Crunch - 59th Street

Very good gym! Huge climbing wall. Free wifi. Good variety of group fitness classes. The only downsides: showers have no personal undress / dress space, and crowded classes.

This is the biggest Crunch in New York City and my favorite.

They have three floors. The top floor is the entrance and you take a winding stair case down to the second floor. The top floor also has a "pitstop" where they have shakes, juices, and snacks. The pitstop should open at 6, but sometimes they are late. The gym opens at 5AM.

The second floor has the locker rooms, a plethora of cardio machines (by plethora I mean plethora). They range from treadmills, to elliptical, to stair masters, to bikes, etc. All their equipment is pretty brand new, as they got new ones in late last year.

The second floor also has a boxing ring where they have boxing classes in (you can use it any other time). They also have some free weights and some machines where you can do circuit training. The also have a pilates reformer room on the second floor. Their locker rooms are huge and have a steam room and a separate sauna room.

The bottom floor is where the bulk of their free weights, machines, and hammer machines are. Everything is brand new here also. They have a vast array of weights and it really is amazing.

They have 3 group class rooms here also (spin, aerobics and yoga). Although I do not do many classes, I always see the people in classes working it. Crunch is known for their classes and they do not disappoint.

Overall a great gym and the upfront payment definitely makes it worth is , if you can afford it.