Chelsea Piers Fitness

By far the best gym I have ever been to in Manhattan! Immaculate facilities, tons of equipment, extraordinarily well-kept and fresh-looking locker room with an excellent sauna and steam room. However, what sets this place apart from the rest is the atmosphere and environment in the gym. It’s light and airy, with high ceilings and windows that let in tons of natural light, looking out to the river. Since it’s on a pier, you can even see the Statue of Liberty down the bay. It motivates me to come back every day. The sheer amount of activities here is mind-blowing, from the indoor track, boxing ring, volleyball, basketball, and pool. Even the stretching area is excellent, with the artificial turf. The cafe seating area can double as a coworking space with Wi-Fi and views looking south down the river. The coffee in the cafe is even good! They also offer a private locked bike storage area in the garage included in the membership. I can not say enough good things about this gym.

Terrible place, would not recommend. The owners and management are absolutely terrible. The gym is Cold all winter and hot all summer. And the price increases every year. Juicebar is just not good. No good food options and not updated nearly enough. Near equinox prices yet, less than half the locations of equinox lifetime or tmple. Sometimes members can't even use the facilities they pay for because of company events. The managers really just don't care. The staff is a rotating door new faces every week because they can't maintain their workers. Most employees I've spoken too are not happy with the job. The staff itself is great. It's the higher ups who are not. Big space though.

I had previously wrote a review that I'm sure was deleted by someone who curates these msges. Chelsea Piers is a large gym but much to expensive, and does not offer things you would expect from a gym of this size. A day pass is $100+ which is absolutely ridiculous. The membership itself will go up in price every year bringing the monthly membership price to $300 mo/. That is the reason they dont tell you the price until you come in. The staff is great but management is horrendous. Management is generally unhelpful or unresponsive. Seemingly more concerned about their bottom line as opposed to how much the customers actually enjoy their time at the gym. If there's an event going on and you wanted to work out, good luck. You just paid $300+ mo/ to not even be able to work out when you want. You have to go around their event schedule. Ridiculous when youre paying so much money, and when the price rises yearly.

Facility is fine. Canteen is HORRIBLE. - $7 for prepared oatmeal - $5 for two hard boiled eggs and a couple of leaves (FYI pret sells this for $2.50) -$6.50 for a small packaged protein shake with 20g of protein - $10 for chicken Caesar wrap… except there was next to ZERO chicken Quality and price are both missing the mark. You state you are trying to foster an environment that promotes a healthy lifestyle - your pricing and quality of food do not reflect that whatsoever. You’re already making a nice margin on the ~$300/month membership (taxed out) - why do you need to gouge us on the food too? Incredibly frustrating. Considering canceling just for this - false ethos.

I considered Equinox vs Chelsea Piers and Equinox is so far behind on the facilities! I know it is a bit off the usual way, but if you want to just just pick up weights but also have fun, CP is so much better! They have endless facilities of rock climbing, basketball, my fav sand volleyball, swimming pool, saunas, kickboxing, running track around the entire space, sun decks.. and even better they also have classes for all types of sports! In addition, for me the deal breaker was when I realized that Equinox didn't have working space. The CP has quiet booths and huge seating area where you can work with a really good wifi.

It wasn't my first time to enter a gym as a guest pass, but this was the first time for a receptionist to not know that they offered this option. They kept asking questions, then let us wait for the guy who showed us around, who also asked a couple of questions before doing so. Convenient place, but I didn't like the overall vibe of the staff.

POC, beware: I witnessed & endured harassment from a complete stranger & his boyfriend, referring to my hair texture & clothes being “low class”. This is what you get at Chelsea Piers in 2023. I’ve been going to CP since 1998. Until recently, it was a clean, modern, friendly place. Always premium experience that came with a reasonable cost. Now, they just price-gouge, and with no good reason. Aside from a few newer machines, CP has made no improvements. Linoleum floors that are peeling is what you’ll find in places like the TRX room, locker rooms that have made no change since built; The floors in places you expect to be sanitary, like steam/sauna are muddy and questionable. There’s nothing inspiring, modern or premium about the experience. Hand it to poor leadership that avoids interacting with guests, the desk is overstaffed by majority of employees are not working. Worst off, is expect your personal info to be shared with marketing companies. Very disappointed in Chelsea Piers.