If you are a New York City resident, this is a great place to get in shape and exercise for very…read morereasonable prices. There is a basketball gym, indoor track above the gym, table tennis, racquetball courts, gym equipment and computers. There is also an ice skating rink and Olympic sized pool. Staff are kind and helpful. Many programs and scheduled activities. I will be 62 in January and all access will be $25/year. For younger members Gym plus pool $150 for the year. There is plenty of parking. Opens at 6am. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

This Rec Center in Flushing is OKAY for the price and location. I like that the price of $150/year…read moreis not too bad. If you're between the ages of 18-24, you pay only $25/year which is a great deal. I paid $75 for 6 months, and that gives me access to both this Rec Center and the Aquatic Center in Flushing Meadows Park, as well as, any affiliated Rec Center in the 5 boroughs. Plenty of parking available on the street, or you have the option of parking in their lot but there's limited spaces there. And underneath the highway, there's parking available there as well. Inside, once you scan in at the front desk, there's 3 rooms: cardio, free weights and multi-purpose machines. Down the center hall, there's 2 well maintained racquetball courts, and past that is a children's play room and the main gymnasium for basketball and ping pong, as well as, an indoor track. Their racquetball courts cost $7/hour, and the price includes a ball and racket. However, they don't accept cash strangely enough, only credit/debit and check. All 3 rooms are have pretty much the same dimensions..and I pretty much feel the same way about all of them: too small, during busy hours you feel really congested in there. A few of the machines in the multi-purpose room were out-of-order. Treadmills and elliptical machines are not well spaced out. Plus there's no air circulation of any kind making the air in the room really dense. Legit almost feels like a sauna in all 3 rooms. Locker rooms and rest rooms seem well maintained and are relatively clean. There's plenty of decent sized lockers available. Overall, an OKAY Rec Center that can definitely use some improvements!

I love the facility Period! But of course as with most city own business theres always the issue of…read moregood Organizational skills. U never ever can go here and the schedules are consistent. Especially for the pool. I find this to be one of the worst issues to me personally." Anyway the pool is nice and it is a nice size." It would be nice to see the City either put stairs dn into the pool or a mobile stairwell that can easily be added so that seniors and those with severe handicaps and arm injuries due to strokes or falls would not have to rely upon a lift that may malfunction at any given time or ladders that are OLD n VERY OUT-DATED." THE RUNGS ON THE LADDER R NARROW AND NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO REST YOUR FEET PROPERLY THERBY INSURING GOOD SUPPORT AS WELL AS BALANCE AND SAFETY." Every time they hv done renovations on the st johns center I always pray they hv given the pool steps some much needed attention. But sad to say Im always VERY disappointed. DB

Great rec center for the community. I joined this location so that I can utilize the pool and the…read morelocation closes to me pool is under renovation. Membership fee is very affordable and be paid annually or semi annually. Sign up is very easy. Staff is friendly. There are a full program of activities that you can find the schedule online. There are different classes and pool times for free swim. I am here mainly for the swim but I have taken yoga class here and enjoyed it. There is a workout room, cardio machines, a dance studio and a gym. There are also music classes. Many activities for children and adults. The locker room is okay; it's at the basic level of clean. No frills, just bring everything that you need. I do wish there were more lap swim hours but outside of that I do not have complaints on the facility.

5 stars for this nice, clean, and huge Olympic sized pool…read more Negative 4 star for the staffs. They are lazy and very rude. Especially the fat white man. He sat on the bench on the third floor all the time, in front of the bathroom, and watched his phone.

Swimming is great !! Swimming at night is great not much people there. Saturday, Sunday, evening is…read moregreat!

Came here with a friend who was interested in checking out the Olympic Powerlifting team. I don't…read moreknow much about it, but she joined and I think she's enjoying it! I decided not to join because of the price and distance. Anyways, this review is for the weight room... if you could even call it that. Seriously, my tiny high school had a bigger and better weight room. I go to Asser Levy Recreation, so I guess I'm spoiled with a pretty nice gym considering the price. The weight room is a tiny little cage (literally, it is fenced in) in the basement, with one tiny mirror. Very limited machines, small range of dumbbell weights, no space to do any barbell exercises (deadlifts, squats, lunges....). There's a smith machine and one incline bench set-up. Just a disaster really. The cardio room had a decent amount of machines so that was nice. I guess I gave an extra star because it's cool that there's an olympic powerlifting team, and the place is cheap, and the basketball courts looked nice.

I was pretty bummed out when I learned that this was the closest rec center to me. The weight room…read moreis separated from the rest of the basement area by walls constructed of wood and chicken wire. The cardio room is a long rectangle with machines down each side which are awkwardly placed. I didn't feel like this place was maximizing it's use of space. Also, the first treadmill I hopped on was broken. Seriously, only 3 of the buttons worked. In addition there are no locker rooms. Rather, there is one small row of lockers, many of which didn't appear to work, which are placed outside the restrooms. The only plus of this place is it's cost. $75 for a 6 month membership and $150 for a year's membership.

Nice track and football field. Super clean area and very decent track compared to others in the…read morearea. Good size parking lot.

Great space. Great staff. Great coaching. Great energy. I took my boys for some baseball…read morecoaching--they are getting great skill development (batting, catching, throwing, etc.). In addition, Jesse is providing a lot of life coaching--confidence, grit, effort. We do 2 hours on the weekend--and, it's super engaging. I highly recommend Jesse and The Cage--wish I knew about it years ago!

$35 for half an hour $55 for the hour…read more There's 4 cages available, and you need someone to feed the ball into the machine. It was tiring with just 2 guys, because you're constantly swinging and picking up balls. It was also really hot in there, came out looking like I hit the sauna. They provide the bats and a bucket for ball collection. I would come back if it's a rainy day, helps that this is indoors.

My daughter has been going here since kindergarten and she loves it. She learned how to swim, dance…read morea d made friends. Now she was doing volunteer work and still stops by to see the staff. Great community center.

Front desk woman is the antithesis of a customer service-oriented woman. I ask if I can do a day…read morepass and she looks at me like I am taking up her time and says "no." I ask her if I can try out the Y (which I have done at other Ys and she says "no" and then "it depends on the day of the week" and then "it depends on the time of day/session" - and it was open swim. Finally she agrees to go back and ask if I can try it out. She comes back and says I can do a guest pass for $20. I fill everything out and then she said that she'll only take cash which I don't have so I have to leave without a swim workout and having met a very unpleasant human.

This recreation center is named after the neighborhood volunteer group who conceived and…read moreconstructed the facility in June 2000: Astoria Residents Reclaiming Our World (A.R.R.O.W.). Situated next to a community garden, ARROW is a recreation center that offers innovative cultural and educational programs for children. The Center Manager for ARROW describes the facility as "small but extremely vibrant." For parents with infants and toddlers, ARROW provides classes that meet three times for an eight week program. Following the guidelines mandated by the New York State Department of Health, there is space for 20 participants in each class. However, these classes are rarely over-enrolled and there is always room to register. Created for children 18 months to two years, the Gymboree program is an energetic movement class. The Tiny Tots class, for the two to four year old age group, offers a more academic curriculum of singing and dancing, learning the alphabet, counting numbers, and arts and crafts. Like the after school programs at the other recreation centers throughout New York City, the structured after school program at ARROW gives children from six to thirteen years of age a safe and encouraging place in which to grow intellectually, physically, and emotionally. All city after school programs must conform to the School-Age Child Care Regulations of New York State, which ensures that there is one staff member to every three students. ARROW's after school students meet Monday through Friday from 3:00 to 6:00 pm. The center does not provide transportation for the after school program but can connect parents with private operators who can bus children into the facility. ARROW's after school curriculum runs the gamut of interesting activities ranging from homework help to learning art forms from other cultures. To get exercise, kids can receive instruction in playing basketball, kickball, volleyball, and soccer. All New York City recreation centers participate in sports tournaments within the boroughs and citywide. ARROW also has a separate room with eleven PC's and three iMacs where children can do their homework and enhance their computer skills. A Latin American artist living in Queens visits ARROW to give art classes to after school kids. Another cross-cultural class offered is capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, games, music, and dance. A local percussionist and composer, comes to the center to teach guitar and percussion instruments. At the end of this six week course, students give performances and create DVD's of their own music. The teen program at the center convenes afternoons and evenings where participants can receive instruction in basketball, capoeira, guitar, and computer and video editing. ARROW hosts many free events to the public throughout the year such as a Halloween Haunted House, an Thanksgiving feast, and a Cinco de Mayo celebration.

Cosy little park with an adjacent community center. They have a well-equipped computer lab (where I…read morevolunteer) and offer computer classes for seniors. Nice to give back. Nice to give back.

Community Rec Centers are one of my favorite resources and community centers are pillars to the…read morecommunity . This chapter in my life is increasing financial freedom, so I eliminated the monthly gym membership for a community membership of $50 every 6 months . You can't beat that ! Brownsville Rec center membership access includes access to a gym, fitness classes, skill development classes, and etc . This center also offers sign language and french classes. I would love to learn a new language outside the norm . But as I'm increasing my financial freedom journey, I'm also increasing my fitness journey with now being a member of Brownsville Recreation Center . The location is also close to a train station which is convenient and 20 mins from my house . The only reason why I have the center 4 starts is because of no pool access at the moment . It's in process and some fitness equipment needs updating however I know how to work around it . Great resource for the community .

WHO: party of 1 WHY: swim class…read moreWHAT: (Deets) I arrived for swim class thinking the facility would have towels. The joke was on me. That aside...the staff was attentive and courteous. The facility, including the pool, was clean. The registration process was painless...AND there was a Mother's Day Celebration happening, so my foodie brunch needs were met for no additional cost!! WHEN: 5/13/17 WHERE: swimming pool area HOW: car/ bike/ public transportation B15, B35, L Train BATHROOM (in the separate gender locker room): 2 stalls, multiple shower stalls WIFI: *shrug* DRESS CODE: as you like SERVICE: Swift, courteous BOTTOM LINE: I will return repeatedly. TIP: 15% of annual membership with NYCID