Junior Bicycle Shop

Says open at 10am, but door shut tight 10:21a. No one answers the phone. Terrible management. No considerate for bikers in needs. There were three other fellow bikers receiving the same insult.

This is a great locat bike shop. The staff is friendly and are pretty quick to help. I’ve gone there for a tune up and some advice and they were very helpful. I would definitely come back.

Headed over to Pedal Universe with a completely disassembled bicycle, thinking that they were open until 7:30 pm. I was wrong. Desperate, I searched google, and I found this place. AMAZING service. Great guys, super friendly, helpful, and funny. They were making fun of each other the whole time. Took really good care of my bike. Have locks for average price and helmets for less than what I usually see. They only charged me 25 for the service, where Pedal Universe was going to charge 45. Very happy and will be going back.

I live in Brooklyn but blew a tire while I was biking up to Inwood park. I stopped into Junior for some help and these guys were great! Friendly, knowledgeable, quick and cheap. I can’t think of anything more I could want from a bike shop.
If Lee is working he’s the man to talk to. So helpful!

I got my bike out of winter storage with two flat tires. Unilocaled myself the nearest bike shop and rolled in Junior’s, and asked for some air and told him I’d probably be back in looking for some more tuning up once I could ride it and see how it was doing. He made time for me immediately and got me out the door with two full tires. After an hour ride on the hudson river greenway, I was back, needing a new part on the seat adjustor (which was allowing the seat to swivel and descend even when locked) and having concerns about the back wheel/​brake. Once again, Junior immediately fiddled around, found a part, snapped it in place, and verified that with the seat affixed properly in place, there was no longer friction on the back wheel. I hovered around until he allowed me to pay $ 3 (total for both visits) for labor, but I think he wasn’t even expecting that, and just wanted to make a biker’s day better and build trust with a potential future customer.
Side note, useful for gringos in Washington Heights/​Inwood: His English was good enough that I didn’t bother with my Spanish (I figure if he runs a bike shop, his tech-​speak in that arena would be better than mine).

AVOID!
They asked me three times what it was I was asking to do (swap out front left Ultegra shifter). And then quoted me $ 75 for labor. I took my business down to Talent Cycles on 139^th and got it done for $ 25.
These people are either inept, criminal or don’t want your business. Why would you go here when there are other local options?

Was ready to ride along Hudson bike path. Front and rear brakes didn’t work. 2 spokes broken. Asked someone if they knew bike shop. Mentioned location, not name.
Drove over, wheel was bent also. Fixed all in 30 minutes for very, very fair price.

Excellent service, extremely helpful, great value!
Junior is an example of how things really should be. His shop isn’t glitzy like others one might see, but it is sufficiently well stocked in value AND high-​end components. His repairs are deliberate and precise. There usually are some pro bikers in the shop that come to shoot the breeze from time to time.
I have been going there for the past 3 years, and I have had no complaints. He is extremely helpful and his prices are very reasonable. In fact, even cheap. I do not think there is a more reasonably priced shop in the city.

I’ll start by saying that I don’t’ know much about bikes but I’m learning as I go.
I bought a piece of crap road bike from this second hand repair shop just a couple blocks away from this place. I brought the bike here so they could take a look at what I got and see what needs repairing, changing or if the bike was even worth saving. They pretty much told me the two tires were old and wouldn’t last a day longer. At the very least, they suggested I change the tubes. Me thinking that tubes would be a better investment at the time than to take a plunge into my wallet to replace tubes tires and possibly rims… I just replaced the tubes. I asked them three times if this was all they thought was wrong with the bike and they gave me the same answers relative to the wheels. Ok…
I try riding the bike home and came back to the shop 3 times that same afternoon before they could get my back tire screwed on right… it kept rubbing against the frame…
I went to check out another bike shop relatively close by and I got the scoop. My bike is garbage and actually used to be a FUJI until someone decided to frankenstein the friggin thing and put mountain bikes brakes, handles and gears on a former road bike. The chains were uneven and only one of the gears… You know what, I could go on and on about how screwed up my bike is but the point is, for all the good ratings this place got, it didn’t serve me well.
BOTTOM LINE– If you’re looking for a place to play doctor and diagnose the issues and provide a solution, this probably wont be the shop to go to. BUT if you know more about bikes and know what needs replacing, this place would be more suitable for you but keep in mind, they have a limited supply or variety of parts.

Junior is great. His bike shop is not fancy but he is extremely helpful and with very decent prices. I went in with a flat and he repaired it for me in minutes.
I plan on going back for all future repairs.

Junior’s is great. The dude who works there is friendly without being too friendly. His work is good and fast.
Prices are decent: $ 10 to replace a tube.
No judgement here, either. He’s welcoming to all the folks in the neighborhood.

Echoing what everyone else has already said: plain, no obnoxious hipster bike-​mechanic attitude, just a regular dude who will fix your bike for cheap.

This place is great. I just moved into the neighborhood and I need to get my bike fixed, naturally I looked up places in the city but decided to try the place around the corner.
The people in there are great. They will answer your questions in either Spanish or English!
It is small and cramped BUT they are great workers and take care of all your bike needs!

This is a great place if you just want someone to fix your bike for a very reasonable price, in a very reasonable amount of time.

i shifted gears on a hill and there was a horrific crunching noise and my bicycle chain underwent some sort of topological impossibility. suddenly my bike sounded like a lawnmower, or a swarm of angry, angry bees. also the chain started digging a deep rut in part of the gear shift mechanism, and the friction was making my feet tingle. a soft-​spoken, perfectly friendly guy who i am assuming is «junior» sorted all of this out in about fifteen minutes, and now it runs fine. he charged me three dollars. junior is awesome!

I need exercise. Plus, my bike kept falling over because the tires were too low for the kickstand to work properly, and the tubes were so old they wouldn’t stay inflated for more than a few days at a shot. So after a little googling I find Junior’s bike shop, just a few blocks away. I dropped it off, and an hour and 20 bucks later, I had a bike that doesn’t fall over, freshly oiled chains, working brakes. Good as new!
Not overly friendly in there, but really, why should they be? They’re fixing bikes, not running for office.