What Year Was That?
We opened our newest branch, the La Central YMCA
2022
Our favorite 4 letter word
CAMP
The first YMCA swimming pool (ever) was built in this borough
Brooklyn 1885. 14 X 45. 5 feet deep.
No filtration. Emptied weekly.
We serve over this number of New Yorker’s every year
over 500,000
This is the year the first YMCA was founded in NYC
1852
The Village People sang YMCA about this NYC branch
McBurney
The YMCA invented this sport at Springfield College
Basketball
Number of New American Welcome Centers at our Y
4
Our President and CEO, Sharon Greenberger joined the YMCA in this year
2015
This person is considered the Founder of the YMCA movement
George Williams
The YMCA invented this sport at a facility in Holyoke MA
Volleyball
The number of swimming pools will you find at our YMCA’s
32
This is the year we went live on the AS400
1993
This community leader and educator founded the first African American YMCA in 1853
Anthony Bowen
The YMCA in Cincinnati, Ohio was the first ever to offer this type of classes for new Americans
English as a Second Language (ESL)
The number of days until Summer Camp 2025
122