It is extremely difficult to find an affordable gym with a swimming pool. During the summer I could…read moreget away with the NYC Parks free lap swim program but during the rest of the year I have to find a real gym that does not hurt your wallet (or require you to sell your organs on ebay). The Bronx House solves that problem for me. I am a big fan of the variety of fitness class offerings and indoor cycling is the most popular (the class fills up right after the previous ab class). Cherelle, who leads this class on Tuesdays, is a great trainer and puts the hurt locker on while making exercise on a stationary bike "fun". The pool is 25 yards and way shorter than an olympic size pool (50 meters). Size matters, eh? During lap swim hours, the pool is divided into two lanes: slow and slower. For those who need a good workout, be prepared to swim around your neighbors. During the summer, test your patience with all of the visitors with day passes. The gym and pool hours are limited and designated for classes and gender/age groups. If the location works for you and you can accept the limited schedules, join the Bronx House. The gym, with the TRX equipment alone is superior to most of the $20 gyms in the area. Make sure to review the calendar for holiday and maintenance closings. I have made the mistake of showing up on a holiday and doing the sad Charlie Brown walk of shame home. IFHTP 3+

This place is absolutely absurd. The staff works anywhere between 10-12 hours & get paid 7 dollars…read morean hour. The deduction is you miss a day on a STIPEND is even crazier. Staff does not get paid overtime, the whole summer we've been understaffed. Bronx House camp & building has received multiple of violations & still nothing has changed. The pink staff supervisors are beyond unprofessional, dress codes being broken yet regular staff were the only ones to get a write up for it. The way in which Lead Supervisors would go about talking to their staff gave parent instead of supervisor. Bronx house is not it. The disorganization when it came to trainings, daily schedules, even down to the trips. The higher staff aka the Pink shirts are very messy. All staff are but when leads were here it gave high school. There was supposed to be breaks 45- an hour for all staff shortage or not away from children & we have not gotten that YET. A class action lawsuit will be filed.

The school has a great staff and the 3K & 4K classrooms have state of the art Smart boards in the…read moreclassrooms. They are touchscreens so the students can interact with the lessons. Little Stars will get your child prepared for Kindergarten. The school's curriculum is top notch. Do a walkthrough and see for yourself.

I love this place and so does my child. I deeply appreciate the staff being nice and caring, and…read morethe Administrative MS. kim really cares about the children and works with the parents. I'm grateful for their hours as well, a facility opened for 12 hours really helps especially since not everyone works a 9-5 job. The facility is well thought of, rooms separated to keep the ages apart, but structured so that the teachers are able to help each other out. My baby is happy and that makes me a happy parent. Ms. keshia, Ms, Keda and Ms. Angie are the best couldn't ask for a better top 3 for my baby boy LA.

This was my kid's first summer camp. He liked the activities like swimming. They also took care…read moreknowing he was car sick in the beginning and suggested he not eat breakfast but snack on cheerios in the bus to camp.

Deerkill is by far the best day camp in the Rockland County area. My kids both learned to swim…read morethere at a very early age and I now have the confidence when we are at the beach or a pool to let them enjoy the water without fear. The staff (from counselors to instructors) is also fantastic and a group of very experienced professionals. The directors are always developing new programs and bringing in the latest activities for campers of all ages. One of the newest additions to the camp is the climbing wall and zip line. My kids could not get enough of them. My kids are also huge fans of animals and the fact that Deerkill has a pony, and a couple of friendly alpacas is a great plus. Overall, I would recommend Deerkill to anyone that would like to provide their kids with the opportunity to have summers they will never forget making life long friends along the way. Thanks Deerkill, the kids can't wait to be back again this summer!!!

Great experience at the City Island Stables…read more It was my first time riding a horse and they made everything easy. We booked a private trail ride for 10:30 on a weekday. We arrived at around 10:20 and parked in the graveled lot. We entered the sole building where we checked in and had to fill out liability waivers. We then waited while the horses were prepped. In the building, there is a bathroom, a beverage vending machine, some lovely decor as some horse-riding related items for purchase. We were told to choose a helmet...they have both medium and large sizes. Now most of the helmets are very worn but there is sanitizing spray there. They also recommended and offered some bug spray (OFF) as it was very humid that day. Once the horses were ready we used the small staircase to get on them. It can be a little strange for those uneasy with heights or balance...but take it someone who is uneasy with both...you will get comfortable very quickly. Navigating the horse are very straight-forward...pull the reins left to go left, right to go right, pull both back to stop and kick the horse (yeah...I know...felt a little bad at first too) to speed up or go forward. The horses are well trained so they are very familiar with their order and the trail. They will navigate through it on auto-pilot essentially. During my trail ride, I only needed to kick 2-3 times...to catch (speed) up and move forward when it was distracted once. The trail offered a lot of tree-shaded areas so it wasn't too bad on that hot and humid day. Our trail guide was great...she seemed very knowledgeable and experience and answered all of our questions. All other staff we encountered were also very nice. We had a great time here and would highly recommend it. Trail rides (No reservations required) are $70 per person for 45-60 minutes. Private trail rides (Reservations required) where it is ONLY you, your party and the instructor are $85. There are also lesser options for $10-15 which include a guided ride around the corral. They also offer private riding lessons for $50 per 30 minutes and $75 for 60 minutes.

I went with a group of friends for a trail ride and we had so much fun! The woman working at the…read morefront desk was so nice and the trail leaders were very attentive. You need to make a reservation because if you don't, it messes up the timing of the rides and availability of the horses. It makes it so much easier for the staff (and other riders) if you book ahead. The horses were so incredibly sweet and well-trained. The ride was beautiful and I think it would be especially nice to go when the trees are changing colors in the fall. Note: you should wear jeans or other long pants, and definitely don't wear anything that you mind getting dust on. Also, tips are cash-only so bring some cash as well! Thank you for a great time!

This facility has improved since I left it in 2023, when I gave them a 1-star review. I go there…read moreevery 2 days to swim a mile, and although their schedule leaves something to be desired (lap swim usually ends at 8:45 AM, inconvenient for me, and on Sunday mornings, you only get an hour to swim laps in the morning, not quite enough for senior citizens like me, who need 63 minutes), the personnel are now friendly. I don't know about their other offerings, as I do other forms or exercise at home and outdoors, but I hope be able to continue to get swim in without any problems. They're much better than nearby 24-Hour Fitness, which has degenerated greatly since I joined them.

This review is mainly targeted for parents who are considering sending their child to the camp…read morehere. I am 13 years old (and before you stop reading this because I told you I'm not an adult, I just want you to know that everything in this review is true and is a serious warning for you and your child) and I just finished spending a summer in the camp at the New Rochelle YMCA. I would like to start by saying that the camp is terrible. It is completely dysfunctional and quite unsafe for the children. Firstly, for whatever reason they combine the 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 year olds. Parents out there, would you want your 9 year old kid to be in a small room with a bunch of tall, aggressive 13-15 year old boys? I wouldn't. Additionally, the vulgar things that the teens do and say is definitely not appropriate for small children. (I know that the language of the teenagers is not something that the camp can control, but they can at least separate them from the smaller kids.) The breakfast at the camp is otherworldly. The only thing that is even remotely good is the bagels. Sometimes, they provided cold bagels with a small pint of whipped butter and a knife to spread it yourself. Other breakfasts were someone's failed attempt at trying to be nutritious. Everything was cold, they acted as if they didn't have a microwave. And don't even get me started on the lunch, we received a weekly rotation of whole grain buttered noodles, a bready meatball sandwich, a cold tortilla with cheese that had actual mold on it and two cold pieces of bread with pieces of shredded meat on it. Swimming was actually quite enjoyable. Being IN the pool was fun but everything before and after wasn't. The changing process to get into our bathing suits was actually frightening. We changed in tents and had minimal time to change, all while we were holding our tents up because the little kids were trying to turn them over while we were in it. And no one stopped them. The changing process afterwards was also not easy. We walked through the halls in our swimsuits, soaking wet and cold, no privacy. We had to get changed in stalls or in a locker room in minimal time. For those who chose not to swim, we would have to stand against the wall and essentially stare ahead of us (because we weren't allowed to do anything else) until the kids who swam were done changing. The kids fight a lot, physically and verbally. When I tell you, the counselors do absolutely nothing to try and stop these fights except an occasional "guys relax" or "let's be kind to one another". Which never works. And for the longest time we are doing nothing. I'm going to write out a day in the life of me at camp to help you understand the full experience. I get to camp and we all sit at a table outside under a tent. We are briefly yelled at to put our phones away. So what do we do if we can't use our phones? NOTHING. Nothing at all, because they have nothing for us to do. Watching paint dry would be more productive than spending a day at that camp. Then we head inside and go to our designated room. They hand out breakfast but OH, what do you know? They've only brought 4 pop tarts and there's 11 kids who need breakfast. So the counselor leaves the room to get more and returns a whopping 10 minutes later with 5 more breakfasts. Just as I raise my hand so I can get one (since we are not allowed to get up and ask for it) five 9 year old kids -2 of which have already finished their breakfast- go and take it from the counselor's hand. 8 minutes later, the counselor returns with more breakfast for the rest of us, and we eat it, well, as much as we can of it for the 1 minute that we have left to eat since it took so long to get in the first place. Then after breakfast time, we go to the park. Ah yes, the park for children ages 10 and under, what a perfect place for teenagers to be. After being there for about an hour and a half, we go back to our designated room. We sit there, wondering what we're going to do. We ask the counselors. "Nothing" they would say without looking up from their phones. Bored, I would briefly take my phone out of my bag. Immediately, the counselor shows up out of no where, holding a bucket, demanding my phone. I reluctantly place it in the bucket and sit there doing nothing. After about an hour, we are given small notebooks and told to use them as journals. After 15 minutes of that, its time to get changed for swimming. I already described the changing process of swimming earlier in this review so I'm going to skip it now. That's basically everything about this YMCA camp that is not good. Everything here is factual and from my experience. I didn't use any type of artificial intelligence and this is all true, from my experience, nothing exaggerate. I hope this gives you a good understanding of what your child will actually experience while being there.

This place is huge!!!! Visit and buy a membership and go often! The staff is kind, dedicated and…read moreknowledgeable! Sign up for a program or hike today!

The most amazing hidden gem in Bergen County, NJ. Family…read morefriendly, easy trails and so beautiful. One of our most favorite places .

We held our son's very first birthday party at Kidville UWS, and it was phenomenal! They took care…read moreof literally everything and were accommodating when we requested 3rd party vendors, bringing drinks or food, customizing our theme, etc. many special thanks to leader Rachel who was kind and attentive the whole time. We did have a bit of a mishap mid party, but all leaders were quick to address and thankfully our guests weren't harmed and the party overall wasn't affected. Will always recommend and hope to attend more events and programs soon!

Strange behavior from "mayor" Nikki who sent me passive aggressive emails for apparently showing…read moretoo much interest in the facilities by submitting the inquiry form too many times and emailing about stopping by to take a tour. Maybe she was mad I missed her phone call while I was at work? Who knows, very very weird. I can only imagine that behavior trickles downward and I did not feel comfortable leaving my toddler alone here for preschool prep.