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Visiting NYC? One-time visits and day passes.

In town for a few days and don't want to skip a workout, or want to try something you can't do at home? You don't need a membership. Plenty of NYC studios and gyms sell a single class or a day pass, and some things in the parks are free with no account at all. Here's what one visit costs, in each place's own words.

A single class or a day pass

A drop-in is one class; a day pass is the gym or climbing gym for the day. A class at Gibney is $22 and at Peridance $27, and Integral Yoga Institute charges $27 for a single hatha class. For a gym, Brooklyn Athletic Club sells day passes for $35, and at Gleason's, "The daily gym fee is $25".

Climbing gyms sell day passes too: $28 at VITAL in West Harlem and on the Upper East Side, plus 4.5% NYC sales tax, $34 at Brooklyn Boulders Queensbridge and $37 at Movement LIC. Some first-visit prices are open to anyone new to that studio, visitor or not: Overthrow Boxing's first class is $20 and SoulCycle's New Rider class $25.

Read the small print on free first visits, though. At Unity Jiu Jitsu, "visitors are always welcome", but the free first day is for people from the NY/NJ/CT area; for everyone else the drop-in is $40 a day on weekdays and $25 on weekends. The full list, with each place's price in its own words, is below.

Free, with no account

NYRR Open Run is a free weekly run or walk in neighborhood parks; you sign a one-time waiver online or at the park. Park running tracks and outdoor fitness equipment are free whenever the park is open, with nothing to sign. Front Runners New York calls its weekly fun runs great for new runners "and those visiting from other cities", and you don't need to be a member.

NYC Parks also runs free classes and walks; the ones coming up are on free this week, with the details for each. To see what's near where you're staying, filter the directory by the nearest subway station.

What to bring

Peridance asks visiting dancers to show a photo ID on their first visit, and suggests bringing some US cash in case a card from abroad gives trouble. At Gibney, everyone signs in with building security and "ID may be requested". Planet Fitness's pages listed ID, a towel and a lock on October 14, 2026; its site blocks our checks, so confirm there. Climbing gyms want a waiver or participant agreement first: Brooklyn Boulders suggests filling it in before your visit. Mendez Boxing requires hand wraps and gloves.

How booking works

Most studios sell single classes online: Gibney through a Mind Body account, Peridance at the desk, online or in the MindBody app, with registration opening five days ahead. Baby Cobra takes no reservations at all: you walk in and donate when you arrive, by cash or card. SoulCycle asks you to check in at the front desk at least 15 minutes before class. Unity says you don't need to ask: come in and the desk staff will set you up.

Easiest places to start

From our list, running now: the ones that say beginners are welcome first, then the free and cheapest. In their own words.

Not running right now: Eddie Stern Yoga at Broome Street Temple.

Every place that sells a single visit

All 34, A to Z, with the price in each place's own words. Check its page before you go: prices change.

Is this for me?

If you're here for a weekend, a drop-in class or a day pass is the easy way to keep moving without signing up for anything. If you want it free, the park tracks and NYRR Open Run cost nothing and need no account. Check each place's own page before you go: prices and times change, and this site can't book for you.

Ready to try it?

All 34 places in this guide, on one page, with prices to try. Narrow them by area or price there.

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We haven't done these ourselves yet.

The specifics come from each place's own website, checked on October 22, 2026. Prices and times change, so each place's page links to its live schedule. How we pick.

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