Chinatown YMCA

★★★★Arslan Aziz

Very friendly staff. Welcoming and professional. Weight room area is pretty small. One squat rack and not really any great space to dead lift. It would help them to have round weight plates. They only have the ones that are multi sided, which don’t work great for dead lifting.

★★★★★DBunji Fromartz

Doing tai chi, Saturdays and Mondays. Stella is an excellent teacher, also teaches at Dodge and 14th street Ys. Pool here is rarely full on weekdays, workout room, basketball/volleyball gym available, badminton 2 hours each Sat & Sun. Full workout machines, elliptical, running, arms, rower, etc. Free weights and mat room.

★★★Elle Sakamoto

People shouting to each other and unnecessary loud in a sauna, grooming themselves, hanging their clothes, putting lotions on their body in a SAUNA! I started coming here because it’s near where I live and for over all my health and well being. And it’s been about two weeks since I started going. I noticed that this place lack awareness of etiquette towards others. I told front desk a couple of times but I was told, “there is nothing we can do”. I was shocked. This place appears to be not caring for other people who want to use the facility clean and respectful. Of course if they don’t do or say anything, these behaviors would not ever be improved. I don’t think they are inconsiderate people, they just don’t know. When I ask them nicely to keep it down, they say, “sorry” and are nice about it. It’s just that this place lack in supporting community to stay feel good. It’s completely not difficult to share information. I’d like YMCA to think about the big picture. The more awareness there are the better city becomes eventually with good manners. It is a gym which place people come to stay well and in a community. We have to make a small effort everywhere we can so that we learn and be better at considering others that everyone can stay feeling good. I’m very disappointed in front desk’s answers. They were not even friendly about it, each time saying “nothing we can do” (some were nice though just to give some of them credits) and I am very shocked and feel embarrassed that YMCA in NYC is very much behind.

★★★★Yan Tremblay

Not a bad place to get my workout in during a layover. Machine weight room is small and limited. Not a lot of benches, I can't imagine how this place is when it's busy. Check in staff was super friendly. Also, the trainer was very kind even offering alternative ways to hit the muscles I was working.

★steve able

Took the adult swimming class at 273 Bowery YMCA. Coach Carolina is truly unique. Our class had only 5 students, and while she briefly explained to me and another female student, she spent almost the entire session giving one-on-one attention to a male student. Experiencing this kind of “VIP treatment” in a group class was truly unforgettable. Update: I signed up for a group class, but Coach Carolina turned it into a one-on-one session for a male student while ignoring the rest of us. This was extremely unfair and unprofessional. Other paying members were left without proper instruction, which made the whole class meaningless. Very disappointing and not worth the time or money.