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Central Rock Gym
Climbing gyms on the Upper West Side (West End Ave) and in Chelsea, with day passes and classes for all experience levels.
- To try it
- Price on their site
- What it is
- Climbing gym
- Where
- Uptown, Midtown
- When
- Manhattan: Mon & Fri 8am–11pm, Tue & Thu 10am–11pm, Wed 6am–11pm, Sat–Sun 8am–9pm. Chelsea: Mon/Wed/Fri 12–10pm, Tue/Thu 10am–10pm, Sat–Sun 10am–9pm
What to expect
Drop in with a day pass and climb all day. The site has a First Time Climbers guide for people new to climbing.
What it costs
Day-pass price not shown on the location pages. Current offer: join for $35 (covers the first month) and get the rest of October free, then $140/month from November 1.
That's what their own site said on October 14, 2026. Prices change; the booking page has today's.
New to it? They say beginners are welcome.
Season
Year-round
Where
- Manhattan (West End Ave)
21 West End Ave, New York, NY 10069 - Chelsea
537 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001
We haven't been yet.
Everything here comes from their own website, checked on the date above. We'll say when we've tried it ourselves. How we pick.
Checked at: centralrockgym.com/manhattan/, centralrockgym.com/chelsea/, centralrockgym.com/locations/
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