Blink Fitness

I enjoy going to this gym as it helps me unwind before heading home. It’s clean and friendly, and I get to work out on the machines without having to wait long for one, if at all. The men do hog up the weight area at the back of the gym and as much as I’d like to use those machines, I don’t bother unless I see fewer guys there.

I’m very impressed with the cleanliness of this gym. There are wet tissues /​sanitizers and trash cans every 10feet. The best part is they have new equipments that 24hr fitness uses (Life Fitness), for $ 20/​month membership this is an excellent deal. The free weights are iron grip (whaaat!) so yeah, these are just some of the best things this gym offers.

OK…
So this is simple.
There are TOO MANY pieces of cardio equipment with less than one-​third of them in use every time I’m there, and NOT ENOUGH OLYMPIC BAR/​FREE SQUAT RACKS. You need AT LEAST 1 more. I primarily only use the squat station to do, incline chest, standing shoulder press, squats, and deadlifts. I’ve had to wait 40 MINUTES before I was able to use 1 of the 2 olympic/​squat racks. It is RIDICULOUS.
They also don’t have 2.5 lb plates???
I’m considering cancelling my membership, and I’ve been there less than a month.
Yes, it’s clean.
YEs, the staff is great.
Yes, it’s nice and shiny and the atmosphere is great.
There are more people CRAMMED into the free weigh lifting area corner than ANY other part of the gym.
How has nobody seen this as a problem?
Will management/​owners please do something about this?

Great gym for the price and has multiple locations. They have a variety of machines etc. Never have had a problem finding a machine

Great gym in harlem. Very clean and staff always super chill. Unlike planet fitness they are terrible.
There is always availability for cardio machines. It’s a mixed crowd with more novice than advanced. Use of weight machines during the am is not that bad.
They have wifi and a shower which i would never use. Not that it’s not clean I’m just weird like that lol.
For 15 bucks a month to sculpt this temple you can’t go wrong with this one.
#grind!!!

So misinformed about the cancellation policy and using these gym in midtown NYC. Apparently you can only use the gyms in Harlem not in midtown or anywhere else in Manhattan. Why am I paying $ 20 dollars a month. When I can only use 2 gyms in Harlem and not anywhere else in Manhattan. The day I do go to this gym. They have no water! Are you kidding me no water in the whole entire gym. A complete waste of my hard earned money. Then I have to wait to cancel with this gym. If not I will have to pay penalty fees for early cancellations. I should have stayed with planet fitness.

I have been a «grey» member of Blink for two years. The gyms are generally clean, though the 125 one is a bit crowded at times with guys who claim the machines. I am giving one star because when I wanted to cancel my membership and complained about the shady policy, I was told by an staff member that I would be «escorted off the premises.»

I came to this gym from NYSC where I payed $ 80 a month. Coming here and getting a $ 15 membership was great and the gym always seemed clean. The problem is there is never enough weight machines and way to many cardio machines. The last time here, I was working out on an assisted bench press machine. A female member approached me and asked if I could find her when I was finished. I said I would look for her when finished. After finishing on the machine, I wiped it down. I looked but did not see the female member who approached me earlier.
I proceeded to sit down and work out with the free weights. I felt a hard push to my back. When I turned around I saw it was from the female member I spoke with earlier. She yelled why didn’t you come get me. I said I did not see her when finished. She was very hostile and verbally continued to be aggressive. I approached the front desk and asked to speak with the manager. After talking to several employees, finally I was asked by a Blink employee to come back to the office where I spoke with a female manager. She advised she would speak with the female I had the altercation with.
I worked out in the elliptical area during this time because I did not feel comfortable being around the female member. After thirty minutes no one that worked at gym approached me to followup. As I was leaving, I approached the managers office. I advised I was concerned that there had not been any followup from the incident I described. She said she wasn’t aware she needed to followup with me. However, she did advise she talked to the member and a note had been placed in her membership file and any further incidents could result in cancellation of membership.
I asked if she looked at the cameras to confirm my story or ask any other members in the area what happened. She advised the cameras were not in that area and that she didn’t want to inconvenience other members by talking about the incident. The manager said the female member did acknowledge ‘tapping” me on the back. I feel any kind of unwelcome or unexpected physical touching is inappropriate especially in a gym environment where there is risk of injury when you are lifting weights. I asked if she could disclose if the female member just went to that Blink location, because I could simply go to another Blink location to avoid the situation. She advised she couldn’t tell me this. Very dissapointed in the management at this location.

For someone slowly getting back into fitness, this place is grand. I go during the daytime. To me, it is not crowded at all. I can do an hour cardio, and not feel pressured. I watch more television here than at home. CNN, Fox 5 Good Morning New York, Charmed, a show about young sexy witches or something like that. All there. While I fat burn.
The staff is pleasant. The place is clean. I am not sure about the scale’s calibration though. Just sayin’
For cleanliness and niceness and availability, they are ranked higher than several Blinks in Manhattan and the Bronx. But head and shoulders over Planet Fitness! Three heads!!!

Good deal for $ 15, but patience is required to not end up a pissy mess.
Employees are all really, really nice and are always ready to help. They didn’t pressure me to try to sign up and didn’t pressure me to join. The manager is so beyond friendly; I just love her. She does her best to stay aware of customer issues and to rectify them as quickly as possible. Given how attentive she is, i assume the problems with the gym are based on corporate level decisions and not on her own ability to work. She patiently listened to all my concerns and told me what she’s already doing to solve them, as she saw similar issues.
Trainers are really friendly, and dealt with me kindly and patiently when I was angry my first day there about having to wait so long for basically everything lol. They’ll converse with you and help make you comfortable. You’ll get a free, hour long session with a trainer, and then it’s $ 30 for a 30 min session after that. They’re really great.
The reason for the three stars is that there are WAYYY too many cardio machines in ratio to weights and equipment. The gym gets very, very crowded. The music is so-​so.
I ALWAYSSSSSSS have to wait to use the weights, which are also nearly never put back. I feel like a crab in a barrel trying to find space to actually squat, do lunges, barbell rows or anything like that, and often end up in a corner somewhere, four inches from the glute machine or something.
The stretching/​floor space area is too small to be useful, and is nearly always packed. Plus, as a female, since it faces the whole gym, I feel like everyone gets the opportunity to stare at you while you’re stretching, jumping, or what have you. I’m not actually a shy person, but this brings it out in me. Continuing, one always, ALWAYS has to hunt to find a bench and then has to basically stake one’s claim on it for the entirety of your workout, which messes up your workout flow. You always have to wait for the Smith machines, pulley machines, or to use the linear leg press — there’s only one of these pretty essential machines, but hey, there’s 82 715 169 944¹⁰ cardio machines, 60+% of which are never in use, so all’s good, right? You’ll have to hunt for lighter plates when you want to balance out your weights, and nearly always have to either ask to cut in or share weights or will have someone else ask you. Can’t blame em — no darn space in here.
Bathrooms are always clean, although the space around the sinks is always wet and often has a little bit of hair around it, because females apparently don’t understand that no one else wants to wash their hands around your dead hair. Chicks can be so gross! The employees though do do a VERY good job of keeping the place very, very clean, including the toilets and showers, all of which have strong water pressure.

I’ve probably given the Planet Fitness on 157^th and Broadway $ 150 — $ 200 of my hard-​earned money (easily) since I joined in the summer of 2013… and have yet to use it their facilities, because I always go to this Blink for free with the beau, thanks to his guest pass. One day, I’ll get around to mailing in that certified letter in which I cancel that P.F. membership, I SWEAR…
Located a hop, skip, and jump away from the A Train at 125^th, this Blink is in the basement of a large building housing a DSW above it. (Yes, work out, THEN shop for shoes!) It’s windowless, causing perhaps the slightest bit of claustrophobia, but you get over it quickly. I can’t compare it to any other Blink, as I’ve only been to this one, but it’s sizable enough and has the few machines /​pieces of equipment that I need to do my basic work out routines. Their ellipticals purr like kittens, their rowing machines make my shoulders cry in a good way, and their arm machines allow me to build the slightest muscle definition for my little chicken arms. The staff is friendly and unobtrusive. The women’s locker room is pretty pristine any time I’ve been.
This is a simple gym that provides the equipment I need in a comfortable environment. I’m not a gym rat. I’m just trying not to keel over and die anytime soon. I can get my cardio and (admittedly pathetic) strength work done and happily call it a day when I’m done here.

Very clean and friendly employees who work there! Seriously! One of the better Blink locations I have been too. Not over crowded, nor did I have to wait on any equipment. Men’s locker room is very small but workable so not much to complain about.

This gym is a nice, large, clean gym with welcoming attendants.
I’ve only seen one machine broken in my entire time going to this location (1 year). When this gym is packed, there is still enough space to do your workouts comfortably. A good place to workout.

The atmosphere is cool and everybody is polite, but if you want to use the Olympic bars, you’ll have to wait a bit or come early, like opening time early.

Totally misinformed about the cancellation policy when I signed up by a team member who obviously just didn’t know what he was talking about. Unfortunately I pay the price, not them.
Also if its truly a user friendly gym, whats up with the cancel in person policy? Super frustrated.
Was thinking of switching to a different location when I move but obviously not now.
Otherwise a nice gym but look for the policies yourself on the website if you do decide to join, its cheap so maybe the employees don’t get trained on their own policies.

Good Price
I had issues with the spacing. Also There is only one bench. I can’t see this running well on a crowded day. Its clean, I like the gym layout, but it is small.

I really like this gym. It’s bright clean and fun to workout in.
Yes, sometimes it’s busy and you’re kinda left waiting around for a machine but that’s my only complaint.
Oh, I spoke with one of the staff about getting hair dryers in the women’s bathroom. It’s kinda hard bending over to dry your hair under the hand dryer.

I love blink. But NOT this location
No wifi, machines are not stable! I was using the treadmill and it was tilting left and right… Seriously tho???
Dirty showers
General gym ‘mode’- dead. I love working out at Bryant park and penny plaza. Best ever!
Good luck

I was happy with Blink until I tried to cancel… which really ruined the whole experience.
I have to give 45 days notice AND either cancel in person or via certified mail AND pay $ 60 cancellation fee. This must be why it is such a cheap up front fee — they lure you in and then make it difficult/​expensive to cancel.
Blink, I don’t think this is a good marketing strategy, because while I was previously recommending the gym to other people, I won’t be doing that any more.

I had a membership here for a short time during the winter. I mainly just needed a place to use cardio equipment before the weather was warm enough for outdoor runs. I have to say I was pretty impressed with Blink. The membership rates are so cheap, which can sometimes mean overcrowded and not so well maintained facilities. That didn’t seem to be the case here. Anytime I came in to work out there was plenty of available equipment and it was always kept clean. They have a good selection of cardio equipment (lots of it!) and some weight machines as well as a small area designated for floor work.
If you’re looking for a no frills gym that’s inexpensive and if group classes are not something you need, than this is a great option.