Photo taken May 9, 2010

Last month, Bally Total Fitness Gym on Bergen Avenue closed due to fire. The adjacent business – Ashley Stewart Clothing Store for Womens – was affected. Both of them still remain shut down more than a month after the incident.

Newkirk Street (westbound lane – the strip from Jones St. to Bergen Av) was blocked off for about two weeks due to repairs done to the building. The photo above was taken a week after the fire occurred. Newkirk Street is now open to traffic.

However, it still remains unknown when Bally or Ashley Stewart will reopen for business.

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1. Jersey City BALLY Total Fitness in Journal Square – Now Open
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3. Jersey City Fire: 2814 JFK Blvd

Officially open - Feb. 2nd, 2009

After so many postponements, BALLY TOTAL FITNESS officially opened its gym to their members. Two weeks ago, the staff said they will open February 2nd this year, and Jersey City residents still doubted their words. However, BALLY didn’t fail this time.

Thanks to all who contacted them for information, specially to UPDATE_GIRL for getting their direct phone line.

BALLY TOTAL FITNESS
Where: Corner of Bergen Avenue and Newkirk Street, Jersey City
Tel. No.: 201-659-6892
Status: Now Open

Track BALLY’s opening date movements ….

[OLD POST: Jan. 13, 2009]

Bally Total Fitness here in Journal Square – the one and only in Jersey City – will officially open its gym on February 2nd, 2009, according to the staff who I talked to when I went there.

I got a “gym tour” when I went inside this evening. The staff said today is their first day of opening, and they were offering pre-sale discount to those who want to become a member. They offer discounted enrollment fee ($49 instead of $99), which will not be available starting tomorrow (January 14, 2009).

You have two options if you want to become a member: contract and month-to-month. For contract, you have the sign a 3-year(!) deal. For monthly, you’ll have to pay $44.99 per, excluding the enrollment fee. You also have to pay the last month. So that’s $200 before you can use the gym.

BALLY TOTAL FITNESS
Where: Corner of Bergen Avenue and Newkirk Street, Jersey City
Tel. No.: (201) 974-9010
Status: Will Open February 2nd, 2009

Call them for confirmation.

[OLDER POST: December 7, 2008]
A few residents that were anticipating a December opening have a valid reason to be upset: Jersey City’s one and only BALLY Total Fitness located here in Journal Square is still not open. They were informed last week that the opening date will be in 3 weeks. As you can see in the picture above, BALLY is now hiring, but the shutters are still down. The construction inside progresses slowly whenever I peek in during my JSQ “walk around.”

Hopefully this place will open before the year ends.

For BALLY contact information and previous updates, please read inside this post …

[MORE OLDER POST: November 24, 2008] A commenter on JCRegister.com posted that BALLY will officially open on December 1st. We have one week to find out. :P

[Previous Post: BALLY Total Fitness: Now Hiring Nov. 8, 2008]

A new banner in front of BALLY… it says NOW HIRING. Does it mean opening is really really soon? Read ahead to find out…

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construction inside

Inside, you’ll see men working. By the looks of it, BALLY will not open this week. When a worker came out, I asked him when is BALLY going to open. He said “probably a month” since more work needs to be done.

So this is a bad news if you were one of those who anticipated the November opening. If you want to confirm, feel free to email them at utorres@ballyfitness.com or call them (info below)

BALLY TOTAL FITNESS
Where: Corner of Bergen Avenue and Newkirk Street, Jersey City
Tel. No.: (201) 974-9010
Status: Under construction (Opens November? Doubtful)

Read the rest for the original post …

[OLDEST POST: September 8, 2008] BALLY Total Fitness: Will Open in November?

BALLY Total Fitness

BALLY Total Fitness started the construction of its business site way back February this year. It even had a sign that said it will open Summer of 2008.

Well, summer has passed and it’s already fall, but the construction is still not finished, making the excited patrons disgruntled. Seems like BALLY will open in the winter. :P

A commenter on JCRegister called up BALLY and learned that it will open in November. If you want to verify, you can call them up yourself.

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