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As of 2021, there are twenty two branches throughout the five boroughs, including the McBurney Y that was the inspiration for the Village People's song and the West Side YMCA. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] YMCA of Greater New York is affiliated with YMCA in America and also operated Camp Talcott , a more than century-old sleepaway camp that hosted more ...
YMCA Camp Bernie A YMCA camp in Huguenot, New York. YMCA camping began in 1885 when Camp Baldhead (later known as Camp Dudley) was established by G.A. Sanford and Sumner F. Dudley on Orange Lake in New Jersey as the first residential camp in North America. [48] The camp later moved to Lake Champlain near Westport, New York. [13]
Frances Gulick was a YMCA worker stationed in France during World War I who received a United States Army citation for valour and courage on the field. [ 10 ] In July 1915, American secretaries with the War Prisoners' Aid of YMCA began visiting POW camps in England and Germany.
YMCA Central Building (Buffalo, New York), Buffalo, New York, listed on the NRHP in Erie County, New York. [2] Sloane House YMCA, West 34th Street, New York City, which was the largest residential YMCA in the U.S.A. Old Poughkeepsie YMCA, Poughkeepsie, New York, listed on the NRHP as "Young Men's Christian Association". [2] United States Post ...
Mary S. Sims, The YWCA: An Unfolding Purpose (New York: Woman's Press, 1950) Mary S. Sims, The Purpose Widens, 1947-1967 (New York: YWCA, 1969) Anna Rice, A History of the World's Young Women's Christian Association (New York: Woman's Press 1947) Karen Garner, Global Feminism and Postwar Reconstruction: The World YWCA Visitation to Occupied ...
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The Harlem YMCA is located at 180 West 135th Street between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.Built in 1931-32, the red-brown brick building with neo-Georgian details was designed by the Architectural Bureau of the National Council of the YMCA, with James C. Mackenzie Jr. as the architect in charge.
The William Sloane House YMCA at 356 West 34th Street in Manhattan was the largest residential YMCA building in the nation. [1] It was sold in 1993 for $5 million and later converted to rental apartments. [1] At the time, its closure and sale was noted as part of a trend of fewer budget travelers choosing to stay at YMCAs. [2]