Crunch Fitness - Flatbush

The location of this gym is a plus as it’s close to home, and the staff is always friendly. The hours are also very convenient. Unfortunately, the machines are quite outdated, and several of them are often broken, which makes it hard to stay consistent with workouts. There are also times when cleanliness could be improved, especially when wipes aren’t available. With some upgrades to the machines and better maintenance, this gym could get 5 stars.

This guy builds this setup every day around 12 pm to film himself flexing, hogging half the dumbbell rack for hours. Staff doesn’t say a word… and he’s there for hours, so it’s damn near impossible to avoid him. Can someone do something about it?? The bathroom is always smelly (men and women) and tons of broken lockers. Lots of equipment need to be replaced here. Unfortunately this is what $20/mo gets you.

The facility itself is fine. This review is for the personal training program. Signing up for the training sessions was a really bad experience, where the manager tried to shame me into paying for more sessions than I could afford, and kept suggesting what my goals should be, rather than listening to me and meeting me where I was. I should have trusted my gut, but I signed up anyway because it seemed like an affordable option. My trainer seemed inexperienced and poorly trained, and pushed me too hard on multiple occasions, eventually resulting in a serious injury during a training session. At the time of my injury, none of the other trainers came over to assist my trainer, who clearly had no idea what to do. The management then made it difficult for me to cancel my personal training membership, trying to tell me I needed to come in person to sign a form, even though I was disabled due to the injury I got while under their care (eventually they budged on that, thankfully). I ended up needing surgery and months of physical therapy due to this injury. I would strongly recommend going elsewhere for personal training.

Would give it 0 if possible. Crunch is becoming a planet fitness really fast especially with locations like this . Besides it being over crowded there lay out of where machines are positioned feels like a 2 year old gave them the idea . No one wants to workout on top of each other . Very gimmicky and a lot of things not explained upon sign up also don’t get involved with personal training they will want your soul before u can cancel . I did notice there was an ownership change and you can really notice the difference in a negative way . Management is laid back and clueless to how a gym should be for its members. I can only imagine how there employees are treated considering there’s new faces all the time . If you’re looking for a gym that will be good for reaching your fitness goals this ain’t it .

I’m posting this review mostly bc I read the review from A Flores just now that presents this branch of Crunch as a 1-star experience. I can’t speak to her experience here but I’ve been coming for some weeks and I think that’s too harsh and blanket a criticism. However, as a Crunch member who trains at clubs all over, I see exactly what she’s complaining about. This location is uniquely dirty and broken down in specific areas. In the men’s locker room, for example, half the lockers don’t close and the vent in the ceiling is falling apart. But these issues could be fixed by handing one guy and drill and giving him 5 hours to work. I really recommend somebody do this. It’s true that the weight machines show signs of rust and there are little issues with a bunch of machines, which A Flores pointed out. But everything basically works fine. It’s well laid out. The staff and people here are friendly and just doing their thing. To the management: just take a day or two fixing up little stuff mostly in the locker rooms and everyone will be happier.

Of all of the gyms in this part of the neighborhood, the Crunch is definitely the best, both in range of equipment and in general vibe. I appreciate that for the most part, the people here will leave you alone unless you ask for help but will actually be helpful if you ask. That said, by no stretch of the imagination is this gym necessarily clean or orderly. There are maybe like two spray cleaner bottles per floor and you really have to look for them (so pretty much no one uses them), the weights are almost never in order and at any given time, there's usually at least one piece of equipment that's offline because it needs repairs. However, given that this is pretty normal for a commercial gym, I feel like I'm definitely getting what I pay for.

I travel for work and can confidently say this is the most disgusting crunch I have ever set foot in the entire country. Here’s an honest breakdown for those considering joining, because employees will incentivize members to leave reviews with name drops to boost numbers. The biggest thing I’ll mention is that the machines are UNSAFE. Every time I have come in, I have found a machine to be broken entirely with no out of order sign. Be aware and triple check before you start a lift because there is a very serious chance of injury. Atmosphere: The first thing you’ll notice when you enter is the smell. I have volunteered at animal shelters for well over a decade and am practically nose blind with an iron stomach. The smell is so rank that at times I had to pause mid workout to stop from gagging. It smells as if you walked into a middle school boys locker room that hasn’t been washed in years combined with something that died in the vents. The second thing you’ll pick up is how dirty the gym is. You’ll see empty water bottles and energy drink cans abandoned on the floor, wipes everywhere on the ground, and machines covered in dirt. Garbage cans at any given time are overflowing with garbage on the floors around it and no wipes in dispensers to clean after a workout. Be sure to watch your step because you’ll have to dodge abandoned dumbbells left and right. You’ll have a blast playing scavenger hunt while you try to find two of the same weights. The options for machines are abysmal compared to all the other crunches. You’ll find missing staples like smith machines, and extremely limited benches. It’s a true rarity to see someone return their weights or wipe down a machine. The worst offenders are always the Crunch Personal Trainers. People: Plan to have to adjust your workout. The gym is crowded with very limited machines and your fellow members will be a treat. The person I went with (a man) had the pleasant experience of men laughing at him, in his face, over the weight he was using. I had a more eventful leg day as a woman. I saw members recording me without my consent, men staring so intently I could feel them undressing me with their eyes (including gross staring from the Crunch trainers here) and the best, a man with a hand on his crotch while watching me do hip abductions. The personal trainers behavior can be described as the type of behavior you’d expect from someone who’s only marketable skill as an adult is picking up heavy things, and treat others as if they are above them because they can move said heavy things. You’ll have the fortune of shaking your workouts up because you’ll find the Crunch trainers using two, usually more, pieces of equipment at once (which isn’t ideal for a gym that is missing a lot of typical machines in the first place). If you assume because there’s abandoned weights or a corner to work out in a packed gym full of unracked weights that you can use it, you’re in trouble. The Crunch trainers will make sure to not only raise their voice, but condescend in a way that you would speak to a toddler. Truly a deplorable way for employees to speak to paying gym goers that I have yet to experience at any other location across the country.