Fitness chain Equinox signed a lease to open a 22,000-square-foot center at 55 Washington Street in Dumbo. The chain’s outpost will open in the spring of 2016 on the second floor of the nine-story commercial and office building between Water and Front Streets. Whether they will offer child care at this location has not been published yet.
The Fitness Guru at 215 Water Street in DUMBO has a change in ownership and will be transitioning from The Fitness Guru to Brick Brooklyn, a fitness chain that already has locations in Manhattan and other cities. The new team promises to provide new fitness machines and offer exciting new classes.
New Open Run in Brooklyn Bridge Park! Open Run is a series of free, weekly runs/walks that are open to all community members – all ages and all paces (running, jogging, walking). Open Run in Brooklyn Bridge Park will take place EVERY Thursday (year-round) at 7:00 pm, and they will meet on the south side of Fornino on Pier 6 of the park.
Orange Theory Fitness is opening at 186 Montague Street in the coming weeks and will offer free trials. The idea of Orangetheory is this: “a 60-minute workout designed to push you into the Orange Zone. This creates “Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption,” or EPOC. It’s what burns calories after your workout and gives you noticeable, lasting results.”
