Wooden Lanes in NY?

[NYMIKE]

2002-2006 I was stationed in Fort Drum, NY and the closest town to it was Watertown (on post alley was synthetic), and in that town I'm pretty sure (though not 100%) there was a wooden lanes alley, I went there once. Now I live in Queens, does anyone know of wooden lanes in 5 boroughs or anywhere nearby?

[NYMIKE]

I'm actually hoping for an answer from somewhere on Long Island, but my research pointed to this alley http://www.thegutterbrooklyn.com it's a tiny alley, 8 lanes with very limited for my liking hours, and pricey, but unless I'll find better options, I'll pay this one a visit.

[got_a_300]

Wow $7.00 per game is a little bit more than pricey if you
ask me. I can bowl 7 games for that much around here.

[John Anderson]

Wow $7.00 per game is a little bit more than pricey if you
ask me. I can bowl 7 games for that much around here.

First, it's NY. It's $4 a game during peak times where I am. $6 for two hours of bowling though during non peak.

I say forget the nonsense of trying to only bowl on wood lanes. Synthetics are actually nicer lanes and are more consistent.

[Mike White]

I'm actually hoping for an answer from somewhere on Long Island, but my research pointed to this alley http://www.thegutterbrooklyn.com it's a tiny alley, 8 lanes with very limited for my liking hours, and pricey, but unless I'll find better options, I'll pay this one a visit.

The place looks like a death trap.

The approaches appear to be as badly maintained as the lanes, which don't look like they would pass a real USBC inspection.

[Jessiewoodard57]

I'd bet they don't even have a lane conditioner and everything looks so dirty. the channels look like a kids sand box wow and 7 dollars?? At our house for 10.90 we start at 3pm and bowl till midnight.

[NYMIKE]

Yeah, I'm reluctant to go there myself, it's in the heart of Williamsburg, hipsterville USA. Bowling is very expensive in NYC, however I signed up at AMF, I can bowl three games every day for the whole summer, and I get two practice games a week. When the summer promotion ends it be $3 a game as a league member. I just want a nostalgia experience of bowling on wood lanes, but yeah probably that place is not the answer.

As a side note, I live in Queens, we only have 5 alleys left standing, about the same in Brooklyn, and the Bronx. The manager of my AMF told me they did well as a business the passed 2 years, they supposed to get new lanes and new computers installed.

[NYMIKE]

http://36.media.tumblr.com/3b2d24cb2b5f8f407d6c7896cd1977d2/tumblr_njubbtMWdh1tokc70o1_1280.jpg

Van Nest bowling, much better looking alley, this one been around for decades, and movies been filmed here. Keep the score yourself lol, or have pinpal do it.

[John Anderson]

Yeah, I'm reluctant to go there myself, it's in the heart of Williamsburg, hipsterville USA. Bowling is very expensive in NYC, however I signed up at AMF, I can bowl three games every day for the whole summer, and I get two practice games a week. When the summer promotion ends it be $3 a game as a league member. I just want a nostalgia experience of bowling on wood lanes, but yeah probably that place is not the answer.

As a side note, I live in Queens, we only have 5 alleys left standing, about the same in Brooklyn, and the Bronx. The manager of my AMF told me they did well as a business the passed 2 years, they supposed to get new lanes and new computers installed.

On a side note, I'm going to Williamsburg tomorrow. :)