Friday, May 31, 2013

Crunch moving to the Bowery; CB3 OKs New York Sports Club on Avenue A



The retail space at 2 Cooper Square has been empty since the apartments hit the market in 2009... apparently it won't be empty for too much longer... EVG reader Axis of Eville commented yesterday
that the Crunch gym on Lafayette was moving here to the Bowery and East Fourth Street in September.

And the city issued permits last week for Crunch signage here...



On the topic of gyms... As we noted last month, New York Sports Club was aiming to take over all of the floors above Gracefully on Avenue A near East Second Street...



... this moved a step closer to happening after Tuesday's full CB3 meeting ... CB3 approved "the BSA special permit application by New York Sports Club to operate a physical culture establishment/health club at 28-30 Ave A on the 2nd thru 5th floors with entrance on the 1st floor." The DOB still needs to approve the work permits. No timeline just yet when all this would happen...

Previously on EV Grieve:
RUMOR: New York Health & Racquet Club taking over the space above Gracefully on Avenue A (24 comments)

New York Sports Club in the works for Avenue A

6 comments:

Lauren said...

New York Sports Club or New York Health and Racquet club? Will Gracefully move or close?

EV Grieve said...

Hi Lauren,

It will be a New York Sports Club. (The New York Health and Racquet club was the early rumor.)

And Gracefully will remain where it is...

Anonymous said...

No need for a gym membership.

Eat better, walk much. Run to catch the occasional bus. Done.

LvV said...

8:53, please. Gyms are awesome. So you take the stairs sometimes, thumbs up, but some of us EVers are actual gym rats and that is OK too.

That said, I'll stick to the NYSC on Irving. 15 years!

Anonymous said...

I agree with LvV, the commenter at 8:53 is exactly the type of tired contrarian that comes to this site just to complain and poop on everything happening in life.

Anonymous said...

Oh nooooo! I've been going to that Lafayette Crunch for at least 7 years, precisely because it is in such a cool building with high ceilings...now it will be all squinched and claustrophobic and inconvenient...HATE.