Health & Fitness

New Climbing Gym Coming To Williamsburg

A California-based chain will open a climbing gym in a Williamsburg warehouse next summer, the company announced.

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — It’s belayed gratification: a new climbing gym is coming to Williamsburg.

Vital Climbing Gym, a San Diego-based fitness center chain, signed a 15-year lease for a 31,000-square-foot warehouse at 1 Nassau Ave., The Real Deal reported this week.

The California climbing company plans to open a 24-hour gym with rooftop and outdoor space on the first floor sometime in 2019, the company announced.

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Renderings on the company’s website suggest there will be space for yoga, cardio machines, weights and a cafe, along with climbing.

“The building is spectacularly underutilized,” Vital co-founder David Sacher told The Real Deal. “It’s really run down and we can do something cool with it.”

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