left. And they have been «expanding» for over a year and nothing has happened. Terrible place.
I am glad to be out of that gym! I found a gym much closer to home, albeit more expensive, but worth the price. Machines are well spaced out, clean, orderly, they have a strict weight re-​rack policy which is enforced, no kids taking selfies… It has been a sheer joy to train there! My workouts are better since leaving Retro.
Good riddance to Retro Fitness!

Nice, big many equipment, but it gets too packed all day everyday. I switched gym to synergy much better

It’s a good location and you’re able to park at the best buy’s parking, just don’t park in the first three rows. The staff is nice and the equipment is good. I just been to better gyms and its average! I really like the cardio theatre.

Another call to my cellphone from their business office (800−897−6877) at 8AM on Presidents Day. Do they think I’m stupid? They won“t be stealing money from my credit cards anymore. The Queens DA office is looking into their shady practices. How is the gym facility at Riker’s?

I’ve been a member of this gym since they opened, maybe 3 years ago?
When they opened, they had a NEW MEMBERS SPECIAL! lol $ 20 a month w/​no sign up fee! They’re always bringing this special back without warning which is awesome for people signing up at those times, and obviously sucks for those who don’t.
Awesome gym. I always look for cleanliness in a gym and this gym is great at making sure all machines, locker rooms, studio room, and cardio movie room (although I’m never in there) are clean.
For 20 bucks a month, they’re providing a lot! They’ve got 3 squat racks, 2 bench presses, one incline, one decline bench, an entire studio room with mirrors, all the necessary equipment for core exercises (mats, KBs, med balls, big med balls, hurdles) free weights, a olympic lifting platform… AND… They’re extended the space to a warehouse next door in a couple of months!
Although, there is a catch. This isn’t some underground, hole-​in-​the-​wall gym. People know about it! They’ve got tons of members! So you gotta know what times to come if you don’t like waiting for the next machine. The way I think of it is, the times I want to avoid driving on the BQE (all the time, JK) are the times you don’t want to go! Rush hour; when folks are coming home from work.
On weekdays from 6pm all the way up to 10pm sometimes, are the times I avoid going. Maybe even 9pm.
They’ve even got PARKING! They share the lot with the Best Buy across the street, so it’s limited, but I’ve almost never had an issue parking, even on the rush days. But again, pick your times wisely.
Service: Staff is friendly, and very helpful. I can’t tell you how many times they’ve given me leeway when it came to payments when I was struggling, financially. If you’re having issues with payment, don’t hesitate to talk to them. They are willing to TRY to accommodate to your needs. At the end of the day, it’s a business so don’t ask for free months… lol
Speaking of free months, if you refer a friend, you receive a month without pay! Woohoo!

Be careful signing up to this gym
They will auto renew your contract after one year
Then they will charge u late fees and other charges.
#foxnews please help me. I need to go to this location and cancel my membership in person. I have been charged for over a year now after my 1 year membership.
#scam #ny1 #dailynews #ripoff #scam #scam #scam
On top of that. A very rude and sarcastic so called general manager. Which i doubt he was…

Worst place ever! Next to the projects! Dangerous at night. The manager is always smoking weed in the parking lot. Very disrespectful staff and the owner only cares about the money he takes from you. NEVER Sign up— you are paying around 360 a year. There are better gyms

I have been coming here for a year now, and the experience has been amazing so far. Except that some dummies dont rerack the dumbells back to where it belongs. Its nicer to go early inthe morning as you have the gymn all for yourself. Much busier between 4 to 7pm.

The worst gym I have ever had. Always over crowded, the floor is always a disaster because no one puts the weights back, not the staff or the meat heads.

Haven’t joined a gym in a few years… Now recovering from a knee injury my husband and I decided to join.
The facility is clean, people keep to themselves, and parking is easy! The best part of this gym (for us) is the MOVIE ROOM! They play awesome movies (like your actually at the movie) while you work out on the treadmill and other equipment! And, it’s only $ 20 per month!
Definitely recommend this gym…

Horrible business practices.
First, have you tried to call their location? If you haven’t, it’s super fun. First you dial the number, press 3 to speak to the front desk, listen to hold music for 5 min and 30 seconds until it disconnects you. When I finally complained via twitter, facebook, and their online portal, that I needed to speak with someone it only took 8 hours for someone to call back. The reason I was calling, the only reason one would call a gym, was to cancel my membership. The «manager» who called me was a complete jerk. He claimed that the «phone issue» just started that morning. it’s been over a week and the same thing keeps happening. I’m sure it’s by design as they want to make ending your membership as difficult as possible. Anyway, the management is terrible, the services are terrible, and the gym isn’t that great.

Well not really a bonified retro fitness because looked like a planet fitness mixed with a richies gym. The retro in glendale hands down supersedes this joint in many ways. What astoria Lacks is classes primarily spinning needs space a boxing area and its a tad bit small for me.
Retro fitness in Glendale takes the cake in cleanliness room for parking classes variety of equipment. Ive never been to nysc in atlas but I would stay at retro in glendale to get my fitness on anytime

Just joined, and the retro-​ish yellow and red color themes kinda gives you an extra boost in energy to do your work out routine. I was actually planning to go to YMCA. I used to go to Planet Fitness. Yes, the bad reviews you read about that particular one on Steinway are true. I used to go there.
I always wanted to join Retro Fitness. I go to the Best Buy store across from it all the time and always say I need to join. Well I just did, and no regrets. The front desk guy was cool in helping me to become a member. This place is twice if not three times the size of Planet Fitness. Not sure about the busiest times here though but when I joined late at night, there was only a handful of people. They have lots of amenities too. From training sessions, theater room, huge locker rooms and juice bar and tanning booths if you’re into that thing. I’m naturally brown so. anyways clean gym and everything looks well maintained and respected. Feels like a good quality gym to me and I value quality. If you want to join this place just do it already.

I only come here to train with Brian Simmons. He’s the best. The staff are pretty friendly. My only compliant is that like any gym is the stench emitting from the free weight area.

I recently did a 3-​day trial pass at Retro Fitness and I will not be back. My base of comparison is Planet Fitness, which is located nearby (both spots are near my office, though Retro is across the street). The Wall Street Planet Fitness location is fine, and only $ 10 a month, but they don’t offer towel service, which is kind of annoying because if I want to work out before work I have to drag a towel with me and then bring it into the office after. They also don’t have group exercise classes, which tends to be my choice method of workout. So I was impressed that Retro did offer towels, and since they were only $ 19.99 a month (per all the promotional signs) I thought it might be worth it. Unfortunately, the signs are misleading – 19.99 doesn’t include towels and you’d have to pay another 9.99 for towels, and another 9.99 on top of that for classes. Still fairly cheap but a major point of clarification – those towels are so small that you really cannot wrap them around your body after a shower. They seem more like a towel you’d towel off with after sweating during a work-​out, so really not worth 9.99. Also, even though I would have only gone to this one Retro Fitness location, I would have had to buy the membership to attend all, they don’t have any individual club packages. I also tried one class, ReZist, which was okay but not really my scene – lots of weights and intense cardio combined, and I was sore for about a week after, and not in a good way. I feel like my form was way off and I was moving too fast without proper supervision from an instructor. I was also told that there would be spinning at 6:30 pm on Friday – it wasn’t posted at the gym but it was on their online schedule and the person I spoke with at the front desk gave me the schedule was accurate (actually he said Corporate Retro f**s them over all the time, which is why it was hard to access the linked schedule online etc). Anyway, I was led to believe that there would be spinning and there definitely wasn’t when I showed up. Given all this, I’ll keep my Planet Fitness and splurge on the occasional Soul Cycle class. Retro does not seem worth a change.

In honor of my 100^th check-​in, I figured I’d finally write a review. When I’m in the zone, I come here 3 – 5 times a week and I really like this gym. There’s free parking, free classes, a cardio theater, a smoothie bar, tanning beds, showers and childcare for those who need it. There’s a lot of cardio machines and, unless you come during the peak times, there’s never a need to wait. For weight training, there’s tons of machines that go up to a heavy weight (main reason why my husband disliked Planet Fitness was because they didn’t carry heavy weights). There’s a room for stretching and ab machines.
I’ve tried the cardio theater twice. I think it’s a cool idea that they play a different movie everyday and the time goes quickly while you’re in there. However, I prefer to do my cardio in the regular cardio section.
I love taking their classes. Some of my favorites are Cardio Kickboxing with Jamaal, Dance Bootcamp with Luis, Zumba with Caitlin, and Yoga with Dawn. Jamaal is an awesome instructor and I really enjoy taking his classes. He’s super friendly and motivating. The people at the front desk are, for the most part, friendly and usually greet you with a smile. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Ahmer, one of the owners, and was very impressed. He’s a very nice guy and is always looking for feedback and ways to improve his gym.
There’s one improvement that I think Retro needs to make. Certain classes get too full and sometimes people will come in 5 – 15 minutes late which, not only, disturbs but also crowds the classroom and makes there no room to move around. This makes it hard to get a good workout! Please make a limit of how many people can be in a class and enforce it!
Overall, it is a good gym and I am a loyal customer.

This Gym is pretty nice. More people working out rather than talking and texting, which I like compared my local gym. The staff here was friendly and I was amazed at the theater showing movies while exercising. If this gym was closer to my home address, I would have a membership here in an instant. I don’t like that the locker room seemed packed and there were almost no lockers to be used. People are also very trusting because its like ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ with locks on the lockers in there, but each one has personal belongings in it. I love that the place is open ²⁴⁄₇ that is another thing my gym lacks but I guess each place has its perks. They have plenty of stuff for sale like weight belts and gloves which is also nice if you need that kinda stuff.

Great, inexpensive gym for the busy mom. When you first walk in and see mostly men wight lifting you may think, that this isn’t the place for a gal, but trust me its perfect!
1.) They have CHILDCARE! its clean and my very shy 3 year old actually loves the kind, and caring staff that watch the kids– What more can you ask for?
2.) Excellent classes, not too crowded with very consistent friendly instructors. The classes are great, zumba, spin, dance etc.
3.) Parking is free!
4.) Clean, and not crowded locker rooms (at least for the ladies) The staff that cleans this place is always on point.
5.) They take debit cards for everything even a $ 2 bottle of water.
6.) unbelievable hours open ²⁴⁄₇
7.) Rewards app I earned a bunch of points and got FREE TANNING!
I have lost 35 punds since I started going there and am so grateful, to the things they have in place that make going to the gym easy, & convenient.
Believe me I love having an excuse to not go to the gym and this place has made it very difficult to make an excuse to not go!

This gym made me feel really uncomfortable. Every five minutes I had trainers walking up to me trying to make money off me, by getting me to train. There was this one big trainer who literally ambushed me the first ten minutes I ever stepped into the gym. Every time I would go I would have to hide from him or he would try to convince me to hire him to be my trainer! I want to go to the gym to work out not have to worry about bumping into one of their employees.
The staff is not friendly and the gym itself is lacking. I joined Blink after 3 weeks of joining this gym. Blink is amazing, retro fit is not!