Princeton YMCA

I've been coming here since I was a kid and now that I live out of state and only come back to visit family, it's wonderful that they offer flexible, weekly and daily passes. The indoor pool is a blessing and it's amazing for my my fitness and stress relief. I'll always have a soft spot for my Princeton YMCA!

This is a relatively good YMCA. The facility really needs renovation though. The locker rooms and pool are really old and not very clean. The pool has a insanely high amount of chlorine though. Swimming here for lap is the only bad experience though. Some of the lifeguards are nice but some don't really pay attention and just sit there, not really doing their job properly. Also, swimming here gives me a lot of social anxiety since it's really scary to go into a lane someone is already swimming in and once some old lady yelled at me for getting into her lane without her permission. Other than that, the staff, especially the ones at the front desk are helpful and kind. The Swim Team here is ok, the Coaches are very nice though, perfect for kids who want to start swimming competitively with little knowledge of swimming. Will improve their swimming technique.

Love the staff and love the location of the YMCA fitness center. I joined mainly for the pool which has loads of open swim times as well as great programs to promote water safety, swimming ability and fitness. Gym/weight room facilities are well equipped and managed. Reasonable rates, and YMCA memberships are useful for travel too.

I am a new member there. I joined to mostly use the pool. Today was my first time there early this morning at 7 AM and honestly, I was not really sure how things work as far as lap swim being again, my first time there. Well it was a horrible experience. I went in a lane on the end where two women were also swimming. I didn’t know I wasn’t allowed in the lane with two other people being my first time there. I assumed we just all share doing our laps. Well an older woman started screaming at me in front of everyone. She looked at other woman in lane and said what the hell is she doing. Then proceeded to keep screaming at me to get out and go in other lane. I tried to explain I was new and I was really sorry yet she proceeded to scream at me to get over to other lane. I was really embarrassed and humiliated. I left the there crying. My heart was pound and I felt so badly. No one should feel that way because of another member. She truly needs to be spoken to or lose her membership. What a horrible experience for the first time there. I truly am new and I am not a rude person. I meant no harm. Her behavior was unacceptable. The problem though, the lifeguard on duty did not do or say anything. He actually had headphones on. He was in his own world. I was really excited to join but this put such a bad taste in my mouth. No one should be made to feel threatened by a member. However, I did report to the front desk a few hours later and lady at desk was beyond lovely. She was very comforting and apologized for the experience. I truly appreciate her empathy and kindness. My review is fir the member and the lifeguard who did not intervene. It has nothing to do with the facility or desk staff.

If you’re looking for swimming, this is one of the worst managed swimming lessons. Individual lessons: My kid had individual session and each day a new trainer will take the lesson and didn’t even know what was thought in previous classes. They asked the kid what was thought in previous lessons and go by that. How would they expect a 7 year old to explain everything thought in previous lessons. Believe me, it was a session with five classes and each class was handled by a new trainer. Group session: Then I switched to group sessions. It’s even more pathetic. They cancel classes randomly but won’t have the common sense to inform us. We drive up there and then they will say it’s cancelled. For the cancelled classes, they will schedule the makeup classes on a time when kids can’t even go. They rescheduled couple of makeup class by 4 pm on a weekday and by that time kids wouldn’t even reach home from school. Instead of refunding us the money for cancelled class, they schedule it untime so that nobody will come anyway and now it’s on us that we didn’t attend. Honestly, it’s managed by people with no experience on how classes work and no knowledge of what their responsibilities are. It’s more like a scam, where classes are scheduled in a way we will be forced to miss it and it’s now on us because we didn’t attend the class. Shame on YMCA!