I drive from Sunset Park to swim in this lap pool. There is $5 parking next door and it's worth it. They have a play pool for classes and kids, and a lap pool for lap swimming which is almost always open, so I often get the whole lane (or even the whole pool!) to myself. The other swimmers are very slow compared to most New York pools (no offense to them, it's just not a triathlete paradise), so I am usually the fastest swimmer, and I swim very slowly myself - I was almost the slowest person on my old NYC master's team and I swim in the slow medium late at the Prospect Y. I have not had trouble splitting the lane or getting my own lane, and only had to circle swim once for about five minutes in the past year and a half. The gym area itself is large, sunlit, clean and uncrowded; a nice place to work out. There are beautiful rooms with mirrors and wood floors for yoga and classes. It seems most of the people there are either young up and coming Coney Island natives in glamorous new neon sneakers, or old grannies who speak to each other in their mother tongue (mostly Chinese or Russian languages, to my ears), but there are some middle aged Brooklynites there like myself. Everyone seems nice, you don't catch attitude there from your co-members. I hear there are children on the weekends. As far as the facilities and staff are concerned, they are very new and friendly, however, they are still getting the kinks worked out so you will often encounter problems such as, no shelves in the shower, no female janitor so floors not mopped in women's locker room today, zumba teacher is late to class, pool not heated today, lifeguards don't know how to manage swim lane fights, etc. No Towels. Compared to the prospect YMCA this place is an emerald palace of calm, and the beach is just a block away. Enjoy!

Pretty New YMCA. Facility is very clean as it is relatively new. Great pool area and workout area. As well as sections to hang around and wait for time to pass for numerous reasons.

From 3 YMCAs in 3 different parts of country i ever visited this was my worse experience. The least freiendly place of all. Went with family for 1 day pass. After our IDs copies were done and form was filled we were told to wait. Half an hour + later receptionist told us -"OK, I put your data in the system, you could go". There was no other forms to sign, no pictures to be taken, no physical tickets to be printed. We were sitting and waiting for data to be put into the system. If she had other work to do - she could ask other girls to do it or let us in and do it later - neither was done. And then -"you can go" - she did not even try to give us a list of what they have and what times pool open to public or groups, nothing. So we turned and walked away. Could not tell whats going inside - they may be a really nice place there, I was not given an opportunity to find.

Good place.Unfortunately, showers do not keep water pressure.This issue is lasting for few weeks.

love this place. not crowded, brand spankin new gear, great pools, and much more. I drive 15 minutes to get here, instead of going to a local gym. highly recommended.