YMCA

I love the Y in general. I worked for the Greater Syracuse facility during college and have enjoyed the services offered at various locations all my life. The Broadway Staten Island location is clean, expensive and uptodate. My husband and I have the Family II membership which is 87 dollars a month. It includes the both of us and someday when we have a family they can also be included in this membership. There are several gymnasiums, a large pool, a (in my opinion) state of the art workout center as well as tons of classes offered. The machines are awesome. Large LCD displays that offer tv, games like solitaire and connections to apps such as lose it and fitlinxx. With your Y membership fitlinxx is included. It can remember your settings on the machines and also logs your workouts and progress. I love technology so appreciate a gym being updated. I also enjoy the scenes that you can display on the cardio machines. It may be cheesy but I run better when I follow one of their digital courses, it’s nice to run on «the beach» or a mountain trail. It makes it a little less boring and a nice way to work out first thing in the am. I am pleased with our membership and think it’s totally worth the money (our insurance will reimburse us at the end of the year, heck with yours!). Parking has never been an issue, large lot that goes far back. Bus stop right out front.

If you enjoy listening to everyones conversations in the weight room, this is the gym for you. People will complete their full workout with headphones on — full conversations in a crowded gym. When you ask management — «This is normal at the Y».

I’ve grown up using this facility for things like teen nights, tae kwon doe, learning to swim, fun runs, pee wee basketball, their fitness center, and even pre-​k. I’m quite happy with them historically and they keep striving to improve themselves, in appearance, service, etc. It’s a good example to set for its members.

This has been my favorite gym so far and the only one that keeps me motivated in working out. I love the variety of classes offered here for free with the membership. The instructors are all motivating and good people. The gym equipment is also pretty well kept and so is the facility. I highly recommend coming here if you’re looking to improve your health and not just hang out or try to find potential dates haha

Yay! I’m a fan is right! I LOVE the Y and it is and has been a salvation for me. I joined for the pool, but that has been the least impressive part of my experience. The classes are great and the gym equipment abundant and available. There is a sauna for the women and two for men. The Broadway Y isn’t hip or hot or sexy like some other gyms with tanning machines, and you don’t have to put on make-​up before you go. It’s clean and the classes are often updated to reflect the new trends in fitness. The pool isn’t run very well, and isn’t current with it’s classes, but having it is an tremendous resource nonetheless. Childcare is available while you work-​out.

Great place! Love the fitness room. Classes. Basketball courts. And sauna is great too! Just missing one star (sucks in Maintance. Soaps dispenser stay empty for a while. Sauna isn’t always working. Lockers stays damaged for weeks) but over all great place to work out and get fit! Love the day care ladies very friendly with my daughter!

Pros.
In door Swimming pool,
great Classes such as spinning classes, Zumba for those that like Yoga they have that 2. etc
Sauna
also all of the Machines have some type off screens on which you can update and keep track of your progress.
Cons.
Not enough Parking…

Go somewhere else, what a bunch of incompetent/​rude people working there. The Y has become such a bureaucracy it barely functions, if you have to call them get ready for hours of being transferred around. The hours constantly change, rude employees and a lack of over site but what else would you expect in Staten Island. My company will be cancelling our corporate account with the Y. General swim pools hours are at 10pm. who swims that late? And why is only 1HR out of 24 used for general swim? but if you call them and actually get someone (rare) they try and say the swim hrs are from 6am to 10 pm. I tried the corporate office and got a bunch of vmails, still waiting on call backs. The Y’s problem seems to be systemic from the top. Time for new board members!!!

I love the YMCA. It’s been great with my weight-​loss plan and maintaining weight. The elliptical, rowing machine, bikes, are all fun. I love the new screens that take you on hikes, ride, or climbs around various ranges in the world. It really breaks up the repetition of the workouts and challenges you in different ways. I’m happy to hear the fitness area is getting a new floor, as it looks very dated. I love the Zumba class and am happy to say I LOVE the Ballet N Tone classes. Christina is a sweetheart and the class is such a challenge. The parking is a BIG issue with this facility. There’s not enough parking and when swimming, Zumba and the fitness room are running at the same time quickly followed by karate or kid’s classes, there’s nowhere to park. The streets become overwhelmed as well. The neighbors cannot be happy about this at all. I almost feel registration should be frozen for a while with a constant stream of new members eventually it’s going to become an unpleasant place to workout or enjoy a class. I’ve never had any issue with a staff member. They all appear friendly and helpful.

I too am a fan of this Y. I’ve been coming for the last year, and I find it to be a positive, family-​oriented place. Besides all of weight and cardio machines, the fitness classes and the pool, they have many programs for children and seniors. The staff is friendly.
You pay $ 50 a month for an individual membership, and a bit more for a couple or family membership ($ 85ish). Also, depending on you, or your spouse’s, profession/​affiliations, you may qualify for a discount. With your membership you are given (3) personal training sessions with one of their staff. Should you choose to take advantage of these, they may help you get familiar with the machines or setup a workout plan. You also can join most of the fitness classes at no cost.
One of the pushing factors for me joining was that with your membership, they will take care of your children while you work out for up to 90 minutes. This gives moms the chance to get a good workout or swim, and then take a shower or spend a couple minutes in the sauna. The baby sitting hours are 8:30am to 1pm and the evening hours are 5 – 8:30pm. They start taking care of babies at 6 months. They will feed them if you bring something, but they will not change any diapers. If your child needs a change, or cries excessively, they will come and find you wherever you are in the gym. My only criticism is that the only changing table at this YMCA is in the ladies locker room, but they don’t allow strollers in there. This makes it difficult for moms of small babies, especially if they have more than one child, but everyone ends up taking their strollers in anyway. So I guess its a non-​issue.

I think that is unfair to their members having such a small pool, not able to swim whenever you want but when is available, which might be couple of hours during the day. Also their parking lot is really small, dont be surprised waiting another twenty minutes until you find available parking spot.

I really like this gym. I joined because I need a gym close to my house/​work and this place is a 5 minute drive/​15 – 20 minute walk form my house. There is a variety in cardiovascular equipment: treadmills, different types of bicycles, and at least 3 models of elliptical machines as well as step/​climbers. The YMCA has a large weight room (within the cardio room) including not only free-​hand weights but also weight lifting machines. The North shore Y also has a pool, and two gymnasiums including aerobics classes throughout the day.
What is also good about this place is if you have a young child or are babysitting a and need to go work out, there are babysitting services here as well.
Included with your membership are 6 free guest passes for members to bring friends/​family.
4.5 stars. Minus the half star because its expensive but if I am spending these rates on a gym membership I will not let it go to waste!