This Y is know is a bit older but some stuff needs a bit of renovation. The pool is rather small and the Saunas have glass windows that look into the pool (Awkward?) The locker rooms are in a kind of cold but interesting basement hallway and the showers are open, rows of rusty lockers and no changing stalls. At least there are toilet stalls and clean sinks. The vending machine was out of order, also the pool area itself was a little too warm. It says it was Charlotte's First indoor pool 1958. So I guess that explains the older lockers.

Its fairly disappointing to me that a self proclaimed community service organization goes out of their way to inconvenience the community it serves. While I understand the need to provide parking for their customers during business hours, summarily booting and towing vehicles in an area that is strapped for parking during off hours seems a bit heavy handed - especially given the random enforcement. After arriving at 7:30 PM (on a Wednesday night) to celebrate a new job with my wife, I returned to my vehicle to find a boot being applied to my vehicle at 9:30 PM (after hours mind you). After being charged 50 bucks by a guy in the parking lot in a stickered up, run down, unlabeled, un-maintained, unmarked and generally extremely unofficial vehicle I realized just how frequently I will return to NoDa (enjoy the dripping sarcasm - I will be avoiding contributing to the businesses in the area at every opportunity given the dearth of parking in Noda and YMCAs efforts to restrict and shrink accessibility). Net result is Im out 51.50 - dont forget the surcharge for processing my payment - and will go out of my way to avoid going to NoDa again and enjoying any of the fine establishments offered in the area simply because of the lack of parking (Noda leaders, take note - you have a MAJOR issue here). Maybe the YMCA would consider charging a nominal fee for parking in the ONE lot available in NoDA? I would happily pay a few dollars - even hourly - to utilize the parking establishment that effectively serves ALL of the businesses of this small community. What a ridiculously selfish organization that gains nothing except resentment of their organization and punishes area business by chasing paying customers away - although I am sure it justified is the name of protecting their paying customers. The absurdity of their logic is beyond me. They would do well to make an effort to serve their community better and be a better neighbor by finding creative ways to make the one parking lot that is leveraged by area clientele to serve their financial needs or moral principles or whatever justification it is they have for their draconian "protectionism". NoDa clientely beware - stay the heck away from this lot. And good on you if you can find parking in Noda. To the proprietors of the YMCA: please consider adding another revenue stream vis a vis charging guests to use the lot - you might mind yourself helping the small businesses in the area while making a few bucks on the side (bonus right?) and simultaneously avoiding people walking away from the area permanently and negatively impacting the community you "serve" while spreading negative press on your business practices.

I have been to many YMCAs and this is by far the most unhygienic. First, there are not nearly enough disinfectant spray bottles; after I was done with my first exercise, I walked the entire room trying to find a way to wipe down my bench. Then I noticed that most people kept a cloth towel and kept reusing it to wipe down each machine with out using any disinfectant. Basically, many of the members were spreading their germs to each machine, rather than killing them. It only takes one person with a skin condition or sickness to infect others. Even though it is an inconvenience, I will be driving a little further to go to a more sanitary gym.

I used to go here back in 2003 to get my GED and the instructors were horrible. They took advantage of me and they were very disrespectful. I am a quiet person by nature and I feel like they were picking on me. I really worked hard in that program and I really felt I deserved to be treated right. Anyway I got so discouraged and frustrated I dropped out, I will never forget that terrible experience just to get a lousy GED.

Staff is really friendly and it never it really that crowed. They machines arent the most up to date but they get the job done. Overall I would recommend the location.