Kings Bay YM-YWHA

About

Kings Bay Y, a Jewish Community Center at the heart of Sheepshead Bay, serves Brooklyn with diverse programs everyday!

Mission

Kings Bay Y is a Jewish Community Center in Sheephead Bay and is the largest non-for-profit organization in South Brooklyn. We serve approximately 780 people every day, who total for more than 186,620 visits each year. We speak Russian, Hebrew, Chinese and Spanish. Kings Bay Y is a beneficiary agency of UJA Federation of New York. Kings Bay Y enjoys a reputation of having offered social, cultural, educational and recreational services to people of all ages since 1952.

Products

Primary services of the Kings Bay Y include pre-school and universal pre-kindergarten programs, Sunday children’s programming, after school activities, summer day camp, teen activities, health and fitness programs, swimming, exercise, discussion groups and classes, trips and cultural activities for all ages. In addition, the Y services special populations with dedicated programming such as the Alzheimer’s Respite Program, Arthritis Aquatics, VISA program (for visually impaired senior adults), Sunday Funday for children with special needs and more. Services for New Americans include ESL classes, citizenship education and leadership development.