Greenpoint YMCA Reviews

According to Hostel World, a check-in time of 10:00 a.m. was perfectly workable. I was counting on this, due to my flight's early arrival time in the city. The kid at the desk told me that check-in couldn't be done until 3. If I'd known this – if HW had made this clear – I would've made other plans. This caused me to spend several hours, badly jet-lagged, wandering about the city like Moses in the desert. I've stayed at YMCAs before, so knew what to expect, but this was just rude.

For $60 a night you can't ask for a whole lot and I wasn't expecting a whole lot. My one real complaint is that smoking seemed to be either allowed or at least tolerated. I woke up the 2nd morning feeling like I'd smoked a pack myself. The staff was helpful otherwise and as long as you're just looking for a place to sleep it's perfect if you're on a budget. I probably will stay somewhere else next time.

Super friendly and helpful staff. Only 20 mins away from Manhattan downtown. Excellent neighborhood with amenities. The Y is located in front of NYDP station, super safe place.

Fun locale in "little Poland" area of Brooklyn, excellent staff (competent and friendly)

Clean, friendly, warm, CHEAP and good neighbourhood. Couldn't ask for more.

I got ripped off by either Hostelworld or the location - the Greenpoint Y in what was charged to me. I made the online reservation at HostelWorld, but then the Greenpoint Y would not give me credit for the advance charge for the restervation. Total rip off.

Good location if you want to visit Williamsburg!

Growing up in Brooklyn Greenpoint has been a good area close to evey thing ..... New York , bus lines train lines now with the addition of well to do young Americans the a.rea has become a Mecca for great food awesome water front spots if one chooses a nice romantic stoll alone the Hudson River. There is also Williamsburg just waking distance and even more shops and restaurants to visit many with side walk cafes .

The staff was very nice and helpful. The gym was very well equipped but the sauna wasn't working. The neighborhood was wonderful. Great restuants and pubs many of which serve mac and cheese and some great bakeries. There are no vans to the airport but I got a Lincoln to LGA for $25 and was pleasantly surprised at that.

No wi-5. if you want to use the internet in the hostel, you could use the computer provided, and it's 10 cents per minute. or you could go to the nearest starbucks or dunkin donuts. The surrounding of the hostel is not so friendly, and it's littering around this area. Not recommended.

WiFi (at least in the lobby) would have made many things easier.

Terrible place. Don't go there. Has no WIFI. Does not have enough bathrooms. They mix homeless people living there from shelters with paid guests. I truly believe in giving all help possible to homeless people, but you need to separate the area of the hotel dedicated to them from tourists. Homeless people because of their problems have mental problems and so, they should be in a separate area of the building. One guy who lives there was cursing all night in room next to mine. I never slept

Chaotic lobby and confused desk staff. They are doing too many things all at once and it took close to an hour to check in to 3 rooms. They were very confused about my Hostel World reservation and didn't want to credit me for my deposit. That took about 30 minutes for them to resolve with three different staff members. Total pain after tyravelling all day. The rooms were ok. One room had blood on the walls, but that didn't bother me too much. It was the confused staff that was the reason I would

Room was decent for price paid, however on the last night I discovered dead bed bugs in the sheets, so there is a cleanliness problem in this facility. Old, rickety, maybe moldy is ok for a couple of nights, but not bedbugs as they could be brought home. Probably will not stay here again, unfortunately.

Average hotel, with average facilities. Not having wifi was bad, but the cheap room i booked didn't have a bathroom on the floor, let alone the room. If you want a cheap hotel room, this is a good starting point. Otherwise I would recommend a higher end hostel dorm to be honest. Located in the polish area of brooklyn, which is interesting.