Kings Bay YM-YWHA

Camp sucks. Staff are the worst and rude. False advertising. Just over all very deceiving. I would give them negative stars if I could. Don’t bother wasting your money. I’m talking about the Windsor Terrace location, everything about it is the worst. I couldn’t find a Unilocal for the WT location.

While it is a local Y and honestly, I don’t use it for the gym, the pool is big and clean and warm. Their programs are great and they constantly have events going on across their sites, which is nice. I’d recommend this Y over any other Y I’ve been to, plus the parking lot is a huge plus in Brooklyn.

Great place for youngsters of all ages. My kids both come here for swim lessons and activities. Well worth the price (which is costly) but the fee maintains this nonprofit location. Bring your kids here!

As the other reviewer noted, it really is a Jewish Y (I’ll get to that later). I’m a new member and joined in June 2013. I joined because it’s the closest swimming pool near my house and I’m learning how to swim. The swimming pool is fine with lap swimming on one half of the pool and a general area on the other. The swimming pool depths range from 3 feet to 12 feet. The measurements are on the wall and they have dividers for the deep area. Water temperatures are comfortable and there’s always at least one lifeguard on duty. Also, you need a swimming cap to use the pool.
I do have to say that there are A LOT of kids. No joke, the general swim area is dominated with kids under 13. I was there on a Monday at around 7pm and the pool was still packed with kids. If you’re a new swimmer and an adult, they do have Adults only swimming times early in the morning and at night (check their website).
The men’s locker room and shower are clean and well maintained. There’s an exit in the locker room that leads directly to the swimming pool.
My only complaint is their hours of operations. They normally open at around 7am and close at 10pm. However, they close at 5pm on Fridays (during the summer) and are closed on Saturdays. I looked at the calendar and it looks like they’ll be closed for a lot of days in September for the Jewish holidays.
Overall, I’m very happy with this gym and its swimming pool. I just have to plan my schedule to avoid the kids.

It’s the local Y! Or the Jewish Y to be more specific, since many of the special programs revolve around Judiasm and holidays. That’s not to say that you can’t join if you aren’t Jewish. You totally can, and won’t feel the least uncomfortable either.
Like your standard Y, they cater to families. There is a small gym with up-​to-​date equipment and weights, though it’s not by any means close to a regular gym in quantity or size. But for your average, run of the mill adult, it will do. There is also a basketball court and racquetball court divided by a heavy tarp. On certain nights, they remove the tarp and have volleyball games. The highlight, IMO, is a huge indoor swimming pool. When I say huge, I mean olympic sized pool huge. Really, it’s that big. Great for doing real laps. There’s also a steam room and a sauna in the locker rooms, the sauna being a personal favorite.
On the downside, the Y seems to really lean toward the older folks, like 50s and up older. You don’t see many young people there. As a teenager, I was never really involved since not many kids came here. As I said, the exercise room is small too. And in the summer time, there’s always accidents in the pool. I mean P-​ool. And it’s not always the toddlers either. Luckily they chlorinate the water enough to kill anything, and it’ll even turn purple in that area sometimes. Heheh. That deters other from purposely going in the pool instead of running to the bathroom.