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Learning jiu-jitsu in Queens
This guide covers the academies of Queens, from Astoria through Jackson Heights and Forest Hills to Flushing and Bayside — the borough with New York's widest spread of published visitor prices, from Renzo Gracie Queens' fully published rate card to independents with genuinely open doors. For someone just starting, the real question is not "which academy is best" but "which one fits me." This guide exists to answer that question.
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Only academies with verified information appear on the map. Grey pins mark verified addresses for academies still being confirmed.
@Jiu-Jitsu NYC — Jackson Heights (AT Jiu-Jitsu NYC on its own member portal)
Who this academy suits
The week-long visitor: $35 for three classes in a week, into a named Foundations ladder with per-session attribution. Ask two things: non-resident eligibility, and the professor's belt — the one thing this transparent room doesn't publish
Why we say it: The card, ladder and measurement are all as cited (verified 2026-07-29)
The beginner who wants a ladder, not a pool: Foundations I–III in both rulesets, five evenings a week — one of Queens' two explicit beginner ladders
Why we say it: The portal names all three tiers across five evenings (verified 2026-07-29)
Schedule verified Pricing published No-giKids classesStructured curriculum
Your first visit
- Free trial
- Three trial classes in a week for $35 — Queens' best visitor value, the money one Renzo Queens drop-in costs. No residency condition is published, but absence isn't permission: ask. No drop-in exists
- Class schedule
- The portal renders the full library with per-class instructors — a named Foundations I/II/III beginner ladder, gi and no-gi, five evenings a week. The portal's 'Closed' flag was measured across 25 months and ruled benign
Classes and cost
- Membership
- The most detailed card in the boroughs — every tier with its own per-class maths, from $160 (once a week) to $299 unlimited; 'from $13 to $40 a class — you decide!'
- Programs
- Toddler tiers and a 2026 summer camp
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 82-19 Northern Blvd, 2nd Floor, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
- Instructors
- Professor Alvaro Tautiva — named as the instructor of record on individual sessions, a rare per-class attribution — though no rank or lineage is published
City Jiu-Jitsu Academy — Long Island City, opened 2024
Who this academy suits
The cautious beginner: a required daily intro, a two-stripe-capped beginner tier, and a written no-full-sparring-under-six-months rule — Queens' most protective published structure. Budget the two intro sessions, wear black or white, and ask the price
Why we say it: The key, rules and facilities are all the academy's own surfaces (verified 2026-07-29)
Schedule verified Free trialStructured curriculum
Your first visit
- Free trial
- Free — but ordered: a two-day intro comes before the trial (a real constraint on a three-day visit). And the wardrobe gate hides in the FAQ: black or white gis only, no other academies' patches, all-black no-gi — a visitor in a blue gi is out of uniform
- Class schedule
- The clearest level key in the pass: a daily 5 PM intro (required before the trial), Beginner Gi six times a week, and intermediate/competition gated by stripe count — published and unambiguous
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 10-14 50th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101
- Instructors
- Co-founders Daniel Paulino and Royce Chen, of Renzo Gracie Academy lineage — with neither man's rank published
Kings Combat Forest Hills — a multi-art room on Austin St
Who this academy suits
The value-first beginner: a free first class, then the borough's cheapest published unlimited ($179 no-contract), Fundamentals four times a week, a demonstrably live calendar. Know: zero ranks published, and Friday's open mat is members-only
Why we say it: The card and the three-week calendar read are the room's own (verified 2026-07-29)
Schedule verified Pricing published Free trialNo-giKids classesStriking classes too
Your first visit
- Free trial
- A free first class, no conditions — then the $35 drop-in, orderable without a conversation
- Class schedule
- A live, dated calendar with named coaches: Fundamentals four times a week — and the Friday open mat is members-only, which a day-pass visitor should know. The class-by-class July 4th cancellations prove the calendar live
Classes and cost
- Membership
- Published: $179 no-contract unlimited — Queens' cheapest published membership — and a $35 drop-in, both orderable online
- Programs
- Kids at $169 monthly or a $35 drop-in
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 72-08 Austin Street, 2nd Floor, Forest Hills, NY 11375
Lifestyle BJJ — Astoria, since 2013 by its own logo
Who this academy suits
A prospective member drawn by Queens' biggest free front door — at 'from $39 a week'. Everything else needs the phone: no times exist, no rank is published, nothing dates after 2024
Why we say it: The offer is the room's own; the absences are measured; the 2024 ceiling is the site's state (verified 2026-07-29)
Pricing published Free trial
Your first visit
- Free trial
- A free week with a free uniform — no residency condition, but written as a new-student promotion: whether a non-joining visitor qualifies is unstated. And nothing on the site dates after 2024 — call first
Classes and cost
- Membership
- One published figure: memberships 'from $39 per week' — quoted as the academy quotes it. No plan table, no drop-in
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 30-89 38th Street, Astoria, NY 11103
Phone 347-967-1471, call or text Website Naver Map Apple Maps
Lotus Club BJJ — Flushing, on Northern Blvd
Who this academy suits
A weeknight beginner who wants to watch first — allowed anytime, in writing — with a Tuesday Fundamentals waiting. Call first: is it open (the site dates to 2018), and what does it cost. And the weekend is dark
Why we say it: Everything cited is the room's own; the 2018 ceiling is measured (verified 2026-07-29)
Schedule verified Free trialNo-giStructured curriculum
Your first visit
- Free trial
- A free trial — and watching is explicitly allowed, 'anytime'. Confirm the room first; the site is old
- Class schedule
- Four adult nights with a named Tuesday Fundamentals — and nothing Friday through Sunday, decisive for a weekend visitor. The site's newest date is 2018: confirm the grid first
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 153-14 Northern Blvd, 2nd Fl, Flushing, NY 11354
- Instructors
- Andy Goo — a BJJ black belt (with kickboxing and taekwondo ranks besides), lineage unpublished
Marlon Colorado BJJ — formerly Rocian Gracie Jr. Academy; markets as Sunnyside, sits in LIC's ZIP
Who this academy suits
The business traveler the academy names: $60 for an unlimited day, cartable before any conversation, with optional sparring published. The one unknown before texting: when classes run — the schedule page has types, not times
Why we say it: Everything cited is the academy's own; the absence is measured (verified 2026-07-29)
Pricing published Free trialNo-giKids classes
Your first visit
- Free trial
- A free 3-day trial, no experience needed — with the academy's own openly stated division: the trial for locals, the $60 pass for visitors; only the word 'local' goes undefined
Classes and cost
- Membership
- The epic's clearest visitor statement — drop-ins aimed at travelers in the academy's own words: $60 buys the unlimited day, cartable online without a conversation. Full card published, down to the $30 kimono rental and 60-day cancellation
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 47-10 32nd Pl, Queens, NY 11101
- Instructors
- Professor Marlon Colorado, a 3rd-degree black belt by the academy's own account
Phone 917-225-8826 — text to book, per the academy Website Naver Map Apple Maps
Peak Performance | Caio Terra Academy Queens — College Point, though it markets as Flushing
Who this academy suits
A north-Queens beginner wanting a verified franchise: the borough's only two-sided Caio Terra corroboration, entered via a genuinely good $99 month. Read the card as the guide does — the $220 registration fee makes the first regular month $440 — and phone for the timetable
Why we say it: The corroboration is three-field; the card verbatim; the schedule the one unread item (verified 2026-07-29)
Schedule verified Pricing published Franchise networkKids classesStructured curriculum
Your first visit
- Free trial
- The $99 intro month is the door — unlimited, gear included, no commitment — and the only way in without the $220 registration fee. No drop-in is published
- Class schedule
- The self-dated grid (from 1/1/2026): nine adult BJJ sessions a week — five gi, four no-gi, including two lunchtimes and Saturday morning. No beginner-labelled class; the $99 intro month is the on-ramp
Classes and cost
- Membership
- Published in full — with Queens' clearest price trap: a $220 registration fee on every adult membership makes the $220/mo headline a $440 first month (against Renzo Queens' $250). The $99 intro is the only way around it
- Programs
- A kids' program runs
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 22-20 College Point Blvd, Queens, NY 11356
Queens Jiu Jitsu — Astoria, right under the elevated N/W at 31 St
Who this academy suits
The never-trained beginner — refused the drop-in and given something better: a free trial with a free gi into a class designed for white belts, no full sparring, five days a week. The 6 PM slot needs no RSVP
Why we say it: The FAQ publishes everything verbatim; the grid places the slots (verified 2026-07-29; graphic 13 months old)
The qualifying traveler: $30 a day if you train elsewhere, and Friday's rolling session free with a year's experience — leave early and you're banned a month
Why we say it: Both rules are verbatim in the FAQ (verified 2026-07-29)
Schedule verified Pricing published Free trialNo-giStructured curriculum
Your first visit
- Free trial
- The epic's clearest eligibility gate: the $30 drop-in is for people currently training elsewhere — a non-training beginner is refused it and offered the free by-appointment trial instead, gi rental included free
- Class schedule
- The clearest beginner track in the boroughs: Fundamentals five days a week, defined in writing (white-belt design, no full sparring, blues must assist), with the unstarred 6 PM slot reachable by a visitor — and a Saturday women's no-gi class. Confirm the grid: the graphic is ~13 months old
Classes and cost
- Membership
- The inverse of Renzo Queens: the $30 visitor price is published, the member price withheld — 'exclusively unlimited memberships' is all the FAQ says
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 22-55 31 Street, Queens, NY 11105
- Instructors
- Professor Ryan Quinn, a black belt from Renzo Gracie's own hands out of the Danaher basement by the room's account — with Professor Lizz Melville on the bench, one of only two named women instructors in the three boroughs
Renzo Gracie Bayside — same operator as Bronx Martial Arts Academy, though shared ownership buys a visitor nothing transferable
Who this academy suits
A Bayside beginner wanting the Renzo flag with a real beginner track: Basic gi nine times a week including 7 AM, under an eighteen-year Danaher black belt, with honestly gated advanced classes. What you can't learn from home: the price (a stated policy) and the trial's cost
Why we say it: The dated grid, lineage and verbatim policies are all the room's own (verified 2026-07-29)
Schedule verified Franchise networkNo-giStructured curriculum
Your first visit
- Free trial
- A trial exists and pointedly never says free — 'just give us a call to schedule.' Its cost is the ask, and no visitor policy of any kind exists in the site's 41 URLs
- Class schedule
- The reversed verdict: a 2026-05-14 grid with Basic BJJ (gi) nine times a week including 7 AM three days — and Friday's no-gi publishing its own prerequisite in the artwork: minimum 3-stripe white belt, the epic's most explicit
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 45-58 Bell Boulevard, Bayside, NY 11361
- Instructors
- Professor Doug Pelinkovic, a black belt under John Danaher out of eighteen Renzo Gracie Academy years — with two more black belts and a brown on the bench
Renzo Gracie Queens — the network's directory still uses its old Astoria name
Who this academy suits
A Queens local ready to commit: the outer boroughs' deepest bench, 26 weekly sessions with 6 AM five days, and a fully published card — $220/mo annual, $35 to try, walk-ins fine. Two rules to know: no beginner-only class, and ask before wearing your own gi
Why we say it: The staff, membership, FAQ and schedule pages publish everything cited, dated (verified 2026-07-29)
The dawn trainer: 6 AM five days running, the only such block in Queens
Why we say it: The dated graphic carries the five 6 AM sessions (verified 2026-07-29)
Schedule verified Pricing published Franchise networkNo-giKids classes
Your first visit
- Free trial
- The inversion, published without hedging: adults pay $35 to try (deducted on signup), children try free — and 'you can show up', the friendliest walk-in line any Renzo-flagged room in the city publishes
- Class schedule
- 26 adult sessions a week with a 6 AM class five days running — but every class is all-levels (no dedicated beginner track, unlike the Manhattan anchors), and a team-uniform rule means a visitor in another academy's gi should ask first
Classes and cost
- Membership
- The epic's first fully published monthly card outside Brooklyn: $220/mo on an annual contract ($250 no-contract), $35 a class, $300 for ten — against 'around $300' at the same network's Manhattan satellites
- Programs
- Kids' programs run — and children do try free
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 32-62 Steinway Street, Astoria, NY 11103 — the network's record carries a stale different address; the room's own channel controls
- Instructors
- Owner Tomas Duarte (1st-degree) and founder Magno Gama (4th-degree) over six named black belts — the deepest published bench in Queens, the Bronx or upper Manhattan
Phone (347) 738-5792, call or text Website Naver Map Apple Maps
Training Zone Ozone Park — the operator's Renzo-corroborated room, with the mark claimed for this location specifically
Who this academy suits
The night-shift local: 8:30 PM BJJ three nights a week — the borough's only late option — under a corroborated Renzo flag, via an unconditioned free week covering both locations. Ask who actually teaches, and the price
Why we say it: Two passes agree on the grid; the FAQ publishes the week; the conflicts are measured (verified 2026-07-29)
Schedule verified Franchise networkFree trialNo-giStriking classes too
Your first visit
- Free trial
- One week free at BOTH locations, 'absolutely no obligation' — no residency condition; whether a non-joining visitor qualifies is the ask
- Class schedule
- Adult BJJ three hours a week, all at 8:30 PM (gi Tue/Thu, no-gi Fri) — no mornings, middays, weekends or beginner class: narrow for a traveller, unique for the night-shift local
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 94-00 Liberty Ave, Ozone Park, NY 11417
Una BJJ — Forest Hills; 'We are open seven days a week. Stop by, and Just Train.'
Who this academy suits
The beginner who fears the front desk: a free week, the pass's warmest open-door sentence, no-pressure enrollment in writing, six black belts on a published chain, seven days open. Ask the drop-in price and the weekday times first
Why we say it: Everything cited is verbatim; the absences are measured (verified 2026-07-29)
The 6 AM regular: dawn classes twice a week, plus a long midday open mat
Why we say it: Row 1 carries both 6 AM slots (verified 2026-07-29)
Schedule verified Free trialNo-giStructured curriculum
Your first visit
- Free trial
- The pass's most welcoming sentence — an open-door policy for visitors and drop-ins alike, a free WEEK trial, 'no pressure to sign up' — and no drop-in price attached: Queens' highest-value open question
- Class schedule
- Partial by honesty — the ragged table's days below row 1 are never guessed. Safe: a Saturday Fundamentals class, an evening Basics Gi, 6 AM twice a week, a long open mat, seven-day opening
Classes and cost
- Programs
- Kids' BJJ — call ahead; enrollment pauses when full
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 100-33 Metropolitan Ave, Forest Hills, NY 11375
- Instructors
- Two 3rd-degree professors over four more black belts — down to 'the 5am instructor', all named
Academies being verified
We are re-confirming the essentials: class schedules and trial mechanics. Each academy joins the full guide once its facts meet the bar.
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Red Dawn BJJ & MMA — Fresh Meadows; its quadrant's only verified room, rostered as a listing · Official site186-12 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366 · (646) 369-5062 · Michael Botier — a BJJ black belt under Carmine Zocchi (and a Kyokushin black belt), by the academy's own accountLast checked: 2026-07-29
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The Jiu Jitsu Lounge — a Ridgewood no-gi room; the neighbourhood straddles the borough line, the ZIP is Queens · Official site1519 Decatur St, Suite 102, Ridgewood, NY 11385 · 347-746-8555 · Antonio Camacho, a brown belt by the academy's account — lineage unpublished · 'We love welcoming newbies to the mat' — a published welcome over an unpublished timetableLast checked: 2026-07-29
I'm a complete beginner. Can I just show up?
It differs by academy. Entries show where a fundamentals program and first-visit process are verified. For the rest, check with the academy before visiting. For what a first class actually feels like, see the beginner posts on our blog.