VITAL Climbing Gym - Brooklyn

Great setting, people were generally quite nice and the facilities are rather clean. Also quite decent music selection and nice space to do co-working. Now my second favorite gym in the city (behind GP81). I do have some gripes with it though: - Not enough changing rooms/shower/bathrooms so there was a line even though when I went it wasn't that crowded - There seems to be too much fitness equipment. Would rather have more climbing walls. - At least 3 different boulders were marked as out of commission for maintenance which is a lot. - The acro-yoga/aerial class also requires taking an area of the bouldering out of commission. Would make a lot more sense if it took the fitness space out of condition.

Great space to train. Weight lifting area has lots of variety. Also- such nice people behind the desk. Here’s what happened: I was in my frantic rush to change outta gym pants and into casual stretch Levi’s. Comfy. But when I got home, wallet was gone! It must have blown outta my pocket. So I inform the young Michael on the telephone. He tells young Alex. The junior detectives were on the case and in less than 12 hours, the lost wallet had been found. Give them a RAISE please

My friend and I went to Vital on Saturday! Our first visit to an indoor climbing gym. We both loved how polite the staff and people were to us. We came during Vital Brooklyn’s birthday, so it was busy. For a busy day was decently cleaned. My only criticism is on the rental shoes section. A staff member told me to pay for rental shoes. Yet, I paid already with a different staff member upfront. While it’s not the second staff member’s fault. He could’ve double confirmed with me if I had to pay for a second time. Thankfully, I am trying to get a refund from that error.

I've only been here 3 or 4 times, but it is my favorite climbing gym in the western Queens/northern Brooklyn area. I prefer bouldering on my own. This place is cool and has good vibes. Like most climbing gyms, everybody (staff and users) is friendly. I came here years ago not long after it opened and since then, they have offered me a free climb on my birthday each year. It's not much, but it does keep me coming back and reccomending it. My birthday is coming up, and they just sent me another "come and climb for free" offer. It is the day that I get to shirk all my responsibilites and get to do this for myself. Thank Vital - my favorite recreational activity on my birthday! I'm only sorry that I don't get to come in more often. Update: I’m here in my birthday. Thanks again Vital! Great bouldering facility (only some of the first floor is pictured). Even the individual bathrooms are clean and smell nice! Gotta go climb!

This gym is epic. The day I went they had a citizens comp that morning. They had reset 3/4 of the gym with compstyle boulders labeled 1 to about 45. The higher the number the harder the bolder. They had really good quality comp style problems in the v3 to v6 range, which is incredibly rare to find. All of the popular movements and styles were represented. I was able to climb up to about number 30, which felt around v7. The other part of the gym with the more traditional boulders was also excellent. The quality of the route setting in this gym is just about the best I've ever seen in over 50+ gym visits. It's a modern climbing style, not like the stuff you would find out west, but really high quality gym style climbing with the latest and greatest holds, the largest and most exotic assortment of volumes I have ever seen, stacked and inverted and doing all kinds of crazy stuff. There's a rooftop open-air bouldering area which is insane, but I went in November and you could only really climb in the middle of the day. However at night they had a huge fire pit blasting away and you could sit and look at the city. For architecture and amenities this gym was outstanding. Unfortunately the bathrooms were dirty, and the gym seems understaffed. The day pass is $35 but because of the citizens comp I only paid $20. It seems expensive but if you love climbing and have the chance to check out this gym, it'll be a legendary experience.