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Movement Gowanus
4.6 ★★★★★ 665 Google reviews · Climbing gym in Brooklyn, New York
Rock-climbing facility with bouldering, top-rope options, showers, saunas, and a small gym area.
Plan your visit
- Day pass around $37 — check current rates; most gyms price gear rental separately and discount off-peak
- Gear rental available — the gym mentions rentals; shoes typically run ~$5–8 and a harness is often bundled with a ropes pass
- Waiver always required at climbing gyms — sign it online before you go to skip the front-desk line
- Belaying ropes gyms teach belaying or check your certification at the desk; bouldering and auto-belays need no partner and no belay test
- First timer? bouldering needs zero experience — rent shoes and walk in; staff will point you at the easiest problems
- Kids programs classes, camps, or youth teams mentioned — check the current schedule
- Yoga & fitness mentioned alongside the climbing — ask about the class schedule and what a pass includes
- Café on site somewhere to grab a coffee and hang out between climbs
- Memberships available — worth asking about if you'd climb more than a few times a month
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (929) 567-7625
- Website movementgyms.com
Hours
| Monday | 7 AM–11 PM |
| Tuesday | 7 AM–11 PM |
| Wednesday | 7 AM–11 PM |
| Thursday | 7 AM–11 PM |
| Friday | 7 AM–11 PM |
| Saturday | 9 AM–10 PM |
| Sunday | 9 AM–10 PM |
What's inside
“1st floor has front desk, climb shop, bouldering, top rope training room and two couches for people to relax on.”
“1st floor has front desk, climb shop, bouldering, top rope training room and two couches for people to relax on.”
“Clean and huge climbing facility, good working out place for both boulderer and top rope/lead climbers.”
“They have considerable options for auto belay.”
“The change rooms have saunas and foot showers which is really nice The setting is interesting and there was a lot of fun problems.”
“Second usable floor is bouldering, fitness center, yoga studio, kilter boards.”
What climbers say again and again
“Clean and huge climbing facility, good working out place for both boulderer and top rope/lead climbers.”
“The change rooms have saunas and foot showers which is really nice The setting is interesting and there was a lot of fun problems.”
“Fun events, cool meet ups, amateur competitions, cool clinics (route setting clinic was great) find a belay partner nights, climbing league, etc.”
“I'm traveling and tend to visit a lot of climbing gyms, this is one of my favorites (and the first time I've seen a $34 day pass)”
“They have considerable options for auto belay.”
From the reviews
This place is amazing. First time me and my wife got into climbing. This facility is CLEAN. And it’s 3 floors of usable space. 1st floor has front desk, climb shop, bouldering, top rope training room and two couches for people to relax on.
This place is the Disneyland of climbing gyms. Each floor of this new dog-friendly facility is jaw dropping. Two full floors of bouldering, one full floor of top roping, a mega locker room with showers, towels, and sauna, a store with a great variety of climbing gear, an indoor bike room, a separate top roping room…
I love this gym and think it's the best in NYC. I've climbed at almost every gym in NYC (need to revisit Central Rock), have been a member at both Brooklyn Boulders and Vital, and have to say that the culture that's being created here is pretty awesome.
It’s a very big and nice gym, many walls to boulder and to do top rope. They have considerable options for auto belay. The downside is that the gym is always too crowded for my personal taste. Sundays end of the afternoon/evening is less busy so I find it more enjoyable.
Birthday parties at Movement Gowanus
Movement Gowanus hosts birthday parties — confirmed on their own site. Climbing parties come with staff who handle the harnesses and belaying, so parents can mostly watch. One thing that's different here: every guest needs a signed waiver — send the gym's waiver link to the other parents when you send invites, or check-in day gets slow. Packages, party rooms, and pricing change often, so check the current options and book ahead — weekend slots go fast at popular gyms.
Kids classes & camps at Movement Gowanus
Reviews and the gym's own info mention kids programs at Movement Gowanus — climbing classes, school-break camps, or a youth team where kids learn technique from coaches instead of just scrambling around. Program schedules and age groups change each season, so check the current lineup before you plan around one.
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