Brighton Ymca is a fitness facility located at 615 Washington St, Brighton, MA 02135, USA.
Brighton Ymca is a place to train in the local area. It is open 7 days a week, with the full timetable shown on this page. Membership options, trial passes, and class schedules are best confirmed directly before your first visit.
Staff and service are top notch at many of these Boston institutions. Oak Square exceeds in the "family" portion of Y family values. You feel welcome and safe to try new things. The members are kind and the machines are very very clean. The spa was closed when I went there but I understand that they want to clean and maintain it properly. Go to this Y and get your money's worth.
Like all non-profits, the YMCA isn't perfect. However, today the heat wasn't working in the lobby and the pool room was having HVAC problems. The girl at the front desk did a phenomenal job. She was kind and professional when everything was going down. Obviously none of this was her fault but she was very sincere and understanding. The locker room smells a bit moldy, but I've never really been in one that doesn't. So no major complaints
Love this Y. Ive made friends from the fitness classes, most of which are awesome. There's a really great group of regulars who are very welcoming. I cant recommend Kierstens classes enough, Rivian and Dalian are also highlights. Staff is also great- friendly and responsive. I do wish there were more squat racks in the weight room (they got rid of two in order to have more machines down there that don't get a lot of use). Also wish that they would make the areas around the large cable machine more accessible for wheelchair users (the row section sticks out into the aisle and creates a bottleneck). Also they could use a few more weight benches since they often get moved over to the squat racks.
Pretty good apart from the guy who is in the weight room apparently 24/7 loudly and aggressively rapping whatever is playing in his headphones or whatever is going through his mind. Gym staff seem to be scared to ask him to stop. If he would just stick to whistling like a parrot that would be okay with me.
This is a really difficult gym. They have limited time reserved for the gym and they allow adults at the same time as teens on a half court. The adults play pick up basketball, force the girls or younger people out and so there is even less time allowed. The guy at the front desk usually sympathies and offer "weekend times" except, the adults use it too at that time and so you get a membership and can't use the gym. The don't care about young women except when they use cardio machines. It's really geared toward men and young boys, and young girls have zero support and it stinks.