YMCA Downtown Syracuse

You guys have single handedly destroyed downtown Syracuse with your “charitable”programs. You can’t feel safe as a woman walking downtown to the gym of the sauna because of the number of people hanging in the street yelling, many with substance abuse issues and mental health problems. They need to get help and just concentrating them together here makes it worse.

Amazing YMCA with an admirable team behind the scenes. Venessa is the big boss and she goes out of her way to personally help all the members and guests. She takes the time to get to know her members and establishes meaningful relationships with the children who frequent the facility. If I lived in Syracuse, I would sign up for this gym. It’s been nothing but a pleasant experience on my guest visit. Thank you to the Central NY YMCA team for excellent customer service.

The weight room has no AC. It's unhealthy to work out in a suffocating environment. Please fix the air or bring standing Air conditioner to alleviate the situation. That's all. Last week I got poisoned in the pool. It was very dirty and I didn't realize that I was supposed to keep my head above water. It was a bad experience for me.

I wish this location would be a flagship for the YMCA in the area, but it's really lagging way behind the suburban locations in terms of being clean and updated. The men's locker room is carpeted, lockers are rusty and showers are in one big open room. The weight-room has a decent variety of equipment and they did some work to fix the ceiling, but some of the equipment is outdated or not well maintained - benches have ripped padding, accessories for the cable machine are worn out and there's only one incline bench for free-weights. The cardio area on the top floor is straight out of the 1950's. There's now been a couple times I've tried to go this year and it's just randomly closed during the day. I will say the staff have always been very friendly and polite, the couple classes I've been to are great - and the location is very convenient from working downtown. Come on YMCA ... make the downtown Y great again!

I like going here. One reason is they have a separate space just for women to workout which I love. Membership is affordable compared to other gyms. Parking downtown on the street is a huge pain but just found out they have a parking garage which is a reduced price for members. I've never had a problem at this gym the staff is wonderful and very helpful . Everyone is very nice. This gym has alot of programs and classes to offer. This location isn't modern or style up to date which I don't mind at all. Everything works and is a good place to be. I'm conformable going there and working out.