Manhattan Youth Downtown Community Center in New York, New York

“Great facility, great location. The teachers are pretty young and child friendly, however they have no sense or technique how to motivate and build kids which are not on the same level like the better swimming kids. Hence, at the middle or towards the end, the classes only consist of the good swimmers while the other kids having left the classes. To conclude, not for learningu2026rather for maintaining as per a set rigid”

— Jan B. · ★★★☆☆

“Kind, compassionate and vested instructors who have a genuine love for kids and the water. The administrators are knowledgeable and professional and prompt with replies and helping navigate options. Clean lockers, the most extended family time for practice if you are a member and the most price effective swim lessons - compared to all the other options downtown. Best place to learn to swim!”

— Alisha C. · ★★★★★

“They provide after-school programs for public schools in Manhattan. Unfortunately, thereu2019s no way to give them feedback directly through the school system, so I decided to share my experience here. I think their after-school program leaves a lot to be desired. In order to join the sports part of the program tryouts are required. My son, a middle schooler who excels in various sports, particularly soccer, has had a ve”

— Rafael M. · ★☆☆☆☆

“My daughter took swimming here this summer. Thank you miss Jade for being the perfect instructor for my daughter. Thank you, dear manager (didnu2019t get the name, sorry) lifeguards and administrators for making this such an easy and seamless process. My daughter is a slow and anxious learner when it comes to everything, miss Jade was calm, patient and very gentle with my girl. The exercises are great, I can see how much”

— Diana · ★★★★★

“Love this place for its fantastic pool. My 5 yo daughter has quickly learned swimming here and all the instructors are good and knowledgeable. We also come here to swim regularly during the family swim time and also for adult laps. Pool area and water are always clean and so are the changing areas and showers. I have heard great things about their summer camp and we are going to send our daughter here this year durin”

— Roli G. · ★★★★★

“We largely come to Manhattan Youth for the swim lessons, which are great. The pool is heated and clean, and the teachers are really great with the kids. The classes themselves are not that large and in fact, my younger one has largely been 1 on 1 while my older one has only one other classmate and gets lots of attention from the instructors. They do enforce people to not wear shoes by the pool, and also tell people t”

— Jeffrey C. · ★★★★★

“Swim classes for kids are great! Clean environment, clean pool and locker room. Update: my kids learned how to swim n tred water within a summer here. We did the group lessons. The game changer was me practicing with them once a week towards the last few weeks of summer. Awesome staff and instructors!”

— Jenny L. · ★★★★★

“Disgusting. I wish I could give zero stars. On my daily commute home I happened to encounter the young participants of this program on the bus. I must say it was not a pleasant experience. The children were incredibly rowdy, running amuck among the troubled passengers. The childrenu2019s coach simply stood there not taking any action to prevent this. I had envisioned this program to be one of great prestige; unfortunatel”

— N · ★☆☆☆☆