I went today to sign up for their $8 new membership. Walked in very clean and the staff was nice. I cant wait to enjoy my membership

Cleanest Y in the city, Columbia North or Roxboro would wish they had a staff like this . On very particular days like Friday or Sunday theres this big dude who cleans the locker room grooving to music. Doesnt talk much but he be making that place smell fresh.

Good People that Work There. Positive Atmosphere , Feel Safe, Just a Great Place to be and Work our. Amen.

Best community ymca hands down. Truly professional staff, and I mean everyone in the place. From the front desk to the lifeguards and maintenance technicians. Polite, professional and committed to fostering a great atmosphere. I love this place and the people running it.

The most amazing gym/facility EVER. Exceptional polite friendly CLEAN...SPOTLESS CLEAN ALL THE TIME. I LOVE THIS PLACE.The equipment is up to date clean kept well organized. Weight room, full l basketball courts, pool, sauna, jacuzzi, daycare, spin classes just to name a few things they have there. The best part are the awesome staff and members.Well equipped to meet any challenge you may embark on healthwise. Has kept me very fit for at least the last 10+ years easy.

My youngest child attend there. Workout in the morning before work and school.

For the most part, most staff goes over and beyond expectations to help and engage with members. However, the Dir. of Fitness appears to be more interested in her outside business, than ensuring member safety and comfort. Exercise equipment in the fitness center is often unusable for months.Child care services at this location are great! They have several programs that helped both me as a parent and my children.Anthony G. and Shalann G. are two of the few stars in leadership.

It was really cool never been b4, staff was great building was full of light pool restrictions were way different than Columbia North the kids MUST know how to swim for them not to have to use a floating vest I actually thought was ok.

Staff is super friendly! Clean facility! Excited about my membership!

Ive been going here 2 years and loving it .My workout start at 5am .with a spin class every Monday and Wednesday at 6 to 6:45 am come join.

Not from here. Just had to use the bathroom & was declined. Which is really rude to do, especially to a women. Maybe I would’ve wanted to check the place out more but, that was an immediate turn off.

@Broadwaywesson #salute great staff and excellent resources 👍💯

Great staff. Very polite and helpful

Needs better customer service. Great overall equipment and facility.

I really love the Y on 52nd st , however since the pandemic they have changed so much at the y. I guess we all have been changing. They are under new management and im just not used to all the changes. It seems as if they have gotten rid of all my favorite classes and one of my favorite instructors.. We use to sing in the water and they have a new rule no singing in the water. So i ran across a few things i didnt like upon coming across this management. Which is my personal reason for giving 4 stars and not five.However, if i rated this soley on their classes and instructors , I would have given them an easy 5 star rating. So heres my list of the best instructors, my top 3. Coming in #1 Angie Ms. Let It Burn she has a credit cardio class if you really want to work and burn alot of calories her class is excellent . Ang will get that weight off of you . #2 Devita Doll she has thee best Zumba you absolutely love her class , great fun and calorie burn . #3 last but certainly not least Arlene had a great class , she does line dancing, and im not a senior but she has a seniors class where they rock the house, These old people move better than me. Its a great class if your new to exercising you can make it in this class . She has chairs in place and you can even exercise while sitting.

Great facility! Friendly, helpful staff. Prayers.

Very helpful staff at my sign up.. waiting to see how my next visit well be.

Great experience been a member over the years love the to strength train, cardio, lap swimming.

Sherry and lavern greet you every morning in such a warm and friendly manner. It makes the beginning of a long day manageable.😊💯

Very clean .. and very clear covid precautions

It was not a good experience my wife and my two sons and daughter our members at the Y I came today to see my son swim on my day off and I was told that I couldnt come in to see my son swim because doing the coronavirus there is no visitors I looked on the website before I came down and it was nothing written on the website that visitors cannot come in so it was not a good visit at West Philadelphia YMCA

Great staff. Clean. Everything youll need inside the Gym. Daycare available now. Fitness classes available now. Davita is awesome. They have the Metro Newspaper. I gave 4 Stars because you have to have your own Basketball to Shoot Hoops.

I decided not to participate at thw YMCA, because I was followed in Philadelphia & start believing someone can see me take a shower.

Excellent spin classes , free child watch , and lovely staff + community .

Great place for a good workout in the gym and in the pool

The best gym around period .

Cleanest one ive been to

Great place to workoutGreat staff too

The gym area is always clean when working out there. they have friendly staff members that assist you with anything needed. the front desk workers are very professional, and I’m able to get a good workout in any time I’m there with no interruptions from no one.

Beautiful place

It was nice,clean,staff was friendly willing to answer questions with patience. The pool was clean and warm

Great workout

There’s such a community here at this facility. I lost my keys and all the staff really helped me out with locating them. The guest where all so helpful to me! A nice lady that works there seen I was confused about where to go. She took her time with me and my daughter. She walked us through the entire facility 😊

Need more activities for children 9-12. Great staff.

I love the YMCA .lets get in shape.

Its an ok place, pretty cool

Good health checks and cleaning..not to crowed...able to get a good workout in

Nice place to workout and meet new people!!

I go there for chair yoga and Silver sneakers. Its a lot of fun. And almost all of my old co-workers go there too. Next I am going to start walking on the treadmill. Arlene is an excellent instructor!

Best place for exercise & relaxation!!!

Ive been a Member for decades. I just Love, love the West Philly YMCA. It is a beloved Institution in Our Community. The services offered are superb, pool is wonderful, whirlpool heavenly, sauna devine & locker room is pleasant. Fitness Center will inspire You to workout & comeback again and again. Most of All the Staff, the employees of the West Y are thoughtful and helpful. I choose to be a part of this facility for these 30+ years, with No regrets. Check them out!Peace, Blessings & Love .... Toni g

I visit the West branch Y every week. I mainly go to Silver Sneakers class & my instructor is great. Besides doing stretching & strengthening exercises she gives us pointers on how to stay healthy as seniors. I also do treadmill & bicycle exercises. Love the Y

The facilities are nice but the front desk staff isnt that friendly. I was disappointed that the staff found it odd that I questioned what this Y branch was doing to observe Breast Cancer Awareness month?

The Y is the best for keeping fit. And if you have knee replacement the bike is a good piece of equipment to use.

My place to workout ..I like it

Love love love. I attend this gym and i must say the people there are nice and friendly and willing to help. Love that the environment has an older crowd which makes it easy and comfortable to work out and go home. But still be aware cause older people have eyes too. lol.

Great place 👌

My personal trainer Mr. Willie Williams is the BEST ever. In 1year and three months he helped me reach my first goal level. 30lbs lost and 6 dress sizes smaller.

Love coming here.I try to go everyday the staff is very friendly and really helpful. Love the jacuzzi the weight room in the sauna. The lifeguards are so friendly extremely well-mannered

I love it here

Love this YMCA. Has kids and teen youth progams and events weekly. As another review mentioned, there is a variety of people who come to this location, however, everyone is respectful, regardless of color, orientation, etc. Very friendly staff and childcare on premises for when you are working out. Very kind staff in the teens programs. My (biracial) sons love it as well, so great for kids. Has a pool, weight area and gym (plus more!) equipment. Affordable way to stay fit as they also offer discounts if you meet income requirements. Great family time! Fill out a low income application, the worst you will get is a discount!!

Members not acting right now but passes was a great place to be. Good for a workout.

My 1st day back since covid 19. The safety precautions were excellent.!!!

Its clean and the staff is very polite

Nice and friendly staff that will work with and help you. Nice big pool and work out. A good place to relax in the hot tub and sauna.

I’m so glad there’s a gym near me where I can maintain my fitness regimen, which can be a challenge in West Philly. The weight room is moderately sized, but it’s got about everything you need. The BIG plus (for me) was finding out they have a sauna AND jacuzzi. So not only can I lift, I can decompress. Staff are friendly!

The building isnt as big as other YMCA Ive been to but they do offer a lot. The workout room has many different types of machines to use. They just upgraded the lockers. The cleaning staff does a great job. I wish they would get some type of cable to watch while on the treadmill.

Ah, in the Heart of West Philly, sits this fabulous little power packed building!I was encouraged to join the gym and walk 30 minutes a day... I was told to swim and exercise and I was referred to a few different gyms. But someone I love and trust sent me to this dyna packed Y!The people! The classes, and even theHalal food trucks outside are the epitome of a healthy and happy place...I am not going to push it too much..It will no longer be a secret!

The people here are very nice and answer all your questions and theyre very helpful and🙂

The community of the Y has sideways been & still is of a wholehearted loving family.

Great place for the 👪

Went there to vote

If you think this is a gym, stop! Overcrowded with both machines and people. There is absolutely no place for free body workout, secondly music/radio way too loud. You have to think of this place as a community space where people come in and chit chat, kids play etc... then its great, staff is competent and cordial. Unfortunately I need a gym.

This Ymca is neighborhood friendly. The have a pool . Gym classes, gym equipment, baseball court . Family activities. They offer babysitting If trying to get healthy

I love working out here, but after visiting Haverford YMCA, this one needs some upgrades. It needs more and better workout machines. Also needs to fix some existing machines.

Very pog

Awesome

Gotta say i love this place helpful fun educational.

Gym area too small and the gym area smells bad. I like haverford one better. I will also try the location on lansdowne ave

Have just become a member at the YMCA I enrolled yesterday in the silver sneakers program for seniorsthey gave me a tour of the building and everything is beautiful looking forward to my membership at the YMCA check it out for yourself you may like what you said enjoy your membership

The wirl pool go out alot an they some times have disrespectful people there but they dont know no better. It looks like a black thing. But there are some nice people there.

I went to the Y with my mom; she wanted to take my kids swimming before the pool closed for repairs and school start. My membership was inactive and needed to be sent back through. I understand this part was on me... I left my insurance card home... but, the cutthroat, uninformative and rude employees at the front desk simply said you need your insurance card and Im asking questions and that was the only answer I received so, i just left frustrated and upset that I wasnt there in case my mom needed help with my 3 and 8 year old.

Interesting urban area

YMCA excellent place to t line dancing services excellent great place to swim and to take your children easy access to transportation the equipment is clean and then instructors are patient and highly skilled

Wearing masks while working out is asking for trouble, you cant catch your wind, you may even pass out.

Small, but has extremely friendly helpfull staff

I used to love this place as a child. My father was a life long swimmer and life guard and frequented this location. 6 years ago my father passed away while swimming at this location. It was the most horrific and unprofessional experience I ever encountered.I was told that my father left the facility alive and was rushed to Misericordia Hospital (currently Mercy Catholic Medical Center). I called Misericordia and I was told over the phone while driving on 95 that my father died and was taken to university of PENN Hospital. I almost killed my self and atleast 10 other people on the expressway that night.YMCA told me that my father left the hot tub and proceeded to the pool where he seemed to have a seizure and medics were called. HOWEVER when I arrived to University of PENN emergency room I was not allowed to view or identify My fathers body after waiting for over 4 hours. I was told by the physician that they could not allow me to view My fathers body because his body was full of water as he was found in the pool at the close of the night at YMCA. The doctor felt it was best for me not to view my father in that state, no matter how much I cried and screamed they never allowed me to see him, they sent a Chaplin to pray with my family and sent us in our way. The 1st time I saw my father it was several days later at the funeral home where he was already fully clothed and prepared to be laid to rest.I interrogated every employee that I could find that was supposed to be working that night. The manager was very defiant in giving me the information of the staff and to release any camera footage. Till this day I still do not know who w was working at the facility, when 911 was called, who discovered my father, and no witnesses that can confirm he left alive.I must thank Ivan Kimble funeral home for all they done for me during that time. As an only child I was lost and had no intention of burying either of my parents so soon. Needless to say I was NOT prepared.What made the situation worse was that I had a friend that worked at this YMCA location. This friend disclosed to me that all of a sudden anyone who did not have the proper credentials was let go, all other employees went through more trainings and the facility renewed all of their policies and procedures.My dads girlfriend at the time stated that the staff never watches my father because he was a lifeguard and great swimmer. She also stated that most of the staff was very young and spent most of their time with their faces glued to their cell phones rather than their eyes on the members of the gym.I cannot say that the YMCA organization itself is terrible, however the staff and management at the West Philly location was not properly trained or equipped to handle emergency situations and to make matters worse they covered up what really happened. My family holds a YMCA membership and I fight myself and a huge rush of emotions just to visit another location. I will never step foot in the West Phila Site ever again.Less than 24 hours of my fathers death the West Phila YMCA sent several flowers and other gifts expressed their condolences. They could’ve keep the flowers and kept their eyes on my dad, he’d still be alive.I have the biggest hole in my heart and I don’t think it will ever be healed. If I could give this place negative stars I would.

I started on Monday and I love it. You know you are out of shape when the seniors are doing better than you in the gym. I even called myself trying to keep up with them learned my lesson. Stay in a childs place as they say.

Clean and friendly environment. Professional staff. I enjoy the workout here. Wish there was the stepper machine where the steps form coming out. That machine rocks. Nevertheless, I always get a productive workout in.

West Philadelphia YMCA is a beautiful experience a lot of activities for the young youth of Our Generation

Well run and orderly atmosphere.One of the bright spots in our community.

Have so many classes and great instructors.locker rooms always fresh and clean and staff are good most of the time

Has a wonderful community feel. Everyone is so friendly, from the staff to the other patrons. I always feel so welcome when I visit. Even though the building is older, it is kept very clean.

I love the Y because I can go and workout for little money and they have plenty to do there.

Its a noce and freindly place to workbout. Ive got to get back on there ASAP

The Halal Truck out front has AWESOME Falafels!

Better organization is needed especially the aquatics department..The instructor is great they ,the Y in general needs to give the good instructors more of a reason to stay.

I go to the West YMCA at least 2 times a week. I mainly go to the Silver Sneakers class. We have a great Instructor. It is Not only for older members either.

It was cool. Receptionist could have been nicer tho

I love to run and walk, but I go the YMCA for strength training. A nice place to exercise and meet nice people

The pool is dirty and no one cares and the hot tub is dirty all around the outer edge, I dont know why they think killing people with way to much chlorine is good instead of hiring someone to drain, clean and properly treat the water before someone gets sick. I stopped going there...it looks like dandruff in the watera bad case, if u dont believe me go see for yourself, its not hard to tell, and check the hot tub, its pretty scary, very very very very dirty....I dont get it, somebody do something foreal..

Great for lane swimming. The water excercises are fun with music.

Ive gone to this y on and off since I was a little girl. When I was a kid, it was definitely a black space for black people to do black stuff and for now it still is, mostly. But of course gentrification has folks coming through from other communities, and at this point theyre cool and respect the space and recognize that they are, in fact, the minority at the 52nd street YMCA. I learned how to swim here (kinda) as a child, and when my baby gets older, he will swim here as well!

Clean and informative

This is good community center that has what you need to stay in shape and get stronger. The pool is great to swim in and train.

The Y allows you to do anything you want as far as exercise. Good classes are a plus. It will meet your every need.

It keeps my son happy for hours

Line Dance class on Friday morning is the best exercise

Spin class is awesome! Zumba is awesome! I am still exploring what the Y has to offer

I love this gym. I go in the morning and the classes give me life! Members and instructors are so nice and encouraging.