Ascension St. Vincent YMCA in Westfield

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The only locker room is unisex! Creepy men stare at women and children in there, creating an environment that feels uncomfortable and unsafe. We only joined this YMCA to get private swim lessons. We contacted their Swim Director numerous times, but they failed to respond. We finally gave up after 3 months and asked them to refund the 3 months worth of membership, since we hadn't been able to use it because their Swim Director wouldn't do their job. The facility refused, despite admitting their Swim Director was a known problem. Highly advise against this facility!

★D Go

Truly awful experience. Unsupervised kids running around everywhere playing on machines that people pay to have access to. If you’re looking to enjoy a workout definitely choose an actual gym. Also, the locker room situation is pure foolishness. Just go somewhere else. All that said, the staff has been very nice and helpful in my personal experience and that’s important to point out.

★Margaret Gillis

I was really excited going on the tour of this facility and enjoyed it up until discovering the locker room situation.. I can’t imagine the amount of potential members that were lost due to this poor design. I understand that you guys have put procedures into place, for example, signage.. but a sign on the wall isn’t going to stop a predator from acting on their impulses. As a woman, I would not feel comfortable being in there nor would I ever allow my child to go to a facility with coed locker rooms. VERY strange design..

★★★★★Rick Siegrist

Cade was quick and friendly, welcoming me into the Y. When I arrived, Susan signed me up and gave me a tour, showing me where things were at and what to expect. It's a really nice facility but the staff was the most impressive. Thank you Susan and Cade!

★andrew syndergaard

Facilities are brand new, and top notch and everything is clean, as should be expected considering how old everything is. This would otherwise be a five star review, however, a couple of things to mention. I don’t understand designing a track to only go around the courts. It’s the shortest track I’ve ever seen, and walking on something that short, you may as well just get on a treadmill, which I do not enjoy. The design of the change room being universal was really shortsighted. There is a certain irony this building was sponsored by Ascension, a hospital organization associated with the Catholic religion. And they okayed putting their name on this? Did they know what they were putting their name on? Whoever designed this and pushed through HAD to know it would not be a popular design. I personally did not mind dressing, showering, and changing, BUT I’m a man. Can only imagine how women and parents with young kids would feel. Why didn’t you have a changing room for those who would prefer same sex changing area? People don’t like being forced into this situation and would have liked options. Either administration was myopic, or just didn’t care what the masses would think and pushed its agenda regardless. Either way, it’s disturbing to have the ones in charge making those types of decisions.