Crunch

I was a member of this Gym before it was purchased by Crunch. I can say that I am really happy that I decided to go back.
The gym is extremely clean and the staff are super great. Really nice, outgoing and helpful. As for the equipment it is in great shape and outside of an additional squat rack, I think they have everything that I could ever need.
The locker rooms are really well kept and they have a super powered steam room (mens at least). I find this rare in the city.
A month in I started working out with a trainer there, Ronnie. I could not recommend him more. He is truly an expert and really enjoyable to work with. It has only been around 2 months and I am already seeing great results. I also find the cost of the membership to be completely reasonable for the facilities.

My favorite things about this gym are:
1. My trainer Ronnie
2. The group studio
Ronnie is a joy to work with. He’s serious when it comes to training and knows his different exercises. He can tell that I’m a visual learner so he shows me the exercise then when I do it, tells me how I can improve and in between sets he shows me what I can improve upon and how to do it correctly. He has good reinforcement rather than other trainers saying you’re doing it wrong, or you’re not strong enough… He says it in a positive light for example it takes time to go up in weight, lets improve on that form, etc.
He is the type of trainer that will take the time to get to know you and actually care. I’ve had other trainers where it’s just a job for them and tell you to do the exercises and not make the effort to make conversation. He makes the session fly by.
The studio is a pretty big studio for crunch and it clean. My only concern is that when it gets hot in there it gets pretty slippery very quickly.

After living in the West Coast (Vegas), I am a bit spoiled by the spacious, clean, and well equipped gyms we have. However, to keep up with my routine, every time I come back to NY to visit friends – I always get some guest passes. This time around, I was lucky enough to check out this location courtesy of my friend Bijou who happens to be a personal trainer at Crunch by Bowery/​4^th.
From all the guest passes I got from friends when visiting + the gyms I tried when I used to live in Queens and work in Midtown, I have frequented a number of gyms… Equinox on 54^th, Equinox at Grand Central, Manhattan Plaza Health Club, NYSC at Grand Central, NYSC in Shops at Atlas Park (Queens), Bodhi in Flushing (Queens), Bally Total Fitness (New Hyde Park)…
This Crunch location is one of the cleanest and most well equipped gyms I had the pleasure of checking out and training at in NYC. It is still missing a lot of equipment relative to west coast gyms but for NYC, it had more than I expected. Also, it is surprisingly and unusually clean for a gym in general, much less an NYC gym. Very spacious and not crowded at all on a Sunday afternoon. They have TRX suspension trainers, cable machines, 2 free weight sections with plenty of dumbbells, barbells, and kettlebells, sufficient leg machines section, squat bar, assisted dip/​pull up machine, etc.
If I lived in NYC, this would likely be a go-​to gym for me.

I go to several Crunch Gyms throughout the city and this is one of my least favorites. Although it’s three floors, the selection is very limited if you’re doing anything with free weights. I could only find 1 squat machine and there was of course a line.
The facilities are clean which is great, but the vibe of the whole gym was a little off for me. The lighting could use a lot of work and the music as well. At other locations, the music gets me excited about working out, this location left me feeling down. There’s plenty of lockers, so that’s also a plus, i’ve been at other locations where i’ve waited for one.

I have been a member of crunch on and off since the mid 1990s when I was a member of the lafayette street location. I rejoined two summers ago and happened to sign up at the Bowery location with access to all of the locations. I spent a year and change training at the Bowery location (was told by staff at Bowery that I needed to train there because I had signed up there) but I really wanted to move my sessions to Leonard because it is closer to home and it’s much more spacious than the other locations. After my last trainer left Bowery and I needed a new one, and I persuaded the manager at Bowery to switch my remaining 18 sessions to Leonard Street. I could not be happier with the facility — it’s very spacious to the point than even when it’s crowded, you aren’t running into people to the same degree as at other locations. Also, I’m training with an excellent trainer who happens to be the fitness manager. I truly look forward to going to the gym.

My favorite Crunch in the city! This location has new equipment, is sparkling clean, and never gets too crowded for me to lift weights or join classes (unlike other locations — I can’t stand the Union Square Crunch). Personal training is widely available if you need it.

In reading the reviews, I think there is a difference between people who are occasional users of a gym /​stopped by once /​just visiting /​primarily here for classes — those reviews are positive — and those who use the gym more frequently and more of its facilities — those are negative.
I spend about 9 hours a week in this gym, which is more than 95% (at least) of its members. I am a member due to its location; I would love another option, but I don’t really have one located this conveniently. I’ve designed a medium size gym before myself and so am familiar with a number of issues gyms face regarding cost, construction, and space constraints; this is not some uninformed post. I will admit I don’t go to the Crunch classes, but otherwise use equipment on every floor.
The gym is clearly corporate-​run. Crunch has been bought and sold a number of times, I think the investment firm Angelo, Gordon might be the current owner, not sure. Let me put it this way — the ab wheel (there was only one) broke in June. Despite numerous emails and phone calls to a number of different people… we just sprayed the management staff there — they haven’t replaced it ($ 20) nor have they responded. A weight belt (the kind you can hang a plate off of to do supra bodyweight exercises with) broke — we informed everyone but are not hopeful for a replacement based on our ab wheel experience. Different staff members come up on the spot with totally different excuses why it isn’t there. We’ve given up – we get the message and at some point why waste our time any more. We’ve «invented» an ab wheel by using a biceps curl bar with 10 pound plates and are trying to use yoga straps to hang weights off of. It’s very Robinson Crusoe.
It seems all about cost cutting. Membership recruiters can’t negotiate price, equipment can’t get fixed, and the music seems determined by a consulting service. Stay at this gym long enough, and you’ll see how cost-​control and corporate-​analyzed «fun and vibe» permeate the place. I don’t blame anyone for this.
I understand other things, like when the basement floor flooded, or how 88 Leonard, an apartment building, forced Crunch to remove certain equipment (like the heavy bags) as they were «too loud». But there’s only one squat rack, and I’m really hoping that doesn’t break, because I can’t get anything fixed unless it catches the eye of a corp exec, apparently, and I can’t figure out how to band aid that one.
There are so many reviews of this gym, but many just seem superficially informed. I am here 4 – 5 times a week, 2 hours each time, and location is why I’m here. I’m sorry that the staff is so disempowered (if that’s a word) to do anything, but that’s what the chain is now after having passed through so many owners and business plans. I am sure someone is dying to replace the ab wheel (seems ridiculous) but I guess it has to go through corporate first.
UPDATE: This review got a response by yet another manager at Crunch asking me to contact her about this. I guess I could always send email/​phone call #10 to oblivion… (I wrote her to just talk to the staff — she must not do that — since at least 8 of them know of the issues, from the front desk to trainers to membership to office managers, etc. Like I said, we used a buckshot approach.) It does make sense, because this is the first public complaint, and perhaps the investment fund that owns Crunch needs that? (Objects mentioned in this email remain broken — I’m just mentioning that I actually heard back, which is a kind of progress. Sort of. Maybe not.)
p. s. you can’t use the heavy bags in the Unilocal photos for this Crunch. They are gone as per my post.

Upon entering I was met with a less than friendly, less than cordial attitude and told that the visit would be $ 35.00 for ONE VISIT, PER PERSON. For that kind of fee, I would expect a much more professional staff to welcome me and at least show me around the facility. No such luck here. Once I got past the icy receptionist, the facility was actually pretty great. Three levels with different fitness areas including cardio, weights, stretching, etc. I really like the gym. The price and the people pretty much sucked. So, if you’ve got money to burn and you like being treated with very little regard, come on down!

Dropped in on a weekday at 1 pm via ClassPass to hit the stairmill, as I needed to take it easy. Only a few other cardio-​ers on the floor. Nice large skylight. Quite nice, spacious locker rooms, with plenty of showers and decent-​size towels, but oh my goodness, the blow-​dryers? Nice Bliss products and SUNBEAM blow-​dryers?! Terrible. Get it together, Crunch!

I’m so glad that Crunch kept the Pound classes in TriBeCa and also added more Pound classes all over the city in other locations. Pound is the best workout ever with excellent music. I also take the trampoline classes here with Grace.
Take any class by Kelley, Joyce or Grace. They are the best! I also take a lot of other classes such as Bari, Physique57 and Aqua Studio. People who have not seen me in a few months remarked that I’m in great shape now. Well I would hope so, since I take about two classes a day.

Not the nicest Crunch location, but it is always very clean. The busiest I have seen it is right after work (5:30pm-7pm). It is three floors, but each floor is kind of narrow so during the busy time it can be hard to use everything that you want to use.
I actually have gone at 6am a few times and it is perfect because I usually only see two other people max. Get to use everything I want to use and I finish my workout faster than normal as I am not waiting around for anything/​anyone.
They do not offer nearly as many classes as other locations but I have never had a problem getting into any. They seem pretty lenient if you are running late to a class. I do wish they had more class offerings for the before work crowd. One giant issue I have is this location does not have any spin (the Ride) classes.
Lockerooms are great! Wish the stretching/​core area was a bit bigger but again it’s only an issue right after work.

It’s not the most modern Crunch ever — but it’s super clean (the locker room you could almost eat off tag floor!) and relatively quiet, outside of Monday evenings.
Great place to train if you wanna work out with a professional.
So there’s no tv’s on the treadmills, and some of the equipment is old — but otherwise nice gym. A little lighter on classes than other Crunches but perfect for training or working out on your own.

This is a review for a CLASS. I am not a member and attended through Classpass.
Dragged my butt out of bed for a 7am Monday morning chisel class… only to wait until 715 with no instructor. I decided to cut my losses and just do my own workout. I don’t know if the instructor ever showed up.
After doing a meh workout (it was a Monday morning) I showered and washed my hair only to discover the worlds worst hairdryers. NEVER rely on the hairdryers here. It would be faster, and warmer air to have someone blow on your hair. They are ineffective and useless to say the least.
To be fair, the showers are nice, their towels are a decent size (unlike some other studios) and the gym equipment is nice and new.

Agreed. This gym is gorgeous. Absolutely everything in it is just a little nicer than anything you could compare it to. We’re talking spa level nice. Locker rooms are stocked with bliss products. I could have stayed in the steam room fuh-​evah… fuh-evah…fuh-evah-evah!
But the class sucked. So much so that it inspired me to coin a phrase «hamster wheel class». I took training for athletes thinking it would be a circuit training strength building type of thing. What impressed me the most was the number of people obsessively checking their hello kitty bedazzled smart phones… During class. Ugggghhhh…
Anyway, I’m going to rant about a million mediocre studios jumping on the crossfit/​hiit bandwagon. Just stop. Running around in circles on a slippery floor and doing sets of jumping jacks and mountain climbers to a bad «this is the 90’s» house mix is not the same thing. It’s 100% laziness on the part of the gym and boooooooring. They did pull out some sparkly batons at one point, but between that and all the emoji traffic I had pretty much lost the plot.
PSA: Barry’s you are and continue to be the O.G., Exceed, Drill, Body Space you rock the metroplex
Crunch training for athletes, HIIT bklyn, Kore, Complete Body … Y’all are some hamster wheeling MF-​ers

so baaaaad!
I tried it w a free 5 day pass to consider joining (after years of being at Equinox). it’s so dated with that purple lighting that might have been cool when boutique gyms became popular in the 90’s. But
that’s not the worst part. The front desk is completely lethargic. I asked twice why the weight room was so hot (more on that later) and they just said the following incredulous statements:
— it’s been like that since the beginning
— it’s ok in spring and fall
— well, there’s nothing I can do about it
so I guess a person can only work out in the spring and fall at this location?!
Two different individuals didn’t even pretend to write it down to pass along to someone who, in fact, could do something about it. just pretend guys! at least the customer leaves «thinking» you care.
the last issue is that they are ok dispatching the cleaning crew to dust the machines at peak morning hours (8am). so the cleaning woman is dusting and shaking out the dust mop right next to people breathing deeply while working I the machines.
it’s clearly poorly run.
I am so very happy that I just saved my cash instead of joining.
I don’t know why anyone goes there when there are so many better options. the place was empty so that explains why they are handing out free passes. but there is no way they can compete with cleaner, brighter, smarter fitness options. Ciao Crunch.

Let me start off by saying this is a BEAUTIFUL gym! The lockerrooms are clean (to the point they’re almost sparkling), there is a vanity area to do your hair and makeup after a workout, there are actual rooms for each toilet not just a stall, and the lockers themselves are huge and made out of all wood, with a shelf inside as well as 4 hooks to store your stuff.
There are 3 levels to this gym. First is the front desk (very friendly and helpful staff) as well as cardio machines. The lower level has the one class studio, as well as weights and machines. The lowest level houses the lockerrooms, sauna, and stretching area.
I came here via ClassPass for the ass & abs class in the studio. While the studio is very nice and has a great sound system, I did not enjoy the class as much as I thought I would. The instructor could have been a bit better and explained things more thoroughly. While I will not be joining that class again, I will at some point take advantage of the ClassPass free gym time and use this gym for the equipment it has to offer. They also have scales in the lockerroom (not digital, which is appreciate since digital tends to be incorrect) and plenty of towels for you to use.

I think this is for the new Crunch in Tribeca. Still has the old machines from the previous gym, but it’s super clean and not crowded (at least on the weekends).