24 Hour Fitness

I’ve been coming to this gym for years and will be moving on to another gym this year. Various machines have been broken for over two months now and there seemed to be no attempt to fix any or replace them. I have never seen a gym go this long with broken equipment.
When 24 Hour took over from Bally they promised us a revamp and new equipment. All that happened was a paint job and increased rates. I am absolutely disappointed and many other people that train in the gym are as well. 24 Hour needs to do better if you are going to remain open and increase gym fees.

I dropped my membership today because the facility at 245 – 24 Horace Harding Expressway in Little Neck, NY (closest to where I live) is/​has:
1. Dirty
2. Frequently-​closed dry sauna, steam room, and hot tub. Closures are arbitrary, or because they are often broken. Customers there joke (sadly) «any time people are enjoying themselves, they close it.» One time, it closed because the lifeguard quit a few minutes before I arrived.
3. Mold
4. No shower curtains
5. Small dry sauna and steam room. Smell like urine (probably from ammonia from sweat because they’re small and rarely cleaned).
7. Not allow books, magazines, or cell phones in dry sauna

My complaint with this gym is the total lack of ventilation and blasting heat in the fall and spring, no matter how warm it gets outdoors. In the summer there is minimal-​if any– air conditioning and it gets too uncomfortable to work out. Another issue is people forget to wipe down machines after use.

Me and my husband just quit this gym. We were there for more than a year. But just got tired of the crowded space, dirty and old equipment, dirty bathrooms. Nobody cleans the bathroom in Little neck. Sometimes the toliets does not even have toilet papers. You are in other people’s face when working out. It’s all cramped up. Leaving the gym was a good decision. The money we are paying is not worth it.

I have been to many locations and this location is a joke. The basement free weight floor is always a mess and unorganized.
But what really upsets me is that the «trainers» who are supposed to be observing their clients while they are doing their drills are too busy on their phones texting!!! Not paying any mind to their clients. Their phones shouldn’t be allowed during their sessions. Just a stop watch!
I highly suggest if you are a person that wants to hire a trainer, this location is not for you.

This gym needs a lot of improvements… My overall opinion is join Blink or Retro Fitness the machines are new and they offer better rates…
This gym is outdated… Locker room is nasty

I would say this gym was deplorable when it was under Bally’s maybe they were struggling financially so they wouldn’t able to maintain the gym at least at the acceptable level. And now they sold almost all their accesses to others. After 24 hour Fitness (I don’t know why they call themselves 24 hour Fitness when they are not open 24 hours a day???) takes over, I have been there almost every weekend. There hardly ever any changes. Yea they have some new treadmills and cardio machines and some renovation on reception areas. However, their locker areas are still very filthy and dirty. That is the #1 area they need to do a major workup on. I think they should forget about the pool, close it, cover it and make the free weight area bigger. Man, they still have a long way to go to turn this gym around. Maybe they need to shut down the place for a couple weeks to months and do so major workup on it. They should have done that when they first take over from Bally.
Overall, if you just want a place to workout, then this place is fine. If you are an early bird like me, morning time would never be too crowded to workout. Sometime I went in at «peak» hours, around 5 to 8 pm, forget it, parking lot is full, you have to wait for the cardio machines, I don’t like that. Just avoid those time to workout.

THIS REVIEW IS FOR BODYBUILDERS
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24 hour fitness (which is pathetically only open til 1030pm) does a very good job of pretending to be a gym, when in actuality it’s more akin to a social club for old people who are working on their joints.
It’s basically a YMCA with less utilities.
–The upstairs which holds all the machines is… Impressive, I suppose, but that’s not really saying much is it?
–The the downstairs free weight section is ALWAYS a mess throughout ALL hours of the day, and it’s almost as if the management has never actually been to a gym before in their life because the free weight section is missing A BUNCH of essential items. Of course you can get a good work out if you know what you’re doing, BUT I PERSONALLY DONT LIKE HAVING TO THINK, «oh wow they don’t have _​_​_​_​_​. I suppose I can use a _​_​_​_​_​instead.» 2 – 3 times throughout my workout.
–it’s got a pool (which I’m assuming is filthy considering the management can’t even rerack their weights, what makes you think they’re going to clean the pool?)
–it’s got steam rooms in the locker rooms and one unisex steam room, which is quite cool. But like I said, this is basically a freaking congregation for old people.
PAYMENT:
The employees get paid for commission, so they try very hard to sugar coat the fact that their payment options are flawed, money grabbing attempts at their customers.
All I’m going to say is, I’ve been to many gyms before (like many), and this payment plan is by far the most ridiculous I’ve ever seen in my entire life.
So i would pay quite a lot of attention and figure out their system, ask a lot of questions if u have any, before committing to this gym, especially considering the employees like to sugar coat their words.
The whole thing is a process, and it’ll run you about 400 – 500 $ a year.
I personally used a calculator during the transactions.
I basically only decided to come here because I recently moved out around the area and it’s most convenient for work.
OVERALL;
NOT a great gym, but u can deff get a good work out here. But that’s not saying much, considering you can get a solid workout at a park if you know what you’re doing.
ALOT of utilities and services they provide but you’re prob not going to be using any of them anyways (also, what gym doesn’t these days, right?)
None of the personal trainers look like people I’d want to take advice from.
Payment plan is flat out dumb and bit expensive
(400−500 $ a year)
⁵⁄₁₀; would only recommend if u don’t have other options or if you’re in the immediate area.
This place has ALOT of potential. I’m just angry that this is a franchise, and I’m paying a lot of money for dirty, unorganized utilities. It’s flat out embracing on the employees’ and managements’ part.

It was deplorable when it was Ballys and I’m sure it hasn’t changed. Dirty, cramped, old, disgusting. Steer clear.

Let me start off by saying that I use to work out at LA Fitness in New Hyde Park. My dad had a family membership but once he canceled that, I stopped working out. Eventually I decided I needed to get another gym membership and started looking around.
I live in Bayside, so when searching for a gym for myself, I was looking for several things:
1) A short drive; driving to LA fitness took ¹⁵⁄₂₀ minutes depending on traffic.
2) Parking
3) Price
4) Equipment and amenities
At first I didn’t realize 24 hour fitness acquired Bally Total Fitness, and the Bally’s reviews on Unilocal literally made me not even want to come to the gym to check it out.
I called the location to see if I could come in to get a tour. I was greeted by Ray — on the phone and once I visited the gym and he provided perfect customer service. (I would know, I worked in retail/​customer service for 5 years)
The gym is small. But it has the things you need. So, you can’t be a little barbie doll and complain about how terrible this facility is if you’re paying an affordable monthly price. If you’re looking for the royal treatment, try finding a high end gym. but for that, you have to pay the price. And obviously most people don’t want to do that. Sorry — but you can’t have the best of both worlds.
The gym has two levels, weights, pool, sauna and locker rooms downstairs.
Cardio machines, free weights, work out equipment, and studio are upstairs.
Did I miss anything?
The first reviewer stated that equipment is cramped, and I would agree on that. But hey! What can you do? The venue is small, and they utilize the space to the best of their ability.
~~!!! **NOTE** They just got new equipment. I repeat, new equipment. !!! ~~
I also have been told that they are going to do some renovations as well.
I go to the gym, use their equipment, and take classes, this place fulfills my needs and has courteous staff so therefore I am satisfied.
(The classes are great!!!)
Staff are nothing but friendly, and they make sure to say hello to everyone.
I can’t see why anyone who goes to this gym currently would complain. You go purely for your workout and thats it. There is equipment for everyone to use, and people don’t bother you during your workouts.
You just have to be patient, they are slowly turning over. 24 hour fitness corp is doing a great job transitioning the gym from the previous company.
I hope that they continue to switch over to brand new equipment, and continue to revamp the image of this gym.
PS. This gym does have a parking lot, first two hours are free, after that you need to pay $ 2. The previous reviewer literally must of not seen it, or didn’t realize there was one. (Parking lot is in the back)
Bottom line, I would 100% recommend to a friend.
A gym is a gym, it has the equipment you need, good classes, not too overcrowded during prime time (7pm) and friendly staff — then I would highly recommend you go to the gym and take a look yourself.

New owner/​management, I stopped by for a free pass /​workout to see if they’ve improved it after acquiring it from Baileys. I spoke with the staff, very nice and friendly, who informed me the company has purchased 31 gyms in the tri-​state area and plans to renovate all of them during 2015. The problem is this Baileys is a complete dump. Everything every person told me about it prior to my one workout there was true. I literally left there feeling dirty. They truly need to gut the place, down to replacing the mats/​carpeting, as well as replacing 90% of the equipment. It’s just grimy. This place deserves 1 star but the staff was cool. Won’t be back until I visible see them ripping the place apart.

This Bally’s (along with the one in Jamaica and Kew Gardens) has been acquired by 24 hour fitness. I only went here because I happened to be in the area and needed to work out. The place is deplorable. There is so much equipment cramped in one place and barely enough room to walk around. Totally unsafe. Everything is old and dirty. I went downstairs briefly to the locker rooms and was so disgusted I left right away and just carried my bag/​jacket with me to work out. Like all the girls have mentioned, there are lots of naked middle-​aged to elderly Asian ladies meandering around. The free weights room downstairs is a joke. There is a pool but no one goes and I can see how most people don’t want to get whatever scary germs are in that stagnant pool of water.
I was so put off, I just did 30 mins of cardio and some leg presses and ran out.
Oh and there’s no parking! Why would you open a gym in the burbs and not having a parking lot? There is street metered parking in front and a paid parking lot a few stores down. Lame.