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Legendary Gleason's Gym Will Move Out of 30-Year DUMBO Home This Summer

 Gleason's Gym in DUMBO will move to a new home after more than 30 years at its 77 Front St. location.
Gleason's Gym in DUMBO will move to a new home after more than 30 years at its 77 Front St. location.
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DUMBO — The legendary boxing spot Gleason’s Gym will move this summer from the DUMBO location it has occupied for more than 30 years.

But luckily for members of the gym, which calls itself the oldest in the world and has been home to both boxing champions and Hollywood stars, will only move a block away, the Brooklyn Paper first reported.

Gym president and owner Bruce Silverglade told DNAinfo New York that his landlords, David and Jed Walentas of Two Trees Management, asked him to move about three months ago so that the building the gym currently occupies can be converted to something else.

Silverglade said he sees the move as an opportunity.

“I think it will be very nice and something I’m looking forward,” he said.

The new space will be 12,800 square feet, only slightly smaller than the current 14,000-square-foot space. Silverglade said he will make up for the missing space by making offices smaller. The space for the actual gym — which includes five boxing rings, 10 heavy bags and an assortment of workout equipment — will remain the same.

And Silverglade said that as part of the deal to move, Two Trees Management will pay for the renovation of the new space into a gym. That renovation will begin sometime in June and Silverglade said he plans to move into the new space in August.

“I hope to recreate the space that I have, the biggest difference will be that the gym I’m currently in is 31 years old, it’s run down and I’m really looking forward to the new bathrooms, new showers,” Silverglade said. “My members will really like that.”

The move will be the fourth incarnation of the famed boxing gym, which Bobby Gleason first opened in The Bronx in 1937. The gym moved to 252 W. 30th St. in Manhattan in 1974. It thrived there until the building was turned into a co-op in 1984, and the gym moved to the current location in DUMBO.

Some legendary boxing champs, including Muhammad Ali and Jake “The Bronx Bull” LaMotta, have trained at the gym.

The gym has also been the set for a number of boxing movies such as "Midnight Run," "The 10 Count" and "Raging Bull." Robert DeNiro trained in the gym's Manhattan location to prepare for his role as LaMotta in "Raging Bull" and Wesley Snipes trained in DUMBO to prepare to play Roland Jenkins in the 1987 film "Streets of Gold."

Just last week Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped by the gym to give a boxing lesson.