Look here is the deal with the place from a climbers perspective. If your a major gumby as we all were once bkb is the best place to go and spend your hard earned money on bells and whistles. Look guys yeah the actual space has the most climbing surface out of any nyc gym. But its the attitude behind bkb which makes it such a gummball paradise ( and therefore unatractive to someone who wants to just crush). Its “sweet” they have extra toys like slacklines and “dope vibe builders” like yoga classes but this is all to attract gumby retards who will drop hundreds of dollars on shoes and membership only to quit after floundering on some V0′s for a month, then they will move on to a spin class or maybe the p90x.

What upset me most about this place was not the annoying gumbies (fuck it we all were once) it was the grading system. No one on here has mentioned that thier grades a beyond soft, they are straight jello dude. And the reason for this goes along with the theme of it being a business over supporting our sports culture and scene. They set weak V5′s and throw a V7+ label on iy, yeah, lol almost V7. They want people to feel good about themselves climbing there as opposed to other gyms or even outside thats why they do it. After all when you spend 100 on chris sharmas signature model shoe it sucks when after 3 months your still peeling off of a V2, so why not just call it V4!