Movement LIC (Formerly The Cliffs at LIC) Reviews Summary

Facility and Accessibility

Pros:

• "One of the more spacious gyms I've seen while still providing everything you need and then some."
• "Large climbing gym, with bouldering, top-roping, auto-belays, and lead climbing."
• "Great spot for climbing and easy access to the G train from Brooklyn."
• "Easily accessible via subway from almost everywhere, and it's worth the trip from everywhere in the City."
• "The place is huge. Clean and well organized."
• "This gym is awesome and HUGE! Sooo many different rock climbing options."
• "They have tall walls, a top-out boulder, many lead routes all over the gym, a wild lead cave, and a few auto-belays."

Cons:

• "Ok gym, it’s always crowded these days."
• "It gets super crowded if you go at the wrong time."
• "Bouldering is great but kind of consolidated to one big area so it gets pretty cramped on weekday nights."
• "The bouldering area is a little smaller than I would like."
• "Relative to climbing gyms, this place is compact and crowded."
• "It does get pretty crowded, but that's the case for just about every climbing gym."
• "The top roping area is beautiful, but inaccessible if you can't find a partner in the totally isolated auto-belay corner."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Amazing and well trained staff."
• "They are very helpful and want to ensure your safety so ask questions to see if your doing things right."
• "The staff are always easy-to-find, friendly, and helpful."
• "Everyone I've approached seems very friendly and climbing is a pretty social sport already."
• "The staff and fellow climbers are all very welcoming and encouraging."
• "Staff is super nice and helpful. Very receptive to questions especially if you're a newbie!"
• "The staff is really friendly and they do a good job teaching safe belaying practices."

Cons:

• "Most of the clientele need a refresher on proper etiquette."
• "Another thing was the staff, our teacher was ageist and only taught the adults and when it was time to teach the kids she just sat on the side and didn’t give us any critiques."
• "An Older woman, with gray, blue & green hair was very impatient, rude and obviously bothered by my visiting group of children."
• "I was greeted by an Asian girl who was very insensitive and super snobby."
• "Woow. That skinny manager girl/guy! I don’t know!!! Wearing white sweater and fake glasses with short hair was sooo mean to my 6 year old today that he came home crying!!!"
• "The staff was awful, the first person [didn't even reply to my 'hi'] asked if it was my first time there and sent me to sign the waiver."
• "The staff don't really go out of their way to help you and the one class I took there the instructor was not very clear."

Value and Cost

Pros:

• "Great climbing facility and gym. Rates are reasonable and there are more auto-belays than any other climbing wall in the area."
• "Plus the refreshments were super affordable!"
• "Front desk staff is efficient; there's usually not much of a wait to buy a daypass/etc."
• "Bring your student ID for a discount."
• "Monthly prices are reasonable."
• "They also host events 3x / month on Fridays, where it's $15 to get in, and you can hangout in there for hours after that."
• "An excellent boulder + lead/top rope climbing gym with additional training facilities... a yearly subscription is not too expensive."

Cons:

• "Even with all the good things, the price felt a bit high for the value offered."
• "At $34 for a day pass it can be difficult to bring friends along for a climbing sesh."
• "Day passes are expensive especially in comparison to other non-NYC climbing gyms."
• "Only thing is it gets very crowded and the cost of climbing is a bit steep in my opinion. About $30 just to climb without renting gear, yikes."
• "My only gripes with it are cost for a day pass and the fact that it can get really busy on weeknights."
• "I give it three stars because it's overpriced for an eight year kid to be stuck using only 3 of the 7 auto belays."
• "Decent climbing gym. At $30 for a day pass, it's massively overpriced for what it is, though."