North Brooklyn YMCA

I was staying in the neighborhood for a few days and needed a facility to exercise without taking our a paid membership.
North Brooklyn YMCA was a great option with professional and friendly staff. The gym has different exercise rooms catering to the unique exercise habits and routines of its members.
2 thumbs UP!!!

I’ve been taking my kids here for swimming class for a year now and it’s great! Swimming class are adequate. Gym and swim sucks there’s no structure play for the kids other than run around… not worth the extra $$ for the gym component if the staff isn’t adequately train to have structure activities for the kids.
Music and movement 8s a joy! Structured and age appropriate! I recommend the class.
My complaints are concerns the facilities and front desk staff, specially the evening shift… not excited to talk about the facility or offering, they loo bored and seem not to want to be bothered.. notice a young lady asking about membership and the staff didn’t offer a tour or excited about enrolling this person. They’re lacking people skills in that dept.
Next complaint found dead mouse in ladies locker room and the studios upstair for kids classes need to be moped.

Staff for the most part is pleasant.
Most gym goers don’t use those handy gym wipes when done with a machine.
Surely not as nice as the other Y’s. It’s a bit outdated.
I believe there is a homeless shelter on the top floor.
They definitely need a family changing room because I am tired of seeing BOYS in the WOMEN’S changing room.
Kids are always running rampant! Partly because the parents prolly haven’t done adequate home training and the staff doesn’t put a stop to it smh. Only reason I’m still a member is because it’s close to my home and work. I would love to go to the Ridgewood location but there is absolutely no parking over there.

I’ve been going to this gym for almost a year now and I am extremely pleased with the facility and staff.
The staff is very friendly, they know all the regulars by name. Their is always a trainer available during peak hours (early mornings and late afternoon) to give advice and tips. Best of all is that they are very knowledgeable and concerned about your health and goal attainment.
The facility is pretty good, however they lose a star for the limited equipment. The equipment is state of the art, but their is only one of each kind. So you may find yourself waiting for a machine during peak hours. It’s never been that big of a deal for me, but if your uste to some other gyms that have multiples of each equipment, you may be disappointed. They have maintenance people coming in regularly to maintain the equipment. The maintenance staff is always clean and improving the facility, in December they replaced the floor in the cardio room. They always have plenty of disinfectant wipes available in every room. They have locker rooms for men and women, a swimming pool, spin room, weight room, cardio room, Multi purpose room, and a gymnasium. They offer a wide array of classes in the MP room (ie Zumba, total body, yoga, ultimate abs, boot camp etc). They offer spin class a few times a day. The gymnasium is used for basketball, handball, and volleyball.
All and all, I am very happy with this ymca and would recommend it to other, and for the price you can’t go wrong.
Happy Unilocaling :) …

I’ve been a member of this gym since November 2013 and I couldn’t be more pleased with my experience. I proudly tell anyone about «my gym». The staff are pleasant and helpful. It is truly a «family» feel when you enter the facility. The hours of operation make going to the gym possible, even when my week gets super hectic.
I’ve joined other gyms before and they always felt generic, cookie cutter and lacked personality. The North Brooklyn YMCA has that welcoming feeling that keeps me coming back day after day.

No complaints, Good set of weights, nice staff!

I LOVE my YMCA! The staff is super friendly and helpful! After the hassle I had to go through with the chain Planet Fitness gym, I decided to check my YMCA out. They offer so many services, classes, pool time, free computer use, a youth center, IT IS AMAZING!
Of course, the only downfall is the incredible number of people that inhabit the weight room on Mondays, Tuesdays, and even Wednesdays, making the wait for machines a little bit longer than I like, since I like to get my workout accomplished in a timely manner after work. Also, the gym just had all of the equipment replaced with BRAND NEW equipment. EXCELLENT facility, clean, and such helpful and cheerful staff! Enough good cannot be said about this place!
Also, for those of you who are really looking to get a great work out, they have barbell equipment (versus the smith machine — though they do have one available if you like).

I have been going to this gym for couple years now. It’s way to expensive I was going there when it was 35 dollars a month now its 60 dollars. This Gym is not only way to expensive for what you get its very ghetto. The women’s Bathrooms are horrible and never clean… The instructors are very catty amongst the members and there co– workers. There is always way to much drama over spinning classes its very unorganized. You will have to come and hour early to get and ticket to reserve your bike for spinning class. Surely expect to have someone on your bike, because the spinning instructor is either showing favoritism to the person thats on the bike and not doing there job; so you rushed to get a ticket for no reason. This gym has lost all it’s credibility. There fitness equipment is old. The gym isn’t family oriented at all. Not much for the kids to do and you will have to wait forever for equipment, because no one knows the meaning of 45 minutes and having the courtesy to let someone else use the equipment. Dont have any complaints because staff does not handle anything in an proper timing or they dont handle it at all. So dont waste your time joining trust you will regret it.

My new favorite place to go !! Tamara so helpful at the front desk. All staff members are very amazingly helpful !!! And love the classes. Jenn is an amazing yoga instructors. !! I am so glad I joined.

This gym is pretty good but there is nothing special about it. Regular gym, descent classes and I usually get the machine that I want.

About $ 40 bucks a month for 2 good fitness rooms, a locker room with showers & a sauna, a dance studio, a spinning (bike) room, a game room AND fitness classes?
It’s not a huge gym, but for the price, you’re getting your money’s worth. There are fitness classes daily (albeit on the weekends, they are limited). Spin classes are a first come first serve because they are so popular. The classes include Zumba, Kickboxing, Yoga, and much more. There are disinfectant wipes which I feel are more effective than spray bottles at other gyms.
Sometimes, employees offer to go on nature walks which are really just a 10 – 20 minute walk to the Ridgewood Reservoir. People here are always smiling.
Every so often they hold a blood drive, so they’re always helping the community.

I’ve been coming here since the beginning of January, ever since my physical therapist recommend using the stationary bike and step machine for coordination and balance.
1. When you go to sign up, they have a one-​on-​one discussion with you about your goals and why you want to join.
2. They have a personal trainers and a 12-​week personalized exercise program designed for those who don’t think they have the time, support, motivation to exercise.
3. They have different classes for those interested in more than just exercising on their own.
4. They have a good amount of exercise bikes, treadmills, and other exercise machines.
5. However for the weight machines, they have only one of each type.
For single adults it is only $ 39.00 which is a very good price considering the cost of other fitness centers in New York City.