Hollywood YMCA

issei shinohara

It’s narrow to play volleyball and the goal ring of basketball is in the way.

Lena Jones

I have been going to this location for many, many years. My daughter is now seven, and I was a member before her birth. The kids center staff know her name. We have dropped her there for Parents Night Out. I feel this YMCA is a community, and, in my opinion, this particular Y is popular with families who have teens and younger children. No, it is not a luxury spa or gym. We should all remember it is a nonprofit organization with both volunteers and staff. The Y’s main goal is to promote health and wellness/wholeness and Community and ideally to reach out to communities in need and families of all income levels. This Y is where people talk and know one another, and parents laugh and chat while there kids swim or watch their kids take Taekwondo , or where a group of buddies hang out in the parking lot and chat after playing basketball, and, in the court yard, where members, parents, children are snacking, relaxing, playing and where the front staff is patient and smiles whilst dealing with parents, the elderly, teens and other members who have often the same issues but with very different personalities. All or most of the instructors I have had have been kind and/or attentive; I take cycling and yoga and some of those instructors even have a bit of a following. Now, do I wish the swim lessons, were a bit more organized, yes, esp. with respect to the different teachers my daughter has had recently. Yet, we could work on consistency in bringing her. I also wish the locker rooms were a bit newer, but for the most part they are maintained. It would be great if this Y had more cycling classes, but I mainly attend more regularly in summer months. Yes, this Y contends with and assist the neighboring homeless community. For the most part, I feel at home at this Y, and my family does too.

I am Bueno

It a very nice facility, but come on fix those rusty, stinky, smelly lockers please. That’s the issue I see in most YMCA. The locker rooms should be the most up to date with the hygiene. In my home the bathroom is the cleanest always. Mix baking soda and water or white vinegar into a paste and use, it’s really inexpensive taking care of things.

Shannon Marvin

I'm with Christopher. We started at the Hollywood YMCA over two years ago when my son was a year old. The parent & me swim classes are great. Our kids are still in them. As a working parent with two small children, late in the evening (after kids go to sleep) is sometimes the only time I can get to the Y. In the past few months the hours of operation have been cut back in a passive aggressive manner. Though the club is technically 'open' until 11 M-Th, the workout spaces close at 10:30pm. How did I find out about this? At 10:20pm one night they sent the staff around to tell people while we were working out. I'm not sure why this was implemented - but I can guess. My instinct says that there are 'lingerers' who lollygag around the locker rooms til after closing, making it difficult for staff to get out and maintain payroll. I think a better solution to this problem would be to close the locker rooms at 10:30pm so that people who like to work out late can do so, and the people who like to lounge around the locker rooms get the hint. It's a real bit of nonsense to say that the club is 'open' til one time but the only areas of the gym that can be accessed are not gym areas. I don't change in the locker rooms late in the evening and I'm sure others who work out late would be happy to adjust their post-workout routine to have access to the facilities. Otherwise, just say you close at 10:30pm. You can't call it 'hours of operation' if the gym is not accessible for the entire time.