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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 ...
The first YMCA indoor pool in the United States was built in 1885, in Brooklyn, New York. [40]: 154 Male nudity was required at YMCA pools in both the US and Canada until they became mixed-gender in the 1970s. [59] The downtown Miami YMCA, built in 1918 and demolished in 1978, featured what was considered a modern swimming pool at the time.
The Jerusalem YMCA housed the city's first heated swimming pool and first gymnasium with a wooden floor. The first concert broadcasts of the Voice of Israel radio station were transmitted from the YMCA auditorium. In 1947, the YMCA was the venue of the UNSCOP talks leading up to the UN Partition Plan. [90]
The former Young Men's Christian Association Building in Albany, New York, United States, is located on Pearl Street (New York State Route 32).It was built in the 1880s in the Romanesque Revival architectural style, with an existing neighboring structure annexed to it and a rear addition built in the 1920s.
The Old Poughkeepsie YMCA is on the west side of Market Street near the corner of Church Street (US 44/NY 55) in Poughkeepsie in New York, United States, across from the former New York State Armory. One of many historic early 20th-century institutional buildings on Market Street, the city's main downtown thoroughfare, it has a glazed terra ...
The completion of the repairs was delayed by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City and was finally finished in July 2021. However, the center remained closed, as the city government decided to repair the swimming pools' floors after the pandemic. [9] Workers had installed netting on the ceiling by late 2021. [12]
YMCA Camp Mason is a YMCA summer camp located in Hardwick Township, New Jersey. The 650-acre site is located next to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area . [ 1 ] Camp Mason annually serves approximately 800 campers in its summer camp programs, and 7,000 participants at its outdoor center.
[citation needed] The camp was accessible to city Scouts by taking the train to the Jenkintown station. Camp Henry W. Breyer ( 40°05′07″N 75°07′52″W / 40.0853°N 75.1311°W / 40.0853; -75.1311 ) was sold by the Philadelphia Council in 1990 and is now the site of Salus University