8th Avenue Billiard Hall

This mess doesn’t deserve to be called a pool hall. The equipment here is terrible. The staff also doesn’t give a fuck about the customers. This isn’t based on a one time visit, I’ve been here multiple times and I really tried to like it. I bought my own cues to avoid using their warps housecues, but their felt is subpar. Whoever did the rails needs to get their eyes checked. I’ve had shots that just goes down the rail and then curves out (no, I didn’t apply english).
As for price, they charge 12/​hour. If you have a group of people, then yea, its okay for a shit table.
I rather go to hall of fame on 5^th av and 71^st, where is 4/​hr/​person with quality 9 foot tables and aramith balls.

I mean pool is pool, there’s nothing much to expect from a pool hall. It’s $ 12 and hour and it opens late. The only thing I don’t like about this place is that it’s kinda dirty and the one or two people that vape in here. I’m fine with people vaping but open the door please. There needs some ventilation in here, it’s literally suffocating. The entire room is filled with smoke. Is it necessary to vape in here, you can’t wait til you’re done?

Came here with some friends to kill time. They do tables by the hour with about 14 tables and 2 ping pong tables.
Some of the tables were not in good condition and it’s very noticeable also the pool sticks are not in good condition. Some are straight and some have a slight bend in them. It’ll definitely mess up your game.
They have free WiFi. They sell soft drinks and snacks.

I came here a few times to play pool. There are 2 ping pong tables in the back and about 10 pool tables. It can get kind of pack during the weekends or late night. The appearance is run down. They need to do some renovations to modernize it. The equipments are worn out and the staff has a «careless» attitude.

Did not have a good experience here at all. Dirty, crowded with Preteens, and the equipment is pretty worn out. They need to take better care of the place. People smoke inside in the bathrooms and the staff doesn’t care. Don’t recommend this place. Definitely get what you paid for!

I’ve always thought this place was called Mix! Overall, this place is very cheap if you want to shoot pool. There’s tons of things to do here. There’s pool tables, ping pong tables, and machine games. Not that clean either.

The pool tables are scratched pretty bad so playing a real game without balls being manipulated by inconsistencies in the table felt is pretty hard. maybe it’s better now. it was a couple years since i’ve been.

In the groove

I use to come here for pool… they have a couple of tables in there… and with one pingpong table… there are also arcade machines which can be noisy if your table is near it.
There are music playing in the background as well and the place is not as big as you may think… it can get crowded at time. but the price is super cheap… its about $ 10/hr…and you get every third hour for free…=)

This pool hall is crowded and inadequete. The tables, cues AND balls all feel as if they were crafted from sawdust. The management keeps their stock in the «aisles» and underneath the tables, making it very uncomfortable for players. After playing in other high-​end billiard halls, this place just seems very mediocre. Although this place is indeed cheap, you get what you paid for.

I’m guessing this is the Billiard Hall that used to be on 60^th st and Fort Hamilton. Now that they’ve moved to this new location, the place seems more spacey when in reality it isn’t. When you’re playing you’re bound to have to wait for someone else from the other table to finish before you can position yourself to poke the ball.
In the back they have the arcade machines and they seemed to have added more. I recognized the In The Groove machine there and I like how it’s located in the back now. I remember in the Fort Hamilton there are these people who would just suddenly pop up behind you while you are playing and start snickering and making fun of you if you are not at the expert level. Now that it’s located in the back, no one really cares about you, or that’s the feeling I get. They also have that table hockey thing that I always lose at, but it’s fun!
I really like it here cause of the pricing. It’s $ 12 for one hour without any tax or anything, and there is one snooker table! Yes actual BRITISH snooker! I’ve been wanting to play that and I tried my luck in Manhattan only to be disappointed. They only have one table though, and its $ 20 for one hour, I’m scared to actually play it until I’ve honed up on my billiard skills more.
I don’t know if its me but I noticed that they have two different types of cues here. One is lighter than the normal ones that billiard halls have which is better for me since it gives me more control.
Saturday probably isn’t a good night to come in since it’ll be crowded and you’ll have to wait for a table to free up. I’ve came here on a Sunday night and we got a table right away.