![Melody Lanes: A true throwback to the '80s, this borderline-seedy, completely irony-free temple to bowling attracts a diverse crowd just looking for a good time, which manifests itself in the form of Glow Bowling and cheap beer. Come late night on Friday and Saturday nights for Midnight Madness: unlimited bowling and shoe rental for $22 a person (four person minimum). And since you can't bowl on an empty stomach (this is a serious sport, people), carboload with a gut-bombing plate of cheese fries to fuel your way to that 300.Melody Lanes [461-37th Street, Brooklyn; 718-832-BOWL] // D, M, N, R to 36th St //$35/hr to rent a lane or $6 - $8 per game, $4 shoe rental](https://api-prod.gothamist.com/images/265491/fill-700x467|format-webp|webpquality-70/)
Not crazy about the younger breed of newfangled bowling alleys cropping up across the city—places with blaring DJs, exorbitant drink prices, and some BS lounge-y atmosphere? If you prefer the smell of stale beer and tacky furnishings to compliment your game, click through for a journey to some of New York City's classic old school alleys; while they're a dying breed, they do exist, if you know where to look.
Published May 16, 2011
Modified May 16, 2011
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