Blink Fitness (PureGym)

Reviews

• KE

  Kevin Escobar

  3 days ago
  4.0
  I have been going to this gym for a few years and it is a great location in the middle of Manhattan. I truly miss the towel machine and I wish they had at least another Smith machine and bench press benches for incline barbell presses. But the small gym gets the job done. People and staff are very friendly.
• TS

  Tal Sela

  Oct 29, 2025
  1.0
  My review will save you both time and money. Let me explain everything in detail so you fully understand what you’re getting into. Before you even consider joining this gym, you need to decide what’s more valuable to you: saving an extra $50 a month or saving 3–4 hours of your time every week. Because if you have any kind of structured workout plan - forget about it. You will not be able to follow it in this gym. The number of people here is absolutely overwhelming. Ever since they closed one of their location in the area, this gym has become insanely overcrowded. The line for every machine, dumbbell, and barbell is beyond ridiculous. A simple workout that should take 45–50 minutes will easily stretch to a minimum of 2 hours. There isn’t even enough room to do basic stretching, let alone any dynamic exercises - just forget about those entirely. The only people I could recommend this gym to are those who don’t care about having a workout plan, don’t care about results, and just want to pay no more than $50 a month (not including annual fees, by the way). Cleanliness and organization have gone downhill ever since they rebranded. And to show you how the company views its members: the squat rack area has been closed for six months with a sign saying it will “reopen soon with upgrades.” Six months later - still closed, still unusable. If you want to spend your time in a gym where it’s impossible to train properly or stick to any plan, then by all means, this is the gym for you. But if you care about results, value your time, and don’t want to wait 20 minutes just to use a barbell - absolutely do not join this gym. On top of that, it’s beyond me why such a massive space is dedicated to cardio machines, half of which sit unused most of the time, while the free weights area is so overcrowded you can’t even do a simple lateral raise without bumping into someone. The staff doesn’t really care, but I don’t blame them - it’s clearly a management issue. Bottom line: I do not recommend this gym to anyone who is serious about achieving results. If you don’t care, and your only priority is paying the lowest possible membership fee - then, as they say, welcome. P.S. And this is me not even going into the fact that people have been getting their belongings stolen in the locker room more and more often. The sanitation, cleanliness, and overall maintenance in the locker rooms and bathrooms have hit rock bottom. The showers have become downright unbearable - there are constantly sketchy individuals hanging around, and the smell is absolutely disgusting. But honestly, it’s not surprising, considering the company clearly doesn’t care about its clients. So yes, I 100% do NOT recommend this gym.
• KK

  K

  Oct 22, 2025
  2.0
  Cramped, hot and crowded all the time. It's likely overpopulated here because Blink Grand Central closed down last year.
• JB

  Justin Brill

  Oct 21, 2025
  2.0
  Pretty dirty, dead cockroaches on lockerroom floors, The leg area has been closed for almost 6 months or something. They put in a bunch of new treadmills with TVs, but the TVs don't work, so you just stare at your reflection because you can't really see the old TVs now. No incline bench, not enough flat benches or weight lifting equipment in general, but there's tons of cardio equipment that not a lot of people use in the morning, at least. Just kind of a basic, dirty gym with a mostly indifferent staff, but at least it's cheap.
• AC

  Alyson Chen

  Oct 20, 2025
  1.0
  Extremely busy and felt stuffy. I had to leave immediately because there were so many people it just felt uncomfortable. This is not so much the gyms fault but i think it could use more air conditioning

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