Member Testimonials
SYAC
The staff is welcoming, professional and friendly.
Love this place. I am a SYAC member and I love the laundry service and the socialization and camaraderie that the SYAC offers. To be able to say hi and chat with the same group of guys each day is really good for mental health and keeps me going back.
This site is very convenient because I work downtown. I like that it has a separate women's fitness area. No complaints.
The staff are all very friendly and helpful. I have also met some terrific people, many of whom have become friends.
Convenient
Love SYAC, love downtown. it's the best!
Great staff, clean facilities
Love everything about it. Would be nice if the womens locker room was warmer. Very cold after getting out of the pool.
I attend the daytime 12:00 PM classes on Tues with Lisa and Thursday with Kathy Kaminski. There are both excellent instructors and the classes are great. Would love to see R.I.P.P.E.D. classes again. Liz was an excellent instructor as well. Thanks for asking!
The women’s center!!
It quiet clean the staff are very friendly and nice and i also like to work out and it closer to me .
Lots of handball and squash courts. Swimming pool a great one. Staff good and helpful
Great comradery!!
It's convenient location.
syac.
I’ve been a downtown YMCA member for over 50 years. I think that says it all I’ve been a SYAC member for over 40 years.
Community
Great place & affordable
I love the downtown YMCA. Supportive atmosphere, great variety of people, programs, services. I love the old building, and the fact that it is downtown. When I worked downtown, it was a gift to be able to walk to the YMCA during the lunch hour and on Saturday mornings. Now that i work from home, it's still only 15 minutes or so to get there. Before I joined the YMCA, I'd never exercised, and thinking of being in a gym reminded me of the worst of grade school (bullying, exclusion.) But that's not what happens at the downtown Y. Kind, supportive people...everyone working at their own pace. I started in the cancer survivors' class, and stuck with it. Between better eating and exercising at the downtown YMCA, I lost nearly 60 pounds. Thank you!
Lots of equipment and never too crowded. Awesome staff!
Very friendly and accommodating .
Many equipment and available staff to help out . Clean , great family atmosphere and not too crowded even though there is plenty of people exercising.
I like the fact that both places - the Manlius and Fayteville is not too far from each other .
close knit with the community
The place where The i was looking for. Many equipment and the staff very good
I love the facility and all the people who are there.
Downtown is the hidden gem of the CNY YMCAs! Contrary to what some believe, parking is rarely a problem, and it's a safe place to be. Great facilities and programs!
I love the pool and the staff and members are
Great. I recommend the downtown y
Friendly & helpful
Convenient, friendly staff and patrons, good variety of classes
Squash
A great place to meet many people and acquire new friendships. Also a place to get exercise either from many choices of classes and swimming plus a track to run and plenty of exercise equipment.