Al Oerter Recreation Center

Front desk employees are nice as well as the security guards. The gym machinery is limited but you can get a great workout done! It also has parking!

We absolutely love this recreation center! The facility is always clean and well-organized, and most of the activities truly benefit the community. Our kids especially enjoy the Art and Craft sessions with Mariah on Mondays and Wednesdays. She brings amazing and creative craft ideas every week and is incredibly patient and kind with the kids. Mariah always goes above and beyond to make the experience fun and engaging. The entire staff is friendly and welcoming. Highly recommend this place for families!

They don’t want you to wait for your child I the Lobby because there are teens in the center but when they walk outside right in front of the building is Flushing meadow Park full of danger and is dark. They have open Gym 7 Pm to 8:30 for me to let my son go home alone. No common sense. Really safe strategy where is they protect your child inside but what about when they walk outside if the parent is waiting for their child is for a reason. City shit as usual they don’t think!! Center is beautiful but the staff has a nasty attitude.

Close to home and convenient place to get a simple workout. They have loads of activities for kids and adults throughout the week. Kids are free (with pool included) up to age 24 with membership. Pool activities included in membership for adults for an additional fee, well worth the price. The only downside is showers are not working if you're looking to freshen up before heading to work. I wish they'd consider reopening them.

DO NOT PLAY PICKLEBALL HERE! This place is a scam. Some of us paid $75 for a membership, others $50. We mainly did this to reserve pickleball courts. We called to reserve a court and we did, for $5. Meanwhile there is no official pickleball courts. You need to set up your own court with the net. No instructions. This eats into your court time. They set us up on the squash court, net was too long, can't even play. Then each time we went back in to try to get our money back, they kept on saying how the manager wasn't in. They also said how they don't even do pickleball reservations, meanwhile we called and made one. We never got our money back.