Pool is MUCH TOO HOT FOR LAPS!

Friendly and welcoming staff. Excellent fitness gym. Even parking during peak hours for members to get in and work out in downtown Princeton!

Does anyone ever look at the disgusting shower curtains in the women's locker room. Out of the 10 shower stalls, only 6 are functional, only 5 have curtains and all that do have curtains are so old, torn, missing curtain hooks and dirty. Please, it's been well over a year since those curtains have been there, time to replace them please. Why can't the pool water ever be warm, it's always so cold. Fix the **** thing.

I have Parkinson’s & am devoted to physical therapy for the disease. I believe many of the Y certified therapy is similar to Parkinson’s therapy. I wish Parkinson’s therapy was at Princeton Y.

The early morning Y staff are like friends and we love seeing them every week day. We also have "companions" who have worked out at the same time of day for years. They are our community. Of course, we also like the exercise and the convenience.

I am in a unique position to comment as I have being coming to the Princeton Y since 2005 and can see the value of what the Ym facilities and programs offer members and improvements to the interior over the years that add to the overall experience. As a non-Ym Aikido program member / volunteer administrator / volunteer instructor (at times), I also feel we share a spotty history of communication and a less than active interest in promoting the Aikido program. We have recently put together a marketing plan and have been communicating with an administration that seems to be rotating in and out or otherwise occupied by other priorities.

The staff are all amazing,extremely helpful and courteous.
There is a good range of activities.Tge pool is great
The only downside is that the building facilities could do with an upgrade especially the showers

You allow Palmer Square shoppers and workers to park in the Y lot. When I arrive for class the lot is sometimes TOTALLY full and I head home or I park illegally. You sometimes schedule class in the basement. Class participants are in their 80s and even 90s and they struggle with the steep steps…or stay home. Sometimes there are not enough chairs in chair exercise class! I only go because Suzette is a FABULOUS instructor. But we are otherwise treated so cavalierly that I can’t recommend the Y.

You really need to do something about the plumbing in the men's room. It looks so decrepit with so many showers not functioning. I encourage you to open the doors windows of the pool as much as possible to improve the air quality and reduce the chlorine smell.

Great activities and great staff. Reasonable pricing compared to fancy gym clubs

I love the friendly vibe at the Y, and I love the weight room and the deep water aerobics class. The issue is that the pool is not in good shape...water quality issues, dirty grout, rusty metal. Similar issues with the shabby women's lockerroom showers and bathrooms. Many lockers are not functional, and the carpet is FILTHY in the winter--an easier-to-clean flooring would be better. I like the big shower room, but the water gets scalding hot when a toilet is flushed. The showerheads are rusty, as are the hooks. Not a fresh look!

Again, amazing friendliness and good classes. Just got too rundown. I belonged to the Y in NYC and used several locations routinely over the 7 years living there, and they were all cleaner and fresher looking than the Princeton Y. We should do better!!!

Best place to work out. Got pools, basketball courts and

Carpets need cleaning and the downstairs weight rooms requirement remodeling. Upstairs locker rooms are outdated

Everyone who works there is so friendly! The gym has everything I need.

Limited class availability (more Pilates mat classes in the evenings would be nice - there's only 1 per week and it's in the morning on a weekday. I've been told for years that it's hard to get Pilates teachers. Maybe it's because you're not paying enough?). More of an issue is that the building is falling apart - have you looked at the ceiling in the Mind/Body room... tiles missing, water damage, stains, flickering lights... The Group Exercise room also is in terrible shape. I've been coming to the Y for 20+ years because of 1 class (Spanda Fusion) and will continue to as long as that class is at the Y, but the state of the building in such a wealthy town is so sad. With so many wealthy donors, and now that the Y is part of the Greater Somerset Y (which looks gorgeous!), why has 'putting a bandaid on a major issue' the solution time and time again?

I go primarily for the weights. However, things are dusty quite often, floors are dirty, there are never any tissues anymore, often times the disinfectant wipes are empty as well. I did notice new signs which hopefully will help, but the young boys sit on the machines looking at their phone more than they actually do any weightlifting. Sometimes the weight room is so crowded with teenagers. I can’t get in there.
On a positive note, Suzette is fantastic, and most of the workers are extremely friendly and helpful.

Same reason as always: last "upgrade" of treadmills crippled their longstanding prior ability to receive streamed audio from the TVs (for listening with headphones). Near-term restoration of this functionality was promised by staff for over a year but (now years later) seems to have been forgotten by the administration. Men's bathroom in downstair area has also been in disrepair for quite some time and now appears to have possibly(?) been abandoned. My $15 membership to Planet Fitness buys better facilities (including both of above) than my $100+ membership to the Princeton YMCA.

Good price; very helpful staff; good facility.

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Improve parking - create a new sign, and display it prominently, stating that parking is for Y members only. The current sign is very faded and I watch people walk from the parking lot away from the building as I drive in prior to class. Then I’m parking a long way from the building entrance.

Better locker rooms.

It feels like then is run for its employees and not for users. The situation with the pool is terrible. Unreliable pool availability because lifeguards don’t show up- an indictment of both staff AND management - and unreliable water quality or temperature. Terrible experience with adult swim lessons. Indifferent uninterested and unreliable instructors. The men’s locker room and showers are in atrocious condition. It’s really shameful. I go to Y’s whenever I travel and the Princeton Y is in the worst shape of any I’ve ever seen.

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