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2244 Church Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11226
(718)483-9501
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BROOKLYN, NY
I love church ave. They’re the best location
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BROOKLYN, NY
The staff are kind and helpful. All the machines work. The gym is kept clean.
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BROOKLYN, NY
I’m a big fan of my gym. The community, my trainer, getting fit on my own terms. Be savage not average.
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BROOKLYN, NY
The members and staff are very easy to talk to and always respectful. The manager, JJ, is truly amazing and always ready to help solve any problem you might have. The gym consistently remains clean, and as a member, you rarely see equipment broken or out of order. Members come to work out and stay focused, not to play around. That’s one of the main reasons I’ve been a consistent member of Retro for the past 3½ years.
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BROOKLYN, NY
Clean and well equipped, spacious with big windows gives a really nice vibe
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BROOKLYN, NY
I first started coming to Retro Fitness on Church Ave the first year they opened. I was a director at a nonprofit across the street, and my administration offered a lottery of covered memberships to the staff. I was already a member, but I encouraged my team to try to get the covered memberships, and then we'd break for lunch and go to yoga in the on demand studio or bike in the movie bike room. It was a stressful job, for all of us, and we were all underpaid. After that job, I went into business for myself. I worked out at the BedStuy YMCA because it was on my way to my first little tiny office in Greenpoint. I'd swim laps until they closed the lanes for water aerobics, and then I'd join water aerobics. I was a competitive swimmer from the age of 10 through high school. I loved that I could swim and then scrub my body in a steam room, and then shower and go to work. When I moved my offices to Prospect Heights, I got a membership there and I had my first experience with personal training. I loved my trainer, but I did not love the gym. It felt so intense, the floor constantly shaking with body building men who thought it was cool to just drop massive weight on the floor. Too many scales everywhere, too much obsession with pounds, and it was just too busy and too crowded. I did like their strength training classes though and I loved my trainer. I came back to Retro on Church a year or so later and got addicted to Spin. The first class I couldn't even pedal consistently through, let alone stand up or do any choreography, but I was hooked. I told my booty to get used to it and pushed through the pain. Within a few weeks, I was pedaling through the entire class and doing a little choreography, but I was working my body too hard and I kept getting sick, so I took a break and put my membership on hold. Then I started exercising outside. I walked at least 25 marathons between May 2025 and January 2026. I was doing core work and push ups and squats using the picnic tables at Shirley Chisholm State Park and the benches and railing on the boardwalk in the Rockaways. All winter long, I've been walking 30 blocks down the boardwalk and then walking back barefoot in the ocean, even in 11-degree windchill. I grew up in Alta UT. I know how to be outside in that level of cold. I've had plantar fasciitis in both feet for almost 15 years. In September 2025 I was also diagnosed with achilles tendonitis in my right foot. Treatment for plantar fasciitis has failed for me for 15 years. My foot pain kept me up at night. I no longer have plantar fasciitis. Exercise is medicine and so is icy cold water. I emailed the boss at Retro on Church to cancel my membership because I've just been exercising outside for almost a year, through all the seasons, and I just haven't been able to bring myself to the gym even though I'm paying for a membership. He called me within five minutes and told me I could put my membership on hold indefinitely as long as I communicated with him every three months. He also recommended a trainer on his team and offered me an additional free training session. I'd never used the one free session that came with my membership when I re-joined years ago. I met with my trainer on 3/2/26 and before I left the gym, I reactivated my membership and booked my next training session. I decided to love my body as is with no conditions when she weighed 323lbs. I was a swimmer since I was 6 months old and became competitive at age 10. I was a dancer since age 5. I played soccer, volleyball, softball, and basketball. I've had a lot of injuries that made me afraid to exercise. Scales are not easy to find at Retro on Church. I had to ask my trainer. I weighed in at 219lbs strong on 3/2/26. Exercise is medicine. The number on the scale or on the label of your jeans doesn't matter. And Retro Fitness on Church Ave serves up good medicine.
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BROOKLYN, NY
Clean, well-lit, convenient.
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BROOKLYN, NY
There is a lot of different types of exercises mechanics, and the people are friendly.
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BROOKLYN, NY
It’s clean and accessible to everyone and not noisy and the shakes or good the staff is very nice and the equipment is clean and updated
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BRONX, NY
Big space - not crowded- nice people work and work out there
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BROOKLYN, NY
Everyone who works at the Retro Fitness in Flatbush is beyond helpful, friendly, and supportive. The machines are top notch, the space is clean and accommodating, and it has more than everything I need. Couldn't recommend it enough!
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BROOKLYN, NY
I love this gym! I've been a Retro Fitness member for a few years and switched locations after my move to Flatbush in September. The atmosphere, the staff, and the positive vibe are all huge reasons why I keep coming back.
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BROOKLYN, NY
Great staff, clean, large space full well maintained equipment. Good positive training environment…no one sitting in equipment staring at phones..everyone usually serious about their work out. From beginner to competition level members Good combo of free weights and machines…would love to see Hammer Strength shoulder and bench press machines. But otherwise no complaints
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BROOKLYN, NY
Clean facility, nice staff.
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FLUSHING, NY
Great environment if you want too get right physically and mentally!
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BROOKLYN, NY
I left PureGym to embark on a quieter and more peaceful gym experience. A lot of gyms are too packed in NYC for the wrong reasons. I didn't want to be in a gym swarmed with influencers trying to make content. Retro Fitness offers not only just equipment and a proper personal training space, but classes as well. It's amazing. The clientele all seems to be friendly and polite. None of that weird, aggressive gym intimidation. It's a grear neighborhood gym. Also the staff is top notch. Everyone is super friendly and polite. I have been thoroughly impressed.
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BROOKLYN, NY
Front desk staff extremely nice and personable. Front desk assistant Ashanti is very helpful and always polite. Coach Bobbey does an excellent training and very knowledgable about his craft, and knows which exercise works best for his clients. I just enjoy attending Retro gym and the gym is very clean. All equipment works pretty well.
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BROOKLYN, NY
Benjamin is fantastic. Staff members are very good and professional
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BROOKLYN, NY
I’ve going retro fitness since 2017 , I like this gym
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BRONX, NY
Retro fitness has what I need and I really like the people who work out there and who work there - it’s friendly place!
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