The Rockaway YMCA is a convenient place near public transportation in the middle of the peninsula. It is clean and adequately equipped with treadmills, elliptical, free weights, cardio machines, squat racks, bench press options and weight machines. The gym has a sauna, steam rooms, basketball, pickleball, swimming and a good app that is easy to use. Staff and employees are friendly, sweet and welcoming, and the crowd is friendly enough to offset any negativity. Machines are repaired in a timely fashion and have never had to wait for a treadmill. The locker room is cramped and has a dingy smell, and membership can be too expensive, but the staff are sweet and the overall is fun and enjoyable. Summer camps kids screaming while workout is fun and enjoyable.
Very disheartening and scary to enter and see the huge” black lives matter “ banner displayed upon entering. Especially with the recent depiction by blm showing Hamas hang gliders on the same banner at their headquarters. An establishment like this ( or any) isn’t a place for political banners.
October 2023
Though very clean, the staff is not that great including the life guards, many of which are rude or prejudice. I will say that the Aquatic Director is very helpful and friendly but she can’t represent the entire staff by herself. So I wish I could rate this YMCA based on her alone but I can’t.
August 2023
Hearing the summer camps kids screaming while i workout is fun and enjoyable. They already occupied the whole basketball gym I don’t understand why the have to come up to the lifting area as well.
