Life in the Bowling Lane NEW YORK — “Those bowling alleys in Manhattan aren’t really lanes — they’re nightclubs,” said Jim Farago, 69, whose Van Nest Lanes in the Bronx, a borough of ...

The bowling alley still features 60 lanes, but each of them now has new scoring machines, with technology far more modern than before. “The on-lane experience is about 19 […] ...

Bowling alleys across the country are ditching traditional pinsetters — the machines that sweep away and reset pins — in favor of contraptions that employ string.

But again: upgrades. Anticipating the question, Martinez assures me that the machines, sourced from a defunct bowling alley, will be the same. Even older, he’s pleased to add.

Chanley describes his job as the bowling lane’s “mechanic” in that he does a little bit of everything from building maintenance to ensuring all the equipment, from the air conditioner to the ...

Bowls & Blasters, a new entertainment centre featuring neon bowling, laser tag and an arcade, has opened in Thornhill, ...

It all started with a dollar. In 1967, while managing two bowling centers owned by his father and his father’s two business partners, Albert Blough came upon a bowling center in Strasburg ...

He fixed the glitch in Lane 6 and settled back into an easy chair in a narrow area behind the machines and watched them work. “I can just tell when something’s not right,” he said.