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Movement Gowanus

Brooklyn, New York, United States

  • Top Rope
  • Lead Climbing
  • Auto Belay
  • Bouldering
  • Speed Climbing
Movement Gowanus is a 36,000 sq ft, three-floor climbing gym between Cobble Hill and Park Slope in Brooklyn, with bouldering, top-rope, lead and auto-belay walls up to 45 feet, a dual speed wall, a board room, yoga and fitness classes, saunas and a roof deck.

About

Movement Gowanus

Movement Gowanus is on Butler Street, between Cobble Hill and Park Slope, a short walk from Hoyt–Schermerhorn, Bergen Street and Union Street subway stations. It opened in March 2022 as The Cliffs at Gowanus and now trades as Movement, like the other Cliffs gyms. At 36,000 sq ft over three floors, Movement calls it the largest climbing gym in New York City.

Climbing

  • More than 300 boulder problems and top-rope and lead routes, on walls up to 45 feet tall
  • Auto-belays for climbing ropes without a partner
  • A dual 10-metre speed wall
  • A board room with LED-lit system training boards

New climbers can start with a 90-minute Introduction to Bouldering or Introduction to Rope Climbing class and keep climbing afterwards; belayers must pass a belay check and be at least 13. Learn to Lead, intermediate technique and lead-falling classes, an anchor-building course, private coaching and an adult training team take climbers further, and new sets can be followed on the KAYA app.

Beyond the walls

There is a fitness floor with strength and cardio equipment, a yoga studio with classes most days, HIIT, Pilates and climber conditioning, locker rooms with showers and saunas, a gear shop and a roof terrace looking towards Manhattan. The building has lifts and accessible toilets. Youth climbing clubs, school-break camps and competitive teams run through the year, and community groups meet here, including BIPOC, queer femme, adaptive and sober climbing nights. The gym hosted two rounds of Movement's Nor'Easter Bouldering Series in 2025–26, including the superfinals.

Prices

As we last found them. Prices change, so check the wall's website before you go.

Day pass
$37

- Prices exclude sales tax

- Child day pass: $26

- Student day pass: $32, Monday to Friday before 17:00 with a current student ID

- Active-duty military, seniors (65+), teachers and first responders: 10% off day passes ($33)

- 7-visit pass: $231, transferable, never expires and valid at any Movement gym

- Gear rental: shoes $7, harness $5, chalk $3, or all three for $12

- Introduction to Bouldering or Introduction to Rope Climbing class: $49 (free for members), and you can keep climbing afterwards

- 15-day trial membership: $49, with gear rental and both intro classes included

Membership
$140a month

- Monthly recurring membership: $140 a month plus a $49 initiation fee; prices exclude sales tax

- Student rate (under 18, high school and full-time college students): $119 a month

- Household membership: second adult $119 a month

- Annual membership from $1,540

- 30-day short-term membership: $169

- Peak Performance Team (adult training team): $200 a month for Level 1, $215 for Level 2, membership included

- No initiation fee for active-duty military, seniors (65+), teachers and first responders, or after a trial membership

- Membership includes climbing, yoga and fitness classes at every Movement gym

As the wall announced them. Plans change, so check with the wall before you go.

  • Social

    Halloween Headlamp Climb Night

    $18.50 non-members, free for members

    The lights go off on the ropes floor for two hours of climbing by headlamp, with themed routes, a costume contest and sweets. Bring a headlamp or borrow one while they last.

  • Social

    The Phoenix Group Meet-Up

    Free

    Sober climbing meet-up run by the NYC chapter of The Phoenix, a free recovery community. The only requirement is 48 hours of continuous sobriety; friends and family are welcome. Sign up on The Phoenix's website.

  • Social

    ParaCliffHangers Meet-Up

    Adaptive climbing meet-up hosted by ParaCliffHangers for climbers with disabilities and the people who climb with them.

  • Social

    The Phoenix Group Meet-Up

    Free

    Sober climbing meet-up run by the NYC chapter of The Phoenix, a free recovery community. The only requirement is 48 hours of continuous sobriety; friends and family are welcome. Sign up on The Phoenix's website.

  • Social

    BIPOC Meetup

    $15 for non-members, free for members

    Monthly climb night for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour climbers of every level, hosted by the BIPOC Climbing Collective, with bouldering and ropes.

Key Features

Types of Climbing

  • Rope (any)
  • Top Rope
  • Lead Climbing
  • Auto Belay
  • Bouldering (any)
  • Speed Climbing

Climbing Training

  • Training Walls (any)
  • Digital Board
  • Speed Wall

Gym Facilities

  • Gym (any)
  • Free Weights
  • Cardio
  • Yoga Studio

Access

  • Memberships
  • Single Day Passes
  • Multi-day Passes
  • Student Discounts

Equipment Hire

  • Shoe Hire
  • Chalk Hire
  • Harness Hire

Other Amenities

  • Merchandise Shop
  • Changing Rooms
  • Lockers
  • Showers
  • Toilets
  • Sauna

Classes & Programs

  • Classes (any)
  • Beginner Classes
  • Advanced Classes
  • Family Classes
  • Kids Classes
  • Local Competitions
  • Yoga Classes
  • Fitness Classes
  • Team Building
  • Private Instruction
  • BIPOC Programs
  • LGBTQ+ Programs

Venue Type

  • Climbing Gym

What climbers say about Movement Gowanus

4.6 out of 5from 695 reviews on Google

“Love coming to this gym. There are always a few bouldering sets that I find myself projecting on, rope climbs that intrigue me and they've recently been setting fun puzzles next to the speed wall.”

Google review,

“It was very well ventilated and clean overall. It’s pretty cool how they have multiple floors and so much climbing space. It was also easy to find parking around the area”

Google review,

“UPDATE: the setting here seems like it gets worse every time I come here. And the bathroom hygiene is getting worse too. Really the only reason to come here anymore is to rope up.”

Google review,

Ratings as each site showed them in October 2026.

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How climbers have done climbs at Movement Gowanus, played from where they were posted. Walls reset their climbs every few weeks, so check when each was posted.

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  • V2 with interesting setting

    • Bouldering
    • V2 · Beginner

    By @movementgymsnyc on Instagram ·

  • Advanced category boulder at The Giant Awakens 2025

    • Bouldering
    • Ungraded
    • Comp style

    By davididontknow on YouTube ·

  • V5 dyno

    • Bouldering
    • V5 · Intermediate
    • Dynos

    By Inspired Green on YouTube ·

  • V5 boulder

    • Bouldering
    • V5 · Intermediate

    By Inspired Green on YouTube ·

  • V5 boulder

    • Bouldering
    • V5 · Intermediate

    By Inspired Green on YouTube ·

  • Yellow V7

    • Bouldering
    • V7 · Advanced

    By Michael Kim on YouTube ·

  • V6 boulder

    • Bouldering
    • V6 · Advanced

    By Inspired Green on YouTube ·

  • V2 boulder

    • Bouldering
    • V2 · Beginner

    By chrisgopherrong on YouTube ·

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