Brooklyn Boulders
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- Lance Pinn
- Jeremy Balboni
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Fitness, Indoor climbing, Recreation, Coworking |
| Founded | September 9, 2009 |
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| Headquarters | United States |
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Area served | United States |
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| Owner | Private ownership |
Number of employees | 200+ (approx.) |
| Website | brooklynboulders |
Brooklyn Boulders (BKB) is an adventure lifestyle company that builds and operates urban climbing, fitness, and community centers.[1]
Brooklyn Boulders was founded in 2009 and is currently operated by Lance Pinn, President and Co-Founder, and Jeremy Balboni, Chief Executive Officer. Construction began in March 2009 and on September 9, 2009, the first Brooklyn Boulders location opened in the old Daily News garage on Third Avenue in Gowanus.[2] BKB Gowanus is a 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m2) climbing facility—the first of its kind in New York City.
On July 31, 2013, Brooklyn Boulders opened their second location, Brooklyn Boulders Somerville, "a 40,000-square-foot climbing facility; a hybrid climbing and fitness facility collaborative workspace in Somerville, Massachusetts."[3] Soon after, Brooklyn Boulders opened its first location in the Midwest. They opened Brooklyn Boulders Chicago on December 13, 2014, located in Chicago's West Loop. Brooklyn Boulders Chicago features "a 1,000-square-foot Active Collaborative Workspace", with standing desks, exercise-ball sitting desks, and above-desk pull-up bars."[4]