Whether you're a seasoned climber or just getting started, this list of top climbing spots across the city has something for everyone no matter your skill level or style.
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Bouldering Project
This climbing gym offers over 16,000 square feet of fun for the whole family in its facility, which just reopened after a significant renovation. With climbing walls, yoga and fitness studios, social spaces and more, this is one of New York's hottest new climbing spots. 575 Degraw St.
Brookyln Boulders
Brooklyn Boulders (BKB) is New York City's premier urban climbing destination, combining over 22,000 square feet of bouldering terrain with a vibrant fitness and coworking community. It was founded in 2009 in Gowanus and is built on inclusivity, welcoming climbers, creatives and fitness lovers of all levels with programs like “Climb Like a Girl,” LGBTQ+ nights and adaptive climbing. 23-10 41st Ave, Queens.
Central Rock Gym
With locations on the west side and in Chelsea, this gym features 10,000 square feet of climbing in both of its Manhattan locales. Numerous different youth programs and classes for all levels of expertise foster community in a world-class gym space. Multiple locations
Chelsea Piers
This popular fitness space offers two different climbing walls for climbers of all ages. The field house has a 23-foot wall with open climbing, including belays fit for children and beginners, and the rock wall in Chelsea Piers Fitness is one of the largest and most challenging in the city, open to ages 16 and older only. 60 Chelsea Piers
MetroRock Bushwick
This Bushwick gym is a climbing lover's dream. With classes for beginners and experts, personal training sessions and even yoga classes to cool down and relax after a workout, this facility offers everything you need and more to enhance your climbing skills. 321 Starr St., Brooklyn
VITAL Climbing Gym
With three locations in Brooklyn, West Harlem and the Upper East Side, this is the perfect spot to get your climb on. With numerous different clinics to choose from, private lessons and cross-training in their fitness and gym areas, this climbing gym is constantly updating and rearranging its walls for something new to try each visit. Multiple locations
Movement
Three different NYC locations (LIC, Harlem and Brooklyn) make Movement an excellent choice for climbers of all ages and skill levels. You'll find rope and boulder problems, climbing caves, fitness centers complete with yoga classes and events such as member mixers and queer climb night at Movement locations. Grab a day pass, which gives you access to the climbing gym, fitness areas and locker rooms, and see how you like the facilities. Multiple locations
Whether you’re a climbing pro or just starting out, these gyms promise a great time. Harness up, chalk your hands, and enjoy the climb in NYC!
