Member Testimonials
The instructors. Viv who taught the advance class is great!!!
It's a great place in every respect.
How all of the instructors are patient and friendly to the kids! Dedicated to teach and make fun for the little ones!
Friendly helpful staff. A diverse group of members. Everyone’s welcoming. No sense of judging. Very down to earth.
I am very please with all different classes that can fits my schedules. And they have all classses too.
The YMCA staff is very accommodating, they not only care for our kids but they involved them in activities that are fun and where they learn and grow.
Everything!
Mr. Zay is great with the kids! I absolutely loved hearing that someone was teaching them capoeira—so awesome—I would love to know more about that.
My child loves after care activities and environment. Brookdale After care staff are great.
I like that it provides a safe, fun environment for my child after school.
My child goes to aftercare two days/week and I think it’s her favorite part of the school day! Miss Adela and her staff do a great job with the limited space they are given to operate by the school (only the library in the winter bc of basketball.) As an educator, I know that’s it’s exceptionally difficult to meet the needs of children of differing ages. The Kindergarten kids all sort of hand in the same area and I like that it encourages my daughter to meet students who are not in her class.
I love the YMCA programs.
The staff are great and really helpful.
The counselors are all very friendly and engaged. I feel like it's an extension of the school day - my daughter comes home with crafts, projects and fun new experiences.
We're so happy with the Aftercare program at Forest Avenue. Our daughter genuinely looks forward to it each day.
It's a great combination of structured and free play, there are fun crafts and caring and attentive staffers.
The before and aftercare staff are always friendly, they always ensure that the kids are delivered safely to us when we come to pick them up, and Kayla is amazing!
They keep the kids after school and the staff are nice.
My daughter seems to have a great time! The teachers know her well and take good care of her.
The group fitness classes
Miss Joan, Miss Sam and Miss Meghan are amazing and very communicative. They also clearly care about my kid!
great program, safe and reliable. Qualified, dedicated, caring and professional staff who have patience, and a love of working with children. The only thing that has been in conversations between my child and I, have been homework help. I would like for my child to be able to feel comfortable enough to ask for help as much as needed with homework, and consistent check-ups throughout my child's entire time doing homework so that the homework is checked for accuracy, understanding and being sure homework is completed. Overall great program, my child has been attending for 2 years and will continue to attend in the future. I recommend the ymca aftercare for parent/caregiver looking for a safe, worry-free, reliable and nurturing place for their child to be after school and while the parent is at work.
I can walk to the "Y".
I only use the pool. The locker room is always available.
The showers are always clean and the water is comfortably warm.
I like the staff, who man the desk when we come in.They are knowledgeable, friendly and kind.
I love the classes I take,the teachers , wo makw me feel that I am doing the right thing /exercises for me. A shout out to Jihn, Pam and Maggie.
Excellent YMCA
I go back to 1968 when when I was in Montclair high school. The Montclair YMCA is one of the finest YMCA's that I have ever seen. You may use me as a recommendation I have a knowledge of its history various renovations before you had the olympic size pool and so on.
Thank you
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The experience with racquetball continues to be disappointing. The court floor is often slippery because it hasn't been cleaned. The court is not available to be booked on the app for long stretches of certain days, for no apparent reason -- the employees working at the front desk don't understand why that's the case. And recently the court's walls have been deteriorating, possibly because folks (kids?) are picking away at the plaster with their fingers. The court is a huge amenity, but only if we treat it that way!
Convenient, great staff, kid has fun
Safe environment with attentive staff and engaging activities
The activities are great. STEM and zumba
excellent 100% recommended
Both instructors were very good at communicating and modeling swimming techniques. Although this was a small group, they dealt with each of us individually and helped us understand what we needed to know to improve.