Gil Hodges Lanes

wow too many bad reviews guess i will stay home...... R.I.P Gil you wouldn't be proud of this atmosphere... more

had an ok time with friends and fam i liked it wasnt to bad !! more

went to bowl the other night. Got metal detectors still. I guess its gettin better, but still not good. dirty, nasty people. pricety drinks, underage drinkers in bar, nasty, immature. too young in bar . attitudeat front desk, like shell better!!! more

Run-down and depressing. Expensive ($4.50 to rent shoes, for starters). Poor selection of houseballs, almost all in poor condition. Lousy food. Had to go through a metal detector on a Saturday night. Pros: Not too many places to bowl anymore in NYC Cons: Run-down, expensive, out-of-the-way location more

The service at Gil Hodeges is about the same as any check cashing center on payday, you wait a long time for a rude employee who acts as if they are doing you a favor performing their duties. Pros: Some of the workers are really nice! Cons: there are not enough of the nice ones to compansate for the bad ones. more

I recently had my daughter's birthday party there and it was terrible!! i would not recommed having a party there! when i booked the party 2 months ago, I was shown room as to where the 2nd half of the party would be ( the 1st is an hour of bowling). it was a nice room. On the day of my party I get there and I'm brought to this totally different room that was the size of a bathroom and had water damage all over the ceiling and it happen to be next to the bathrooms so it smelt! i was never shown this room before nor was i even told about it! when I asked what happen to the other room , I was then told that they also had another party the same time as mine and that party had more people then mine . ( by the way, i was told when i booked the party that they have 1 party at a time one every hour!) We could not even fit all the kids in the room, I asked for the manager who suggested that i have my party in the ""hallway"", I asked if i get money off if I have it in the ""hallway hence, I was paying for a private room. the manager was horrible he offered no solution, I would have walked out except for all my child friends and parents already there. of course we did not fit in 4x4 room that i was given so we were piling put of the room with the food and cake and candy. i had kids who were hanging out at the bowling alley not with my party trying to steal slices of pizza ans cake. I tell manager, whose response was there was nothing he could do about it! you are better off having your party at burger king or mcdonalds!! I would not suggest gil hodged lanes for a birthday party!!! the service is terrible. Pros: none what so ever!!!!!!!!!!!! Cons: what a terrible way to run a business! more

If you enjoy bowling at an alley with millions of screaming children that run in front of you as you prepare to bowl then this place is for you. If you enjoy people on both sides of you with absolutely no idea about the rules of courtesy in bowling then hurry on down to Gil Hodges Lanes. There was a time when this was a great bowling alley. That time I'm afraid has passed. They just fixed everything up and it is now a modern facility in every way. Too bad they couldn't replace the screaming, mindless customers as well. more