NYC Climbing

I was surprised and delighted to learn that there is, in fact, lots of outdoor climbing in New York City. Yes, in the city itself! Dispersed among the chaos, New York’s incredible parks have some sick boulders in there. This page is preliminary, I haven’t done any climbing there yet — I’m going to store some resources here for future reference.

Resources

• Youtuber talking about it
• Mountain Project
• Cool NYC bouldering guide
• on thecrag

Gyms

• Best gym is clearly GP 81 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This might be my favorite gym in the US. No bullshit, tons of 20-30 degree overhang pumpy tall stuff.
• Cliffs Gowanus in BK is also good.
• Vital in Williamsburg — rats nest of fuckboy shirtless boulder bros and over-the-top fancy shit. Everything is optimized-for-instagram.
• MetroRock in Bushwick is also good.